PSYC 210 Module 1 – Abnormal Psychology EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS BANK AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES || 100% GUARANTEED PASS BRAND NEW VERSION

PSYC 210 Module 1 – Abnormal Psychology EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS BANK AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES || 100% GUARANTEED PASS BRAND NEW VERSION 1. Domains of Development. (What are they? How do they interact?) - ANSWER Physical: growth and changes that happen to the body Cognitive: development of the mental processes Social-Emotional: development of temperament, personality, social skills, and emotions 2. Nature and Nurture (what is each role? How much does each contribute to our outcomes?) - ANSWER Nature: our genetic inheritance Nurture: the influence of the environment 3. Discontinuous vs. Continuous development (examples of each) - ANSWER Continuous: quantitive changes and incremental theories ex. height, vocab, and factual knowledge Discontinuous: qualitative changes and stage theories. ex. walking, crawling, learning justice, fairness 4. Stable traits (what are they? Are all traits stable?) - ANSWER A trait that stays the same and carries over from early development. Not, but there are a lot of stable traits 5. Equifinality and multi-finality (just definition) - ANSWER Equifinality: different pathways of development can result in the same outcome Multi-finality: the same pathway can lead to different outcomes 6. Contexts of development (what are they? How do they interact?) - ANSWER Family: socialization of the children School: the teaching and learning they grow up with Community: who and what they are raised around Socioeconomic status: the tools that were accessible to raise a child, and the child's concept of money and wealth Culture: the food, clothing, traditions, language, etc. 7. What are the big theories? - ANSWER Psychoanalytic, behaviorism and social cognitive, cognitive development, evolutionary, ecological, dynamic systems, neuropsychology and behavioral genomes, and culture and developmental theory 8. Which theorist might have indicated that we each experience a series of life crises throughout our lifespan? - ANSWER Erik Erickson 9. Which of the following DOES NOT describe what a theory can do for us? - ANSWER Provide definitive answers to questions related to why people do what they do. 10. Pastor Stevens began his ministry in a poverty-stricken urban area by opening a food bank and homeless shelter, believing that people will not listen to preaching until basic physical needs are met. Which theorist would agree most with Rev. Stevens? - ANSWER Abraham Maslow 11. Sofia uses a stage model that describes how children process information to create a curriculum for a church outreach program. It is likely that the model she is using was first developed by: - ANSWER Jean Piaget 12. Which theorist might have said that rewarded behavior would be repeated behavior? - ANSWER B.F. Skinner 13. Developmental theories are formulated using _______. - ANSWER the scientific method 14. The pattern of movement or change that begins at conception and continues through the human life span is known as - ANSWER development 15. Melissa is intrigued by how people change from infancy through late adulthood. She would learn about this subject by studying the field of human development called - - development. - ANSWER life span 16. True or false: Life-span development focuses mostly on the rapid growth and development that occurs during childhood. - ANSWER false 17. Which of the following are characteristics of the life-span perspective of development? - ANSWER lifelong, multidimensional, multidirectional 18. Which of the following are examples of normative age-graded influences? - ANSWER A 16-year-old learns to drive. A 90-year-old finds that her physical health is declining. 19. Development is the pattern of movement or change that - ANSWER begins at conception and continues through the human life span. 20. By studying life-span development we learn information about ourselves, including which of the following? - ANSWER how we came to be this way how we will age who we are 21. The traditional approach to the study of development emphasizes the - ANSWER extensive changes that occur from birth to adolescence. 22. True or false: The life-span perspective involves sociocultural and individual factors, but not biological factors. - ANSWER false 23. Normative history-graded influences are - ANSWER common to members of a particular generation. 24. A ______ age-graded influence is one that is similar for people of a particular age group. - ANSWER normative - life events are unusual occurrences that have a major impact on an individual's life, but do not occur to every individual and do not always influence people in the same way. - ANSWER nonnormative 25. What term describes the beliefs, customs, and general behavior patterns of a group of people? - ANSWER culture 26. If a study is "cross-cultural," this means that it Multiple choice question. - ANSWER compares multiple cultures. 27. Events or trends (such as social or economic trends) that are common to members of a particular generation are known as ______ influences. - ANSWER normative history-graded 28. Nick's mother and mother-in-law are both in their 50s and are currently both experiencing menopausal symptoms. This would be an example of a _______ influence. - ANSWER normative age-graded 29. A ______ life event is an unusual occurrence that has a major influence on a person's life and may not occur for other people at the same time. - ANSWER nonnormative 30. Which of these would be an example of a cross-cultural study? - ANSWER A U.S. researcher compares the labor and delivery experiences of women in the United States versus Nigeria. - encompasses the behavior patterns and beliefs that are passed from generation to generation. - ANSWER culture 31. Cultural studies compare aspects of two or more cultures. - ANSWER cross 32. Which of the following are factors in which ethnicity is rooted? - ANSWER nationality cultural heritage race 33. ______ status refers to a person's position within society based on occupational, educational, and economic characteristics. 34. Multiple choice question. - ANSWER Socioeconomic 35. Most children in the United States start school when they are 5 or 6 years of age. This occurrence is an example of a - ANSWER normative age graded influence. 36. The ______ processes refer to the changes in an individual's physical nature. - ANSWER biological 37. MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) - ANSWER a technique that uses magnetic fields and radio waves to produce computer-generated images of soft tissue. MRI scans show brain anatomy. 38. fMRI (functional MRI) - ANSWER a technique for revealing bloodflow and, therefore, brain activity by comparing successive MRI scans. fMRI scans show brain function. 39. brainstem - ANSWER the oldest part and central core of the brain, beginning where the spinal cord swells as it enters the skull; it is responsible for automatic survival functions. 40. medulla - ANSWER the base of the brainstem; controls heartbeat and breathing. 41. thalamus - ANSWER the brain's sensory switchboard, located on top of the brainstem; it directs messages to the sensory receiving areas in the cortex and transmits replies to the cerebellum and medulla. 42. reticular formation - ANSWER a nerve network that travels through the brainstem and plays an important role in controlling arousal. 43. cerebellum - ANSWER the "little brain" at the rear of the brainstem; functions include processing sensory output and coordinating movement output and balance. 44. limbic system - ANSWER neural system (including the hippocampus, amygdala, and hypothalamus) located below the cerebral hemispheres; associated with emotions and drives.