Developmental Psychology - Psychology through the Lifespan - Quizzes Chapters 1-6 for Midterm Exam

Which newborn has the highest Apgar score?

"Adrian is pink all over, and is kicking and crying."

Susan is talking to her friend who is at the end of her second trimester. Lucila wants to be reassured that she is not crazy, but thinks her baby actually kicks, turns, and hiccups. Lucila even thinks that the baby becomes more active if she talks to it. If you were Susan how do you respond to Lucila's observations?

"Lucila those activities are normal for the end of the second trimester, and fetuses can hear even in the womb."

At what age does a child's vocabulary begin to expand rapidly?

2-6

Children between the ages of 2 and 6 years old generally grow how many inches per year?

3 inches

Baby Jade is fully developed and ready to be born, how many weeks of development has Jade reached?

40 weeks

How many stages are there for the sensorimotor stages according to Piaget?

6 stages

At what age do most mothers stop breastfeeding?

6-8 weeks

At what range of age does Middle Adulthood end?

60-65

What percentage of children in the United States are securely attached to their caregiver?

65%

The "young old" refers to people between which ages?

65-79

What is Anoxia?

A temporary lack of oxygen to the brain

As an infant, Ellen was often left alone with little food, in her crib for 8 hrs or more while her mother worked. Is she doomed to be plagued with mental illness?

According to Freud, Yes.

Gena enrolled herself to piano lessons to develop her skills because she loves to play the piano. What type of Genotype is this an example of?

Active Genotype Environment Correlation

Mike's girlfriend just gave birth to a baby boy and he wants to see how the child will act naturally compared to how it will act depending on what he teaches the child. What is this an example of?

Active vs. Passive

Who is the leading contributor to Social Learning Theory?

Albert Bandura

Amanda's water has broken but she does not have any contractions what does this mean?

Amanda has to have an induced birth

What is the term for an iron deficiency that is associated with diminished mental and motor development?

Anemia

Jenna, has 3 kids and everyday Jenna asks her children how their school day went and will read them stories at bedtime. Whenever one of her kids get in trouble Jenna ensures she hears every perspective before she decides on a punishment. What kind of parenting style is Jenna?

Authoritative

Doctor James is measuring an infants developments which includes their cognition, language, social emotion, motor, and adaptive behavior? What method is doctor James using to measure this infant's development?

Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development

Erikson theoryWhich of the following does not fit into Erikson's first 2 stages?

Being born premature may risk autonomy being developed the first year of life if the parent is not responsive to the child.

What would make kids feel industrious in their endeavors?

Being successful early on in middle school.

Researcher Smith uses a variety of techniques to learn as much as possible about Mr. Jordan who had to relocate to Houston after losing everything in Hurricane Katrina. Researcher Smith is using which method of research?

Case Study

Why are observational studies considered more useful when studying children?

Children alter their behavior if they know they are being watched

What response are you using when a smell makes you remember something from your past?

Classical Conditioning and Emotional Response.

What are the benefits of gesturing in babies?

Communication between child and caregiver is improved by the understand of what the child is asking for

______ involves looking at media such as old texts, pictures, commercials, lyrics or other materials to explore patterns or themes in culture.

Content Analysis

What is the type of development that is a more slow and gradual process?

Continuous

Research that involves testing different group ages multiple time throughout time and comparing their own scores is called?

Cross-sequential

Hasib is scared to invite his American Girlfriend to meet his Afghan parents in fear she wouldn't understand his what?

Culture

Which theorist am I? I study human development as stages across the entire lifespan. I am known as the father of developmental psychology.

Eric Erikson

Whose theory develops into a desire to take initiatives?

Eric Erikson

What type of emotion is being expressed in the following scenario, a mother is smiling at their baby and the baby is reacting by crawling closer.

Facial Expression

What does re-partnering refer to?

Forming new, intimate relationships after a divorce.

Fred was born into a family with high musical talent. Both his parents were professional musicians who encouraged and fostered his musical development. Throughout childhood he practiced the guitar whenever he could and eventually became a professional musician himself. Which of the following best describes Fred's genotype?

Fred's musical genes

Which theorists am I?The creation of the self comes from the development of the id, ego and superego

Freud

In Early adulthood, most people are focused on?

Future, love, and work

Fido wants to receive a treat.

He sits up attentively.

Under the Theory of Self, an infant would be born with what part of one's self or personality?

ID

__________ involve participants being directly questioned by a researcher.

Interviews

Veronica finally started her sixth-grade year and is already getting used to her daily routine. Veronica's mom also noticed that Veronica isbecoming more of an indivual and becoming more aware of her self- image than usual. What part of the human development system is Veronica being influenced by?

Mesosystem

The National Association for the Education of Young Children identifies 10 standards which all include except for?

More than 10 hours per week are required of child's attendance

What is the difference between nature and nurture?

Nature is the biological genes we get from our parents. Nurture is what we learn.

What are the four main types of abuse?

Neglect, physical abuse, psychological maltreatment, and sexual abuse

Wyatt had a car accient when he was driving back from soccer practice, he woke up he was unable to recognize hes family, what brain process will he have to go through from this point?

Neuroplasticity

______ refers to the brain's ability to change its structure and function in response to experience or damage.

Neuroplasticity

Sarah is asked to write a paper about the classes pet bird and her habits. Which method would be the most beneficial for her research.

Observational

What is the process called when an ovum ripens and is ready to be released about every 28 days?

Oogenesis

Sally asks her dog to give her its paw, every time the dog listens and puts its paw out, Sally gives it a treat. The dog always listens now because it knows it's getting a treat every time. What type of conditioning is this?

Operant

Mia learned the word for "dog" and now says that every animal is a dog. What is this an example of?

Overregularization

A socioeconomic class in which approximately one-third of your income is used for food, making it difficult to sustain a household and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Poverty

A researcher is collecting data such as heart rate, hormone levels and brain activity, what kind of technique is being used?

Psychological Assessment

All are signs of social deprivation EXCEPT for?

SIDS

A death that occurs in infants under the age of one that has no obvious cause is known as ______.

SUID

Sara has no problem exploring a room and playing with toys when her mother leaves the room, she even offers her mother's friend one of her toys while her mother is away. what kind of attachment does Sara display?

Secure Attachment

Sara has a hard time hearing the voice of her teacher over the other sounds in her preschool classroom, what type of attention is she struggling with?

Selective Attention

A 5-year-old was given a set of numbers to remember and was able to remember a 4 digit active number, what memory type did he use?

Short-term memory

It is Layla's first day of high school and she just moved to Chicago from Oregon. her classmates look to her and said, "just follow what we do." What is this called?

Social Learning Theory

______________ is a way to identify families and households based on their shared levels of education, income and occupation.

Socioeconomic status

Chad feels guilty because he cheated on an exam. Which part of the self is responsible for this sense of guilt?

Superego

Which of the following flavors do newborns show a preference for?

Sweet

____ provides a protective environment in which the fetus' temperature is regulated and protects the fetus from friction caused by the mother's movements.

The amniotic fluid or amnion

Sarah is pregnant with her first child, she is 7 weeks along. What developments take place for the embryo at 7 weeks?

The brain begins to develop

This method of prepared childbirth encourages mothers to have a coach to help guide them through the birth process.

The lamaze method

What is the "tip of the iceberg" that can compromise our mental state referred to as?

Theory on the mind

Kids with permissive parents typically have more challenges making impulsive decisions and have more problems building and maintaining relationships (social skill challenges).

True

Malnutrition impacts cognitive development in children.

True

An American who may receive some governmental assistance and tend to be looked down upon by other members of society is in what social class?

Under class

John ans Dora recently got married a couple of months ago. Dora the wife started realizing she is becoming more like her mother in her marriage. What kind of behavior is this?

Vicarious reinforcement

Which is the most poorly developed sense at birth?

Vision

This theorist emphasized the potential a child has to learn if given guidance.

Vygotsky

Which of the following in the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development is not included part of the five key developmental domains?

Weight

If you want to know someone's socioeconomic status, you would ask:

What is your income?

Is malnutrition common in developed nations like the US?

Yes, malnutrition is common in the US

Mark's father has a bad temper and is physically abusive to him. Mark's mother is aware, but says nothing and never stops him. Can she be arrested and charged, and if so with what?

Yes, with the failure to act

By the end of the first week following conception the fertilized egg now has approximately 100 cells and is known as the _____.

blastocyst

When Sammy sees Mommy roll the thick ball of dough into a thin circle for a pie crust he says, Now there is more dough, because it's bigger. His sister, Sara, tells Sammy No, it's the same amount because Mommy could just roll it back again and it would look the same. According to Piaget's framework, Sammy ________ and Sara ________.

can't conserve; can conserve

The cohort effect is most noticeable with which level of analysis?

chronosystem analysis

Mom & Dad take note of the physical environment as well, which should be _______,

clean & safe, stimulating, colorful; all of the above

John sees his own _____through others.

development

Phil and his sister Lil are twins. What type of twins are they?

dizygotic

Which of the following would limit our understanding of development?

ethnocentrism

What are the common complications of the birth process?

failure to progress and breech presentation

An example of _____ motor skills are when children are running and jumping. ____ motor skills are improved when children are using scissors or pouring water.

gross, fine

Baby Michael was the first child born to his Rh Negative mother. He was born ______.

healthy

The difference between gross and fine motor skills is whether they:

involve bigger or smaller muscles

To reinforce taking initiative, Mom praises Sam for getting in his pajamas and brushing his teeth. She ignores the ________left in the bathroom.

mess

However, the findings from case studies cannot be generalized or applied to larger populations; this is because cases are not randomly selected and no control group is used for comparison.

not randomly selected and no control group used for comparison

A dog learns to sit in order to get a treat. This best illustrates:

operant conditioning

For a scientific explanation to be testable, it must also be ________.

perceivable and measurable

Harlow's Research confirms that babies have social as well as _______needs.

physical

The ____________ paradigm is used to gage infant's visual knowledge while the ____________ paradigm is used to gage infant's understanding of sound.

preferential looking; head-turn

Motor development occurs in an orderly sequence as infants move from __________ to more __________ functioning.

reflexive reactions; advanced motor

What reflexes are essential for neonate feeding?

rooting and sucking

The most devastating problem for children with autistic spectrum disorder as they grow up is their lack of:

social understanding

Active experimentation is part of _______ in Piaget's substages of sensorimotor intelligence.

stage five

What needs to dilate to 10 centimeters (4.5 inches) during the process of labor?

the cervix

The term "holophrase" is used to denote:

the infant's use of one word to express a whole thought.

Drives and urges are relatively quiet during this stage, according to Freud.

the latent stage

Secure attachment makes a toddler:

willing to explore