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WorksheetsPsych 230 Exam 1 Review
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 35mins
A researcher follows the same group of children from kindergarten through high school to study their social skills. This is an example of:
Cross-sectional
Experimental
Longitudinal
Case study
Which research question would be least appropriate for an experiment?
Does praising toddlers increase sharing?
Does exposure to a violent TV show increase aggression in preschoolers?
Does growing up in a war zone affect moral reasoning?
Does a new math curriculum improve scores?
Interviewing parents about their children’s bedtime routines and thematically analyzing their responses is an example of:
Quantitative research
Qualitative research
Mixed methods
Experimental research
Twin studies are most often used to address which question?
What makes a research design valid?
How much of a trait is heritable vs. shaped by environment
Whether development is continuous or discontinuous
How to design a longitudinal study
A child who was shy at age 3 becomes an outgoing teenager. This illustrates:
Stability
Plasticity
Continuity
Nature
Which best represents discontinuity?
A) A toddler slowly learning more words each week
B) A child suddenly understanding conservation after months of confusion
C) A baby gradually improving head control
D) An adult’s vocabulary steadily increasing
A hurricane destroys a region and shapes the lives of all the children growing up there. This is an example of:
Age-graded influence
History-graded influence
Nonnormative influence
Maturational influence
Which is the best example of a critical period?
Learning a second language in middle school
Prenatal development of the heart
Improving handwriting in third grade
Practicing piano daily
Erikson’s psychosocial theory differs from Freud’s because it:
Emphasizes unconscious conflicts
Focuses solely on early childhood
Stresses social relationships across the lifespan
Rejects the idea of stages
A toddler calls all four-legged animals “dog” until she learns the word “cat.” Changing her mental category is an example of:
Assimilation
Accommodation
Equilibration
Scaffolding
A preschooler can build a tower with help but not alone. This demonstrates:
Schema
Zone of Proximal Development
Classical conditioning
Operant conditioning
Which level of Bronfenbrenner’s model includes parents’ workplaces affecting family routines?
Microsystem
Mesosystem
Exosystem
Chronosystem
Which factor below is a teratogen?
Prenatal vitamins
Maternal alcohol use
Daily exercise
Ultrasound imaging
A 6-year-old says, “Grandpa died but he’ll come back next week.” This shows a lack of understanding of:
Nonfunctionality
Universality
Irreversibility
Causality
Which stage in Kübler-Ross’s model might involve “Why me? This isn’t fair!”
Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Acceptance
At about what point can a fetus typically survive outside the womb with medical care?
12 weeks
20 weeks
24 weeks
30 weeks
The rooting reflex in newborns helps them:
Prepare for walking
Find and latch onto the breast
Strengthen neck muscles
Practice imitation
Which sense is least developed at birth?
Hearing
Smell
Taste
Vision
A newborn sticks out her tongue after watching her dad do it. This behavior is evidence of:
Reflex
Operant conditioning
Imitation and mirror neurons
Perceptual narrowing
A 9-month-old who used to distinguish between monkey faces no longer can. This is an example of:
Perceptual narrowing
Assimilation
Plasticity
Own-race bias
Which motor milestone involves grasping with the thumb and forefinger?
Ulnar grasp
Pincer grasp
Palmar reflex
Rooting reflex
A baby learns to turn its head when a bell rings because the bell was repeatedly paired with milk. This is an example of:
Operant conditioning
Classical conditioning
Habituation
Scaffolding
When a toddler receives a sticker each time she uses the potty, she begins using it more often. This is an example of:
Classical conditioning
Operant conditioning
Vicarious reinforcement
Shaping through observation
A child watches her older brother get praised for cleaning up and then cleans up herself. This best illustrates:
Modeling
Scaffolding
Operant conditioning
Classical conditioning
Which combination of sex chromosomes results in a typical biological male?
XX
XY
XO
YY
Down Syndrome is most often caused by:
A) A missing X chromosome
B) A translocation of DNA
C) An extra 21st chromosome
D) A polygenic mutation
Height, skin color, and intelligence are examples of:
Single-gene traits
Polygenic traits
Dominant traits
Recessive traits
Hospice care is primarily designed to:
Cure terminal illness
Provide comfort and dignity at the end of life
Delay death at any cost
Rehabilitate after injury
Fertilization occurs in the _______, while implantation occurs in the _______.
Fertilization occurs in the fallopian tube, while implantation occurs in the uterus.
Fertilization occurs in the uterus, while implantation occurs in the fallopian tube.
Fertilization occurs in the ovary, while implantation occurs in the cervix.
Fertilization occurs in the cervix, while implantation occurs in the ovary.
The single cell formed at conception is called a _______ , while the hollow ball of cells that implants is the _______.
The single cell formed at conception is called a zygote, while the hollow ball of cells that implants is the blastocyst.
The single cell formed at conception is called a morula, while the hollow ball of cells that implants is the embryo.
The single cell formed at conception is called a gamete, while the hollow ball of cells that implants is the fetus.
The single cell formed at conception is called a blastomere, while the hollow ball of cells that implants is the gastrula.
Compared with other developed nations, maternal mortality in the U.S. is:
Much lower
About the same
Higher
Unchanged since the 1950s
The armpit-smell study demonstrated that infants:
Cannot recognize their mother’s scent
Prefer their father’s scent
Prefer their mother’s natural scent over others
Have no sense of smell at birth
Neurons are ______, while synapses are ______.
Connections between cells; the cells themselves
The cells themselves; the connections between them
Myelin sheaths; axons
Pruned branches; new cells
Synaptic pruning refers to:
Creating new synapses
Eliminating unused synapses
Strengthening reflexes
Myelinating neurons
Myelination speeds up:
Formation of new neurons
Electrical communication between neurons
Synaptic pruning
Neurogenesis
