Psych 101 Learning Modules

In 2016, _____ percent of adults aged 25 to 35 were living in their parents' home, a proportion that is _____ that in 1981.

15%; double

Only a small proportion, about _____ percent, of U.S. teens wish they were someone else.

20%

Norma lost her baby during her eighth week of pregnancy. During which stage of prenatal development did she have the miscarriage?

embryo

In prenatal development, the period of the _____ begins at conception.

zygote

A woman who is 7 months pregnant has been reciting poems and singing to her fetus. Is she wasting her time?

No, she is not wasting her time. Her baby can hear her and will likely recognize her voice immediately after birth.

Sara just found out that her sister conceived about seven days ago. She rushes to find a book on pregnancy so that she can learn more about it. What will the book say is happening around the seventh day of pregnancy?

The cells of the zygote are beginning to differentiate.

Thirteen-year-old Ariana is getting more involved in risky behaviors, which has her mother very worried. Ariana is also more impulsive and emotionally volatile than she used to be. What is the MOST likely explanation for Ariana's behavior?

a pubertal hormonal surge

Kayla is 13 years old. She is in the middle of puberty. Kayla is in a stage of development called:

adolescence

Jean Piaget proposed a stage theory of _____ development.

cognitive

Improved judgment, impulse control, and the ability to plan for the future develop during the late teens and early twenties, largely as a result of:

development of the frontal lobe and its connections with other parts of the brain.

Marjorie has just completed an introductory course in psychology at a local community college. She would like to take another psychology course next semester. The college offers courses in developmental psychology, social psychology, personality psychology, and industrial-organizational psychology. Marjorie is especially interested in change and growth across the life span. Based on this information, Marjorie should consider the course in _____ psychology.

developmental

_____ psychology examines growth and change in physical, cognitive, and social areas across the life span.

developmental

An introductory psychology student expresses an interest in growth and change during childhood and adolescence. Which psychology course should the student consider taking next semester?

developmental psychology

Randi is in the fifth week of her pregnancy, which means that her baby is in the _____ period of prenatal development.

embryo

A person "in between" adolescence and adulthood, who is no longer a teen but has yet to assume the full range of "grown-up" responsibilities, is in the phase of life known as:

emerging adulthood

The MOST immediate and direct function of the rooting reflex is the facilitation of:

feeding

Lester is 59. He has just celebrated his twenty-fifth anniversary at his company. He feels that his gold watch is just a meaningless trinket and is glad that he balanced his work with family life. According to Erik Erikson, Lester is in the stage of development called _____ versus stagnation.

generativity

Marcia is 48. She has the intense desire to create a mentoring program at her company. According to Erik Erikson, she is likely experiencing:

generativity

Jeremy is 16 years old and is trying different clothes and hairstyles. His father is confused and sometimes shocked by his son's pairing of shirts and pants, earrings, chains, and various hair colors Jeremy tries. His mother, on the other hand, just laughs. According to Erik Erikson, Jeremy is in the stage of development called _____ versus _____.

identify; vs role confusion

Beginning in 1971, the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth tracked 5000 exceptionally gifted people for 45 years, from childhood into adulthood. This is an example of a(n) _____ study.

longitudinal

Chanice is 12 years old. When she woke up this morning, she noticed blood on her bed. This has never happened before. Chanice is experiencing:

mecarche

Which of these major issues is NOT among those emphasized by developmental psychologists?

personal and situation

The final stage of Kohlberg's theory is the _____ level of development.

postconventional

As a public initiation into Latina womanhood, a quinceañera is an example of a:

rite of passage

Jessica acts so differently with her parents than with her girlfriends that she often thinks her personality is completely phony. Erik Erikson would have suggested that Jessica is experiencing:

role confusion

Baby Hannah automatically turns her head in the direction of a touch on the cheek. This is the _____ reflex; it helps an infant to _____.

rooting; obtain food