Child Development: Exam 1 UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
At the parent/teacher conference in school, Ms. Johnson wants to share information about
Meredith's socioemotional development with her parents. What topic will she not include? -
Correct answers✔✔her height and weight changes since the beginning of school
A(n)_______ is a specific assumption or prediction that can be tested to determine accuracy -
Correct answers✔✔Hypothesis
After setting up a hypothesis, what is the next step in the scientific research approach? - Correct
answers✔✔Collecting data
Erikson is noted for his theory of ______ stages - Correct answers✔✔Psychosocial
One criticism (issue) of the ethological theory is that.... - Correct answers✔✔There is an
overemphasis on human relationships
The main difference between a questionnaire and an interview is that the questionnaire requires
subjects to do what? - Correct answers✔✔provide personal opinions
To determine why Jeffrey Dahmer became a mass murderer, a researcher spent a great deal of
time talking with both Dahmer and people who knew him both as a child and as an adult. The
personal in-depth approach the researcher used is called a(n) - Correct answers✔✔case study
The best-known studies of identical twins reared apart have been conducted - Correct
answers✔✔at the University of Minnesota
, When twins are genetically identical, they ________________ - Correct answers✔✔Come from
the same fertilized egg
Charles Darwin believed the species who do survive to reproduce are probably superior in a
number of ways to those who do not. This means that.... - Correct answers✔✔All of these
The approach of evolutionary psychology - Correct answers✔✔Emphasizes the importance of
adaptation and reproduction in behavior
________ are units of heredity information and they are short segments of DNA. - Correct
answers✔✔Genes
DNA stands for ___________ _________________ - Correct answers✔✔Deoxyribonucleic Acid
Recent research has found that ____________ can influence gene expressions. - Correct
answers✔✔Stress, radiation, and temperature (all of the above)
A single cell formed through fertilization is called a(n) - Correct answers✔✔Zygote
Women between the ages of ___ and ___ are less likely to give birth to a child with Down
Syndrome than are younger or older women. - Correct answers✔✔16 & 34
Down syndrome appears approximately once in every - Correct answers✔✔700 live births
Tim is extremely tall, and has undeveloped testes and enlarged breasts. What genetic disorder
does Tim most likely have? - Correct answers✔✔Klinefelter Syndrome
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
At the parent/teacher conference in school, Ms. Johnson wants to share information about
Meredith's socioemotional development with her parents. What topic will she not include? -
Correct answers✔✔her height and weight changes since the beginning of school
A(n)_______ is a specific assumption or prediction that can be tested to determine accuracy -
Correct answers✔✔Hypothesis
After setting up a hypothesis, what is the next step in the scientific research approach? - Correct
answers✔✔Collecting data
Erikson is noted for his theory of ______ stages - Correct answers✔✔Psychosocial
One criticism (issue) of the ethological theory is that.... - Correct answers✔✔There is an
overemphasis on human relationships
The main difference between a questionnaire and an interview is that the questionnaire requires
subjects to do what? - Correct answers✔✔provide personal opinions
To determine why Jeffrey Dahmer became a mass murderer, a researcher spent a great deal of
time talking with both Dahmer and people who knew him both as a child and as an adult. The
personal in-depth approach the researcher used is called a(n) - Correct answers✔✔case study
The best-known studies of identical twins reared apart have been conducted - Correct
answers✔✔at the University of Minnesota
, When twins are genetically identical, they ________________ - Correct answers✔✔Come from
the same fertilized egg
Charles Darwin believed the species who do survive to reproduce are probably superior in a
number of ways to those who do not. This means that.... - Correct answers✔✔All of these
The approach of evolutionary psychology - Correct answers✔✔Emphasizes the importance of
adaptation and reproduction in behavior
________ are units of heredity information and they are short segments of DNA. - Correct
answers✔✔Genes
DNA stands for ___________ _________________ - Correct answers✔✔Deoxyribonucleic Acid
Recent research has found that ____________ can influence gene expressions. - Correct
answers✔✔Stress, radiation, and temperature (all of the above)
A single cell formed through fertilization is called a(n) - Correct answers✔✔Zygote
Women between the ages of ___ and ___ are less likely to give birth to a child with Down
Syndrome than are younger or older women. - Correct answers✔✔16 & 34
Down syndrome appears approximately once in every - Correct answers✔✔700 live births
Tim is extremely tall, and has undeveloped testes and enlarged breasts. What genetic disorder
does Tim most likely have? - Correct answers✔✔Klinefelter Syndrome
