Developmental Psychology Study Guide Questions
Course Introduction
Developmental Psychology explores the patterns and processes of human growth and change throughout the lifespan, from conception to old age. This course examines the biological, cognitive, social, and emotional development of individuals, focusing on key theories, research findings, and practical applications. Topics include genetic and environmental influences, milestones in physical and psychological development, attachment, language acquisition, identity formation, and the impact of culture and society. Students will gain an understanding of how developmental processes interact and influence behavior across different life stages and how this knowledge can inform approaches in education, healthcare, and counseling.
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Lifespan Development Lives in Context 1st Edition by Tara L. Kuther
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Chapter 1: Understanding Human Development:
Approaches and Theories
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Q1) Professor Ming studies the effects of trauma on mental health across the lifespan. She plans to conduct a study that includes participants from the following age ranges: 6-12, 13-19, 20-40, and 50-70. All of her participants will be from an area that experienced a natural disaster, such as a deadly hurricane or earthquake. Professor Ming will then look at symptoms of depression and anxiety in each of the age groups to draw conclusions about age-related differences in the processing of traumatic events. Which research design is best suited for this study?
A) Experimental
B) Cross-sectional
C) Longitudinal
D) Sequential
Answer: B
Q2) Scientists generate _____, or proposed explanations for a given phenomenon, that can be tested by research.
A) theories
B) hypotheses
C) cohorts
D) subjective opinions
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Biological and Environmental Foundations
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Q1) In humans, 23 pairs of chromosomes are matched containing similar genes in almost identical positions and sequence, reflecting the distinct blueprint of the biological mother and father.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Vince has one of the most common sex chromosome abnormalities. Vince has _____ syndrome.
A) Klinefelter
B) Down
C) XYY
D) fragile X
Answer: A
Q3) When conducted prior to 10 weeks gestational age, _______ may increase the likelihood of limb defects and miscarriage.
A) ultrasound
B) amniocentesis
C) chorionic villus sampling
D) noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT)
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: The Prenatal Period, Birth, and the Newborn
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Q1) _____-exposed newborns often show signs of addiction and withdrawal symptoms, including tremors, irritability, abnormal crying, disturbed sleep, and impaired motor control.
A) Nicotine
B) Heroin
C) Mercury
D) Marijuana
Answer: B
Q2) After a delivery, women in _________ achieve a higher social position and can then give advice to other women.
A) the Brong-Ahafo region of Ghana
B) Japan
C) southern Italy
D) the Zinacanteco
Answer: A
Q3) Prenatal exposure to stress hormones is associated with a higher risk for developing ADHD.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Physical Development in Infancy and
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Q1) The ability to imitate an absent model is called:
A) imitation.
B) deferred imitation.
C) delayed imitation.
D) dishabituation.
Q2) Voluntary reaching is an example of:
A) finger motor development.
B) fine motor development.
C) gross motor development.
D) physical motor development.
Q3) Explain why low-income women in the United States are less likely to breast-feed but low-income women in developing countries are more likely to breast-feed.
Q4) The creation of new neurons is called:
A) neurogenesis.
B) glial formulation.
C) synaptogenesis.
D) myelination.
Q5) Motor development reflects an interaction between maturation and environment in which the infant acquires increasingly complex _____ of action.
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Chapter 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy and
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Q1) Which of the perspectives on language acquisition discusses how culture shapes language acquisition?
A) Interactionist perspective
B) Nativist perspective
C) Learning theory
D) Ethological theory
Q2) One of the most important advances during the coordination of secondary schemas stage is object permanence.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What type of babbling do infants use when they babble with well-formed syllables that sound like language?
Q4) The repetition of an action and its response is called a:
Q5) A concept, idea, and way of interacting on the world is called a(an):
A) equilibrium.
B) accommodation.
C) assimilation.
D) schema.
Q6) What are infants' earliest categories based on?
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Chapter 6: Socioemotional Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood
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Q1) Anna is an infant taking part in the Strange Situation. Anna was not interested in playing with the toys and sat next to her mother. When the stranger entered the room, Anna began to cry. After her mother left the room and came back in, Anna cried and signaled for her mother to pick her up. When her mother picked her up, she kicked her feet and wanted to get down. She fussed for the remainder of the procedure. What attachment type is Anna's behavior consistent with?
A) Secure attachment
B) Insecure-avoidant attachment
C) Insecure-resistant attachment
D) Disorganized-disoriented attachment
Q2) Describe the developmental progression of emotion regulation in infancy and toddlerhood.
Q3) What area of development does the internal working model of attachment influence in children?
A) The ability to habituate
B) Temperament
C) IQ level
D) The development of self-concept or sense of self
Q4) What experiment is used to assess self-recognition in infants?
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Chapter 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) According to research on ethnic differences in patterns of growth, which of the following children is likely to be the tallest?
A) Gregor, who is from Germany
B) Dante, who is from the United States
C) Tristan, who is from African descent
D) Lyn, who is from China
Q2) Intervention programs that have lasting effects:
A) provide one or two years of preschool.
B) are privately funded.
C) provide continuous intervention beyond the preschool years.
D) primarily serve children from middle-income families.
Q3) In early childhood, the ________ grows and myelinates, enabling the child to execute large and fine motor activities, such as catching a ball or tying shoelaces.
A) cerebellum
B) cerebral cortex
C) hippocampus
D) corpus callosum
Q4) List and define three concepts associated with Vygotsky's theory than can be applied to academic instruction.
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Chapter 8: Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) Mothers tend to show more discomfort with sex-atypical behavior in boys than fathers do.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Spanking is against the law in some countries.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The most positive developmental outcomes are associated with the authoritarian parenting style.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Jenny tells everyone that she is 4 years old and is blonde with blue eyes. Sometimes she tells people that she has a black dog and a white cat. She also tells people how high she can jump. What is this called?
A) Self-esteem
B) Identity
C) Self-concept
D) Self-understanding
Q5) Harsh punishment is a common characteristic of the _____ parenting style.
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Q6) What are the benefits of sociodramatic play?
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Chapter 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) Which of the following is an example of a statement a child around the age of 8 would make?
A) I was so tired after I runned home.
B) I would have picked up my clothes if I had a basket to put them in.
C) I already did that.
D) You are dumb (said to his or her grandmother).
Q2) Body image dissatisfaction can be seen as early as the preschool years.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Jennifer has extreme difficulty reading. She has difficulty in matching letters to sounds and difficulty with word recognition and spelling. Her eyesight is fine and she does well in other classes that do not involve reading. Jennifer would most likely be diagnosed with:
A) spatial difficulties.
B) dyslexia.
C) whole-language interference.
D) ADHD.
Q4) Inadequate growth in childhood is called:
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Q5) What is the most commonly diagnosed disorder in children (about 10% of schoolchildren in the United States)?
Chapter 10: Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) What happens between school-age children and their siblings when they reach middle childhood?
A) They spend more time with siblings than with parents.
B) They spend less time with siblings than with parents.
C) They tend to ignore each other the majority of the time.
D) They fight more with opposite-sex siblings.
Q2) Who is likely to keep more of their friendships across the school year-first graders or fourth graders?
Q3) An aggressive response that is preceded by an insult, confrontation, or frustration is called:
A) overt aggression.
B) passive aggression.
C) reactive aggression.
D) relational aggression.
Q4) What is a more important factor to a child's outcome of divorce than the divorce itself?
A) Social support for the children
B) Education level of the family
C) Income level of the family
D) Conflict between parents
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Chapter 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
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Q1) What impact does myelination have on an adolescent's brain?
A) Myelination causes the burst in synaptogenesis.
B) Myelination causes the synaptic pruning that makes brain functioning more efficient.
C) Myelination triggers the end of puberty.
D) Myelination leads to an increase in the brain's white matter, speeding communication between the right and left hemispheres.
Q2) Jenna is very careful not to hurt another person's feelings. She earned a spot as the team captain for her tennis team, but she knew that her teammate really wanted to be captain so she asked her coach to give it to the other player. Jenna's brother said she should not have done that because she earned it. What moral orientation is Jenna's behavior motivated by?
A) A postconventional orientation
B) A preconventional orientation
C) A justice orientation
D) A care orientation
Q3) What technique do researchers of adolescent development use to accurately get a picture of what is actually occurring daily in an adolescent's life?
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Chapter 12: Socioemotional Development in Adolescence
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Q1) Which of the following factors have contributed to the decline in adolescent pregnancy rates in the U.S.?
A) Increased abortion rates
B) Later initiation of sexual activity and increased contraceptive use
C) Mandatory sex education programs in both public and private schools
D) An increase in abstinence programs in public schools
Q2) Most young people whose delinquent activity persists and evolves into a life of crime:
A) demonstrate no warning signs in childhood or adolescence.
B) often commit their first offense in mid-adolescence.
C) show multiple problem behaviors in childhood.
D) come from middle-income homes with strong ties to the community.
Q3) In late adolescence, both boys and girls date to fulfill needs for intimacy, support, and affection.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Like cliques, crowds are based on intimate friendships.
A)True
B)False
Q5) List three strategies for preventing sexually transmitted infections.
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Chapter 13: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early
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Q1) Andrea engages in about 300 minutes of moderate activity each week. What can we assume will be the result of her weekly activity?
A) She will most likely lose weight.
B) She will probably have damage to muscles and joints if she persists at this level of activity over time.
C) She will increase her dietary intake in order to account for all the activity.
D) She will crave saturated fats.
Q2) Thinking that is dependent on the situation and thinker is called:
A) Autonomous thinking
B) Reflective thinking
C) Dualistic thinking
D) Relativistic thinking
Q3) Pragmatic thought entails acceptance of inconsistency and ambiguity; therefore, it is most like:
A) autonomous judgment.
B) reflective judgment.
C) dualistic thinking.
D) relativistic thinking.
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Chapter 14: Socioemotional Development in Early
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Q1) What do women of color report as a strong desire when they are in the workplace?
A) They report a desire to make an equal amount of pay to the white coworkers in their workplace with the same job.
B) They report a strong desire to be mentored by women of their own ethnicity.
C) They report wanting coworkers to take them seriously in the workplace.
D) They report a need to have a more flexible schedule.
Q2) Never-married mothers often show better mental health, such as lower rates of anxiety and depression, than do married mothers.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Arianna is very comfortable around babies. She loves to care for children. In her culture, she is seen as an adult. What country is she most likely from?
A) The United States
B) Romania
C) Israel
D) Argentina
Q4) Why do partners of individuals who severely abuse them remain in the relationship?
Q5) The practice of unmarried couples sharing a home is called:
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Chapter 15: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle
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Q1) Which of the following is a way that stress harms health indirectly?
A) Increase in blood pressure
B) Depression
C) Getting less exercise
D) Anxiety
Q2) The ability to resist interference from irrelevant information to stay focused on the task at hand is called:
A) Extraversion
B) Inhibition
C) Generativity
D) Selective attention
Q3) Which of the following is not known to reduce testosterone levels in men?
A) Marital stress
B) Children leaving home
C) Diets low in protein and essential vitamins
D) Sexual inactivity
Q4) What do adult returning students to college need in order to be successful?
Q5) How is the "male menopause" similar to the female menopause?
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Q6) What is the difference between early-onset breast cancers and late-onset breast cancers?
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Chapter 16: Socioemotional Development in Middle
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Q1) Why is the role of grandparent such an important one in today's society?
A) Because many grandparents are full-time caregivers for their grandchildren.
B) Because the elderly are valued in the United States.
C) Because with increasing lifespans, many will spend one third of their lives as grandparents.
D) Because adult children depend on their parents for financial support for their grandchildren.
Q2) Levinson's views and Erikson's views do not have any similarities in what adults should focus on in midlife.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The breakup of a first marriage tends to be more stressful for adults than the demise of a second or third marriage.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Same-sex partnerships show the same health benefits that married people do.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What percentage of adults report planning for retirement?
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Chapter 17: Physical and Cognitive Development in Late
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Q1) Neurogenesis plays a role in all of the following except:
A) physical impairments.
B) emotional responses.
C) stress.
D) cognition.
Q2) With age, older adults' hearts experience cell loss and become more rigid, resulting in heart pounding and taking longer to catch their breath after physical activity.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Margaret is a woman in her early 80s who lives in her own home but needs some assistance with housework and cooking. She has some physical impairments that require her to go to the doctor about once every 2 weeks. How would gerontologists categorize her?
A) Young-old
B) Old-old
C) Oldest-old
D) Elderly
Q4) What is the impact of the decline in immune function in older adults?
Q5) What impact does cognitive training have on an older adult's cognitive skills?
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Chapter 18: Socioemotional Development in Late
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Q1) Acts or omissions that cause harm to the older person and occur within the context of a trusting relationships is called:
Q2) When a dying person seeks out a second or third opinion, they are in the _____ stage of death.
A) Denial
B) Anger
C) Bargaining
D) Depression
Q3) Which of the following is not a way that attachment to the deceased is carried out?
A) Talking about the deceased to keep his or her memory alive
B) Feeling that the deceased is watching over them
C) Keeping the deceased's possessions
D) Performing a ritual that marks the death of the person
Q4) The frequency of sexual activity increases with age, but sexual satisfaction often decreases.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What benefits do residential communities have for older adults?
Q6) How can elder maltreatment be prevented?
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