PSY 0431 Week 1 Quiz 2

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PSY 0431-01 Developmental Psychology Fall 2020

Question 1

Which of the following statements is a FALSE statement about the brain development?

 a. plasticity and cell pruning allows brain development to be “fine-tuned”

 b. new neurons can be generated even in late adulthood

 c. consuming too much sugar will impact the brain development

 d. aerobic exercise improves our memory and focus

Question 2

Newborns' ability to see the details is about ______ times worse than those of the adults with normal vision. 

 a. 40

 b. 10

 c. 80

 d. 4

 e. 20

Question 3

Which of the following statements about death and grievance is a FALSE statement?

 a. Jack Kevorkian was a physician who assisted in patient suicides and fought for the patients’ right to die with dignity

 b. accidents are the leading cause of the death for adolescences and young adults

 c.  factors that influence our attitudes about death includes, but not limited to, experiential differences and cultural beliefs

 d. all of the statements are true

 e. dying children are typically unaware of what is happening to them and unable to process emotions they are experiencing

Question 4

Which of the following statements is a FALSE statement related to prenatal development?

Select one:

 a. if the mother uses the substances, the newborn can go through the drug withdrawal after birth

 b. plasticity refers to a specific, but limited time usually early in an organism’s life, during which the organism is particularly susceptible to environmental influences

 c. statistics show a healthy baby is most likely to result if mother is between 16 and 34 years of age

 d. compared to other developed countries, the infant mortality is higher in the United States

Question 5

Although the outer cell mass will not become a part of the fetus, it will become a part of the support system for the developing fetus. Which of the following is NOT an example of their functions?

Select one:

 a. a watertight membrane that cushions and protects the fetus

 b. a rich network of blood vessels that permits the exchange of materials between the bloodstreams of mother and fetus

 c. a neural tube that will support brain development

 d. an external sac that produces blood cells temporarily

Question 6

Which of the following reflexes do NOT seem to have a clear adaptive or survival value?

Select one:

 a. rooting

 b. moro

 c. sucking

 d. tonic neck

Question 7

While _____________ focuses on how a particular stimulus impacts the probability that a behavior will continue, _________________ focuses on the strength of the association between the stimulus and behavior.

Select one:

 a.

classical conditioning; observational learning

 b.

observational learning; emotional conditioning

 c. operant learning; observational learning

 d. classical conditioning; operant learning

 e. operant learning; classical conditioning

Question 8

Which of the following statements is FALSE related to adult perception?

 a. adult hearing loss is linked to decline in cognitive functioning

 b. men loose hearing sensitivity at faster rate than women

 c. vision loss due to cloudiness of the lens cannot be restored

 d. men show greater decline in sensitivity to taste than women

Question 9

Katherine has been born with a number of developmental irregularities.  She is shorter than average, has a broad chest and webbing around the neck.  She has underdeveloped ovaries and will not be able to reproduce.  What disorder is she most likely suffering from?

 a. Down syndrome

 b. Klinefelter’s syndrome

 c. XYY syndrome

 d. Turner’s syndrome

Question 10

Dr. Hirsh is a developmental psychologist interested in studying children’s spatial reasoning.  In her study, she compares the total duration it takes and the number of errors 4-, 5-, and 6-year-olds make to complete a spatial maze task. What research methods is Dr. Hirsh using?

Select one:

 a. meta-analysis

 b. sequential

 c. cross-sectional

 d. trial and error

 e. longitudinal

Question 11

Which of the following statements is a FALSE statement about the Oregon’s “Death with Dignity Act”?

Select one:

 a. patient must make two verbal requests as well as to make a written request to the attending physician

 b. terminally ill patients must have six months or less to live to obtain a lethal prescription

attending physician must determine that the patient’s judgment is not impaired

 c. all of the statements are true

 d. attending physician must determine that the patient’s judgment is not impaired

 e. terminally ill young patients under the ages of 18 must have written and verbal consents parent(s)

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT a genetic disorder that causes brain damage and mental abnormality?

Select one:

 a. fragile X syndrome

 b. Down syndrome

 c. Microcephaly

 d. phenylketonuria (PKU)

Question 13

One receives chromosomes from both their father and mother.  How many chromosomes does a person typically have?

Select one:

 a. 22

 b. 92

 c. 23

 d. 46

 e. 44

Question 14

Positive reinforcement __________ the probability that a behavior will continue; negative reinforcement __________ the probability that a behavior will continue.

Select one:

 a. decreases; increases

 b. increases; increases

 c. increases; decreases

 d. decreases; decreases

Question 15

Steve has five brothers and sisters. All of them are taller than their grandparents of the same gender. Which of the following best describes this trend in growth?

Select one:

 a. cultural

 b. secular

 c. heredity

 d. industrial

Question 16

Susan and Mike just had their first baby and brought her home from the hospital.  Which of the following statements best describes what they might be observing from their baby?

Select one:

 a. on average she will cry for about 4 hours a day

 b. on average she will spend 8 hours a day in a drowsy state

 c. on average she will spend 8 hours a day awake and alert

 d. on average she will spend 16 hours a day asleep

Question 17

Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is directly linked/correlated to

Select one:

 a. maternal stress

 b. maternal age

 c. maternal ingestion of alcohol

 d. maternal smoking

Question 18

Which of the following teratogen-related conditions is NOT linked to infant brain damage and mental abnormality?

Select one:

 a. Microcephaly

 b. lead poisoning

 c. fetal alcohol syndrome

 d. Thalidomide syndrome

Question 19

Which of the following statements best describes the general physical development?

Select one:

 a. motor skills are mostly influenced by neurological maturation of the brain

 b. children from all cultures generally learn to walk around their 1st birthday

 c. there are two major growth spurts before the ages of 20

 d. previous generations tend to be taller than the current generation

Question 20

Which of the following statements regarding sex-linked inheritance is FALSE?

Select one:

 a. the Y chromosome is larger than the X chromosome

 b. genes are not always paired evenly 

 c. recessive genes can be expressed, even if there is only one

 d. males are more likely to be affected by sex-linked disorders

Question 21

Bronfenbrenner would argue that the links that bind students to parents, students to teachers, employees to bosses, and friends to friends is an example of ____________ while a historical event such as the terrorist attacks in New York in September 11, 2001 is an example of __________________.

Select one:

 a. macrosystem; exosystem

 b. mesosystem; chronosystem

 c. macrosystem; chronosystem

 d. mesosystem; exosystem

 e. microsystem; exosystem

Question 22

Which of the following statements is NOT a characteristic of emerging adulthood?

Select one:

 a. optimism and confidence

 b. feeling in-between stages

 c. all statements describe the characteristics of emerging adulthood

 d. focus on others and the community

 e. frequent changes in situation

Question 23

You notice that a newborn infant has low birthweight, mild mental abnormality, and atypical facial features.  What is this baby most likely suffering from?

Select one:

 a. XYY syndrome

 b. thalidomide syndrome

 c. fetal alcohol syndrome

 d. Klinefelter syndrome

Question 24

according to Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, which of the following is NOT a typical example of what one might experience during the five stages of dying and grievance?

Select one:

 a. calmly accepts the death

 b. try a variety of home remedies and unapproved medicines

 c. experience depression and isolation from the society

 d. all statements are examples of what one might experience during the five stages of dying and grievance according to Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

 e. lives each day to the fullest

Question 25

Which of the following is a FALSE statement regarding the genetic research and advancement?

Select one:

 a. Human Genome Project has already sequenced the entire genome in human chromosomes

 b. scientists have discovered more regions with the genetic materials in human DNA than previously suspected

 c. CRISPR technology can now alter DNA sequences and modify gene function

 d. studies suggest that heritable phenotype could be changed without involving alterations in the DNA sequence  

Question 26

For dominant genetic disorders, if only one parent carries a dominant gene, what percent of the time will the offspring inherit the disorder?

Select one:

 a. 25%

 b. 75%

 c. 20%

 d. 50%

Question 27

Genetic contribution of an offspring’s parents is called ________ while the expression of the offspring’s genetic information is called _________.

Select one:

 a. heredity; environment

 b. heredity; genotype

 c. phenotype; genotype

 d. genotype; phenotype

 e. heredity; allele

Question 28

Knowing about the cephalocaudal trend, one would expect the ______ to develop before ______.

 a. arm; shoulder

 b. arm; leg

 c. digestive system; brain

 d. foot; leg

Question 29

Some posits that _________ during the __________ sleep provides a means for an infant’s brain to further develop.

Select one:

 a. synaptogenesis; REM

 b. synaptogenesis; non-REM

 c. autostimulation; non-REM

 d. autostimulation; REM

Question 30

___________ provides the framework for a set of organized facts or principles; explains and predicts concerning phenomena of interests.

Select one:

 a. concepts

 b. theories

 c. hypotheses

 d. perspectives

Question 31

Piaget argued that during the _______________, children use symbols to understand their world while during the _____________, children think analytically and multidimensionally about the world.

Select one:

 a. preoperational stage; formal operational stage

 b. preoperational stage; concrete operational stage

 c. concrete operational stage; formal operational stage

 d. sensorimotor stage; concrete operational stage

 e. sensorimotor stage; preoperational stage

Question 32

Which of the following pairs is correct?

Select one:

 a. embryonic stage; formation of inner cell and outer cell mass

 b. germinal stage; formation of a hollow, fluid-filled ball with 150 cells

 c. germinal stage; formation of the three distinct layers of cells from the inner cell mass

 d. embryonic stage; the blastocyst embeds itself in the uterine lining

Question 33

After the sperm and the egg unites, the fertilized egg is called a(n) __________.  A(n) _________ is formed when a single cell multiplies to form a hollow, fluid-filled ball with roughly 150 cells. 

Select one:

 a. gamete; blastocyst

 b. zygote; blastocyst

 c. gamete; gastrulation

 d. chromosome; gastrulation

 e. zygote; ectoderm

Question 34

_____________ is defined as selective death of certain cells and _____________ is defined as cells specializing.

Select one:

 a. cell differentiation; synaptogenesis

 b. synaptogenesis; cell migration

 c. cell differentiation; cell migration

 d. apoptosis; synaptogenesis

 e. apoptosis; cell differentiation

Question 35

While __________ is generally responsible for thinking, planning, and organizing, __________ is generally responsible for spatial processing and integration of sensory information.

Select one:

 a. temporal lobe; frontal lobe

 b. parietal lobe; occipital lobe

 c. frontal lobe; parietal lobe

 d. temporal lobe; parietal lobe

 e. frontal lobe; occipital lobe

Question 36

Sally steals, lies, and manipulates others in order to get what she wants. She has no regards for moral standards or right vs. wrong.  According to Freud, Sally lacks a(n)

Select one:

 a. libido

 b. superego

 c. id

 d. ego

Question 37

Which is an example of a disorder resulting from chromosomal anomaly with extra genetic information?

Select one:

 a. Down syndrome

 b. phenylketonuria (PKU)

 c. Sickle-cell anemia

 d. Tay-Sachs disease

Question 38

According to Vygotsky, development results from

 a. biological maturation of the brain

 b. learning through social interaction with adults, peer, and teachers

 c. punishment and reinforcement

 d. accommodation and assimilation

Question 39

The ____________ records the infant’s regaining of their lost attention while the __________ records the infant’s selective attention.

Select one:

 a. habituation paradigm; observational paradigm

 b. preferential-looking technique; habituation paradigm

 c. observational paradigm habituation paradigm

 d. observational paradigm; preferential-looking technique

 e. habituation paradigm; preferential-looking technique

Question 40

Amber is 5 years old.  She was not too upset at her grandfather’s funeral because, as she puts it, “It’s okay. We can see him when he gets better tomorrow.” Amber’s statement indicates that she lacks an understanding of both the __________ and ________ aspects of death.

Select one:

 a. finality and irreversibility

 b. universality and biological causality

 c. irreversibility and universality

 d. biological causality and finality

 e. biological causality and irreversibility