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PSYCH 250 1st EditionExam # 1 Study Guide1. Which of the following is NOT a theme of developmental psychology?a. The active childb. Individual differencesc. Research and children’s welfared. Nature vs. Nurturee. Continuity and discontinuity 2. In a typical pregnancy, which of the following is NOT a factor that is known to initiate labor?a. Maturation of the placentab. Distension of the uterus c. A hormone in the mother’s bodyd. Maturation of the fetal lungs3. If someone says she is earning a PhD in developmental psychology, then you know she is most likely to bea. Training for clinical practice that focuses on treating childhood disordersb. Working one-on-one with children who have developmental disabilitiesc. Doing research on some aspect of child developmentd. Learning how to diagnose abnormal outcomes in child development4. Which of the following is a microgenetic design?a. Study just one single child extensively over a long period of timeb. Study a group of children at age 4, and observe them again at age 6 and at age 12c. Study a group of children repeatedly during a brief transition periodd. Study a group of children repeatedly over an extended period of time5. The behavior genetics term for external factors that contribute to individual differences between genetically related individuals reared in the same environment isa. Nonshared environmentb. Idiosyncratic variationc. Sociocultural discrepanciesd. Non-heritability estimatese. Random error variance6. Which statement is true regarding emergency contraception (also called the morning after pill)?a. It causes an embryo to be aborted b. It causes a fetus to be abortedc. It damages the blastocyst so that it cannot successfully implant in the uterine walld. It prevents ovulation ad thickens cervical mucus to slow sperm movement7. Jenny watches her big brother climb from the back of the couch onto an adjacent bookshelf, a behavior she has never tried to do herself. A day later, as soon as her mother leaves the room for a moment, Jenny climbs up on the couch and onto the bookshelf. Jenny’s behavior is evidence of the concept known asa. Replicationb. Deferred imitationc. A-not-B errord. Post-observational centration8. When Maura told us about her experience of labor and giving birth to her daughter, she gave us additional details about the stages of labor. Specifically, she explained thata. The early phase of labor is not painful and women can move around fairly easily during the first several hours of laborb. The second stage is actually much longer than the firstc. The first stage starts out with a great deal of pain and discomfort, but gets easier as contractions continued. There are rebound contractions that occur during the third stage that are more painful than any other contractions 9. Newborn reflexes appear to be most important for getting food and fora. Moving around the environmentb. Asserting one’s independencec. Establishing connections with caregiversd. Initiating cognitive developmente. Exploring objects10. In neonates, crying is a reflex reaction to discomfort. Given this fact, which of the following is true?a. When your newborn baby cries, you should try to figure out the cause of discomfortb. When your newborn baby cries, you should ignore it to show the baby who is bossc. When your newborn cries, he or she is telling you that you are a bad parentd. When your newborn cries, you should always wait and see if he or she can cry him or herself to sleepe. When your newborn cries, wait a long time before responding to teach the baby to be independent11. A very low Apgar score meansa. Active labor is unlikely to beginb. The neonate needs immediate medical carec. The fetus is at risk of premature birthd. The neonate has severe cognitive deficitse. The neonate has neurological defects12. In prenatal development, this pattern of development causes areas nearer the head to develop earlier than those farther away. This pattern of development explains why five-month-old infants will use their mouths a lot to explore objects while 8-month-olds use their mouths less and use their hands more. The specific term for this patter isa. Proximodistalb. Top-downc. Cephalocaudald. Phylogenetice. Polygenic13. In class, we watched a video with several young children in it (Nicky, Oscar, Taffy and Colin.) The most prominent feature of children’s cognitive development that is illustrated by these children is a. Children learn by imitating othersb. Children learn by doingc. Children must first destroy in order to created. Children learn without any social interactione. Children learn from chaos and disorder14. Mike and Scott are twin 7-year olds boys. Mike spends most of his time playing chess while Scott spends most of his time playing soccer. Through which process will the boys’ brains develop differently?a. Experience-expectant plasticityb. Experience-independent plasticityc. Experience-enhanced plasticityd. Experience-dependent plasticity15. Which of the following is a disorder involving sex chromosomes?a. Tay-Sachs diseaseb. Kleinfelter syndromec. Williams syndromed. Autism spectrum disorder16. Which of the following remains quite sensitive to teratogens throughout the embryonic and fetal periods of prenatal development?a. Heartb. Central nervous systemc. Cardiovascular systemd. Arms and legse. Both B and C17. The earliest period of brain development is characterized by very rapid growth and _________ of neurons and synapses.a. Overproductionb. Deathc. Specializationd. Myelinatione. Apoptosis18. Lev Vygotsky’s sociocultural perspective portrays children asa. Little socialistsb. Little apprenticesc. Little mimicsd. Little social butterflies19. Which of the following statements best illustrates the theme of “The Active Child”?a. Children are in a constant state of perpetual motionb. Children who stay engaged tend to develop better across all domainsc. Children contribute to their own developmentd. Children need to stay physically and mentally active in order to develop across all domains20. A research team conducts an observational study of the social networks of three different groups of children. One group of 12-year olds, a group of 14-year olds, and a group of 18-year olds. When they analyzed their data, they found that 18-year olds had the largest number of friends in their social networks and 12-year olds had the smallest number of friends in their social network. Given the cross-directional design of this


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