Practice Exam Unit 3A: Developmental Psychology Unit Exam

A psychologist who studies whether people’s temperaments remain consistent or change with age is focusing on

• Stability and Change

• Nature vs. Nurture

• Cognitive adaptation

• Social learning

Adopted children who share many personality traits with their biological parents provide evidence for the influence of

• Environment

• Nurture

• Nature

• Parenting style

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A researcher argues that moral growth happens in clear-cut steps rather than gradually. Her view supports

• Continuous development

• Discontinuous development

• Maturation theory

• Gradualism

Dr. Chen compares creativity levels among 15-, 25-, and 40-year-olds during the same year. Which research method is she using?

• Longitudinal study

• Experimental study

• Cross-sectional study

• Case study

Dr. Alvarado observes the same participants every five years to study how memory changes across adulthood. His research is

• Longitudinal

• Cross-sectional

• Archival

• Sequential

A pregnant person who smokes heavily gives birth to an underweight infant with breathing problems. Smoking is best described as a

• Genetic disorder

• Maternal illness

• Teratogen

• Hormonal defect

A baby develops congenital heart problems after the mother contracted Zika virus during pregnancy. This condition was caused by a

• Maternal illness

• Mutation

• Chromosomal deletion

• Genetic inheritance

A random alteration in DNA that results in a hereditary disorder is an example of a

• Genetic mutation

• Recessive trait

• Genetic drift

• Genotype

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When a newborn automatically grasps an adult’s finger placed in its hand, it’s demonstrating the

• Rooting reflex

• Moro reflex

• Grasping reflex

• Stepping reflex

When placed on a glass table that appears to drop off, an infant hesitates to crawl forward. This shows the child has developed

• Depth perception

• Object permanence

• Egocentrism

• Attachment