PSYC 2000 DANIEL CAPRON- LSU FINAL
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026 FULL QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● Developmental psychology. Answer: The study of patterns of growth and change
occurring throughout life. - physical, cognitive, moral, social
● average lifespan. Answer: 4000 weeks
● stages of development-the life span. Answer: Conception • Infancy • Childhood •
Adolescence • Adulthood • Aging
● 3 major issues in developmental psych. Answer: -nature/nurture -continuity/stages
-stability/change
● nature/nurture issue. Answer: How do genetic inheritance (our nature) and experience
(the nurture we receive) influence our development?
● continuity/stages issue. Answer: Is development a gradual, continuous process or a
sequence of separate stages?
● stability/change issue. Answer: Do our early personality traits persist through life, or do
we become different persons as we age.
● measuring development-cross sectional. Answer: ResearchONLY in 2016 Different
People in EachGroup
● measuring development-cross sequential. Answer: Research in 2016 and 2021 Different
People in EachGroup, Each group is tested twice
● Meausirng development-longitudinal. Answer: Research in 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010,
2020, 2030, 2040 Same People tested multiple times
● Prenatal development:germinal stage when. Answer: First2 weeks after fertilization,
● what is germinal phase. Answer: during which the zygote becomes a mass of cells,
moves down to the uterus (wk1), and implants in the uterine wall (wk 2). In the first week: The
zygote is rapidly dividing, creating 100 cells or more that continue to become increasingly
diverse. At about 14 days the zygote turns into an embryo.
, ● Prenatal development-embryonic stage when. Answer: The period from 2 to 8 weeks
after fertilization
● what is embyonic phase. Answer: , during which major systems, organs and structures of
the body develop. • End of 8 weeks: embryo is about 1-inch long, weighs about 1/7 of an
ounce and has primitive eyes, nose, ears, lips, teeth, little arms and legs, hands, feet, fingers,
toes, as well as a beating heart.
● Prenatal development:fetal stage when. Answer: The time from about 8 weeks after
conception until birth of the baby.
● what is fetal phase. Answer: Period of tremendous growth . Organs become functional
Muscles and bones form (kicking) . During last several weeks, fetus can respond to stimuli in
outside world.
● Teratogens. Answer: drugs, chemicals, viruses that can enter placenta and harm
developing fetus
● critical periods. Answer: times during which certain environemntal influences can have
major infleunce on development of an infant(alchohol, nicotine)
● other environemtnal factors on pregnancy. Answer: Nutrition: Severe malnutrition
increases the risk of birth complications and neurological deficits • Stress and Emotion:
anxiety and depression in pregnant women can have long-lasting effects on the child
Ex:katrina
● infancy-reflexes that help surivival. Answer: A. Grasping - B. Moro (startle) - C. Rooting -
D. Stepping - E. Sucking
● Infancy motor development. Answer: -raising of the head and chest—occurring at about
2-4 months -rolling over—occurring at about 2-5 months -( sitting up with support—occurring
about 4-6 months - sitting up without support—occurring about 6-7 months -
crawling—occurring about 7-8 months -(f) walking—occurring between 8 and 18 months
● Infancy-sensory development. Answer: The senses, except for vision, are fairly well
developed at birth
● Infancy-brain development. Answer: Synaptic pruning • Elimination of synapses
(dendrites and axons)that occurs from infancy and ends prior to sexual maturation
● Jean piaget-cognitive development. Answer: Born in Switzerland • Studied mollusks
(PhD at age21) • Began studying development in his children • Piaget's StageTheory
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026 FULL QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● Developmental psychology. Answer: The study of patterns of growth and change
occurring throughout life. - physical, cognitive, moral, social
● average lifespan. Answer: 4000 weeks
● stages of development-the life span. Answer: Conception • Infancy • Childhood •
Adolescence • Adulthood • Aging
● 3 major issues in developmental psych. Answer: -nature/nurture -continuity/stages
-stability/change
● nature/nurture issue. Answer: How do genetic inheritance (our nature) and experience
(the nurture we receive) influence our development?
● continuity/stages issue. Answer: Is development a gradual, continuous process or a
sequence of separate stages?
● stability/change issue. Answer: Do our early personality traits persist through life, or do
we become different persons as we age.
● measuring development-cross sectional. Answer: ResearchONLY in 2016 Different
People in EachGroup
● measuring development-cross sequential. Answer: Research in 2016 and 2021 Different
People in EachGroup, Each group is tested twice
● Meausirng development-longitudinal. Answer: Research in 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010,
2020, 2030, 2040 Same People tested multiple times
● Prenatal development:germinal stage when. Answer: First2 weeks after fertilization,
● what is germinal phase. Answer: during which the zygote becomes a mass of cells,
moves down to the uterus (wk1), and implants in the uterine wall (wk 2). In the first week: The
zygote is rapidly dividing, creating 100 cells or more that continue to become increasingly
diverse. At about 14 days the zygote turns into an embryo.
, ● Prenatal development-embryonic stage when. Answer: The period from 2 to 8 weeks
after fertilization
● what is embyonic phase. Answer: , during which major systems, organs and structures of
the body develop. • End of 8 weeks: embryo is about 1-inch long, weighs about 1/7 of an
ounce and has primitive eyes, nose, ears, lips, teeth, little arms and legs, hands, feet, fingers,
toes, as well as a beating heart.
● Prenatal development:fetal stage when. Answer: The time from about 8 weeks after
conception until birth of the baby.
● what is fetal phase. Answer: Period of tremendous growth . Organs become functional
Muscles and bones form (kicking) . During last several weeks, fetus can respond to stimuli in
outside world.
● Teratogens. Answer: drugs, chemicals, viruses that can enter placenta and harm
developing fetus
● critical periods. Answer: times during which certain environemntal influences can have
major infleunce on development of an infant(alchohol, nicotine)
● other environemtnal factors on pregnancy. Answer: Nutrition: Severe malnutrition
increases the risk of birth complications and neurological deficits • Stress and Emotion:
anxiety and depression in pregnant women can have long-lasting effects on the child
Ex:katrina
● infancy-reflexes that help surivival. Answer: A. Grasping - B. Moro (startle) - C. Rooting -
D. Stepping - E. Sucking
● Infancy motor development. Answer: -raising of the head and chest—occurring at about
2-4 months -rolling over—occurring at about 2-5 months -( sitting up with support—occurring
about 4-6 months - sitting up without support—occurring about 6-7 months -
crawling—occurring about 7-8 months -(f) walking—occurring between 8 and 18 months
● Infancy-sensory development. Answer: The senses, except for vision, are fairly well
developed at birth
● Infancy-brain development. Answer: Synaptic pruning • Elimination of synapses
(dendrites and axons)that occurs from infancy and ends prior to sexual maturation
● Jean piaget-cognitive development. Answer: Born in Switzerland • Studied mollusks
(PhD at age21) • Began studying development in his children • Piaget's StageTheory
