Developmental Psychology Exam Questions
Course Introduction
Developmental Psychology explores the systematic psychological changes that occur in human beings throughout their lifespan, from infancy through old age. The course examines the major theoretical frameworks and empirical research findings on physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development. Students will learn how genetic, environmental, and cultural factors interact to shape development, gain insight into critical periods and milestones, and consider the implications of developmental principles for education, parenting, and intervention programs. Special attention is given to contemporary issues and challenges in understanding human growth and change.
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Psychological Science 3rd Canadian Edition by Michael Gazzaniga
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Chapter 1: Introduction
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Q1) In Chapter 1 of the text, the introductory vignette describes an incident in which Robert Dziekañski arrived in the Vancouver International Airport to meet his mother. He spoke no English and expressed frustration and agitation after a long series of meetings with immigration officials. Four RCMP officers arrived on the scene and when Mr. Dziekañski picked up a stapler they Tasered him five times and he died. Researchers in psychology might be interested in this incident because:
A) it highlights how emotional stress causes otherwise innocent victims to act irrationally
B) it highlights how emotional stress causes RCMP officers to Taser victims
C) it demonstrates the reliability of eyewitness testimony
D) it demonstrates how emotional stress can influence decision making
Answer: D
Q2) The implicit association test (IAT) is used to measure:
A) people's associations without their awareness
B) people's behaviour toward different groups of people
C) the sources of racial attitudes
D) the experiences that have affected people's racial attitudes
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Research Methodology
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Q1) A research team told one group of people that they would hear a set of jokes that were very funny and a second group that they would hear jokes that were not very funny. A third group was not told anything about the jokes. The jokes in all conditions were the same. Research with this design is:
A) observational
B) correlational
C) experimental
D) psychophysiological
Answer: C
Q2) When you pair two variables, and as one increases the other decreases, your data will show:
A) a standardized range
B) a negative correlation
C) inferential statistics
D) validity
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Biological Foundations
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Q1) A motor neuron ________, whereas a sensory neuron ________.
A) communicates electrically; communicates chemically
B) is efferent; is afferent
C) communicates chemically; communicates electrically
D) is afferent; is efferent
Answer: B
Q2) In sexual reproduction both parents contribute one half of the chromosomes; the sperm carry:
A) Y chromosomes only
B) X chromosomes only
C) X or Y chromosomes
D) X and Y chromosomes
Answer: C
Q3) Which is an example of sexual dimorphism?
A) differences in cognitive functioning between men and women
B) existence of homosexuality
C) changes in the size of the corpus callosum in left versus right handers
D) hermaphrodite syndromes
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: The Mind and Consciousness
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Q1) You may see the colour green as a different hue from that seen by your best friend; this phenomenon can best be explained by:
A) colour blindness
B) qualia
C) injury to the occipital lobe
D) relaxed muscles in the eye that distort colour
Q2) Jim is supposed to drive his children to school, but he is thinking about a big project at work. He drives directly to work, rather than dropping the children off at school first. This behaviour suggests that:
A) driving has become an automated behaviour for Jim
B) Jim is unable to concentrate on two things at once
C) Jim is likely very tired
D) thinking about the project interfered with Jim's driving ability
Q3) Which of the following is NOT considered a form of meditation?
A) Zen
B) yoga
C) transcendental meditation
D) hypnosis
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Chapter 5: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) The image on the retina resulting from a photograph of the Eiffel Tower is the same as seeing the Eiffel Tower in person. We are able to see depth in photographs because:
A) we have special visual depth receptors for two-dimensional stimuli
B) the brain has special mechanisms to perceive depth in two-dimensional stimuli
C) the brain uses the same mechanisms to perceive depth in two- and three-dimensional stimuli
D) the brain reinterprets three-dimensional object as two-dimensional stimuli
Q2) The law that states that the just noticeable difference between two stimuli is based on a proportion of the original stimulus is:
A) Fechner's Law
B) Weber's Law
C) Köhler's Law
D) Wernicke's Law
Q3) People who have great difficulty in identifying smells are at a higher risk for:
A) cognitive impairment
B) vision impairment
C) loss of complex motor skills
D) loss of hearing
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Chapter 6: Learning
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Q1) Golf course owners put their sprinklers on a ____________ schedule so that people can know when they can play on the course without getting wet.
A) fixed
B) variable
C) ratio
D) continuous
Q2) Based on the understanding of the role of classical conditioning in drug addiction, treatments should expose drug addicts to:
A) the cues that predict drug use but not to the drugs
B) the drug in the absence of drug cues
C) the unconditioned stimulus
D) the unconditioned response
Q3) According to Watson's famous quote regarding the rearing of children, if given a dozen infants and control of their world, he could:
A) guarantee ahead of time their IQ, based on their early infant behaviour
B) train them to be any type of specialist he wanted
C) shape their early childhood but have little impact on later development
D) ensure that they grew up without discrimination and hatred
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Chapter 7: Attention and Memory
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Q1) Jurors are listening to an eyewitness describe a murder. Research on eyewitness testimony suggests that the jurors will be:
A) good at judging the accuracy of the testimony
B) good at judging accuracy if the witness has detailed information
C) poor at judging accuracy if the witness lacks confidence
D) poor at judging the accuracy of the testimony in general
Q2) Bob and Sally watch a horror movie. The ____________ amygdala of Bob's brain will be activated and the ____________ amygdala of Sally's brain will be activated.
A) left; right
B) left; left
C) right; right
D) right; left
Q3) Research has shown that memories can be distorted because of beliefs that people already hold when the memory is formed. These earlier beliefs are part of cognitive: A) nodes
B) schemas
C) biases
D) frames
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Chapter 8: Thinking and Intelligence
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT an example of an analogical representation?
A) a map
B) a family tree
C) a big boat
D) a model airplane
Q2) In problem solving, a person:
A) moves from a present state to a goal state
B) selects among a set of alternatives
C) evaluates a conclusion for validity
D) reasons from general to specific information
Q3) Political commentators often stress the importance of a candidate appearing prime ministerial, a quality that characterizes past prime ministers but is not equated with any one of them. Which theory of categorization could best explain this concept of being prime ministerial?
A) defining attributes
B) exemplar
C) prototype
D) schema
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Chapter 9: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) Reshawnda and Marilyn are taking a walk across campus. It is a beautiful sunny day and Reshawnda is smiling. Marilyn interprets Reshawnda's smile as meaning that she is enjoying Marilyn's company. Reshawnda's experience is explained by which theory of emotion?
A) Cannon-Bard
B) James-Lange
C) two-factor theory
D) cerebral symmetry theory
Q2) Japanese students were shown film clips designed to provoke strong emotions. When a student watched the clip with other people, she showed little outward emotion. When the student watched the clips alone, she showed the same emotions as are seen in Canadian university students. The difference in emotional expression in the two situations shows the influence of:
A) cultural display rules
B) cues from experimenter expectancies
C) responding to interpersonal rather than intrapersonal factors
D) conformity to the emotional expression of other people
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Chapter 10: Health and Well-Being
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Q1) Anorexia nervosa and bulimia differ in that:
A) anorexia is associated with a higher mortality rate than bulimia
B) anorexia is more common among men than bulimia
C) persons suffering from anorexia tend to recover more quickly than those with bulimia
D) those with bulimia are very underweight and practice restrained eating
Q2) Feeling hostile and impatient is characteristic of people who may later develop:
A) major depressive disorder
B) heart disease
C) an immune disorder
D) an eating disorder
Q3) Doug and Susie were both releasing oxytocin when they met the first few times. This means that:
A) Doug and Susie will tend to perceive each other as trustworthy individuals
B) Susie will tend to trust Doug but he may not trust her
C) Doug will tend to trust Susie but she may not trust him
D) neither will trust the other
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Chapter 11: Human Development
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Q1) A child who has a good fit with his or her parents' temperament is more likely to:
A) grow up frustrated and have a difficult time adapting to new situations
B) show negative behavioural patterns in adulthood
C) be highly distractible and dependent on his or her parents
D) be adaptable and socially competent
Q2) Which of the following is NOT an example of how Piaget and other psychologists have underestimated the speed of cognitive development?
A) By 3 months, infants are more interested in events that don't make rational sense than in those that do.
B) Object permanence appears earlier in development than previously thought.
C) Infants have at least a primitive understanding of the laws of physics.
D) Infants tend to go through Piaget's stages in a highly set rate and order.
Q3) If your infant was securely attached to you, as defined by Ainsworth, when placed in the strange-situation test he would:
A) explore the room and the objects in it
B) stay very close to you for support
C) be fearful of any stranger who came in
D) be extremely disturbed if you left the room
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Chapter 12: Social Psychology
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Q1) When Dirk fails his calculus exam, he is likely to explain the result as being due to:
A) not having gone to class or studied enough
B) his decision to go out the night before the exam
C) his lack of basic ability in mathematics
D) the exam having been too difficult to be fair
Q2) People are often advised not to make hasty decisions about other people. The research on thin slices of behaviour would suggest that this advice is:
A) good because opinions change with more information
B) good because information can be evaluated better with more time
C) bad because further analysis usually produces less accurate judgments
D) bad because accurate judgments can be made using little information
Q3) Human beings have evolved as social animals that live in groups. As a consequence, we have also evolved mechanisms to:
A) detect danger from within one's own group
B) distinguish members of one's own group
C) integrate into other groups when needed
D) a and b
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Chapter 13: Personality
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Q1) In Gray's model, the BAS responds to ____________ while the BIS responds to ____________.
A) genetic factors; environmental factors
B) rewards; punishments
C) pain; pleasure
D) social rejection; social approval
Q2) The correct order for the development of Freud's psychosexual stages is:
A) phallic, oral, latency, anal, and genital
B) Oedipal, oral, anal, phallic, and genital
C) oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital
D) anal, oral, latency, genital, and phallic
Q3) Linden is a very resilient woman who uses her positive emotions to help her arrive at novel solutions to solve life problems and deal with setbacks and negative life experiences. Linden's behaviour is most directly explained by:
A) implicit personality theory
B) personality centred approach
C) broaden-and-build theory
D) Eysenck's hierarchical model
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Chapter 14: Psychological Disorders
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Q1) Dissociative identity disorder is an example of:
A) a serious psychological condition which claims many more victims than most people realize
B) an invalid psychological diagnosis
C) a genetically invariant disorder
D) a diagnosis which has been affected by societal forces
Q2) Jamison's parents noticed Jamison hardly said any words by the time he was 2 years old, that he had never really made eye contact with them, and that he was intensely preoccupied with the buttons and zippers on clothing and paid little attention to anything else. Jamison:
A) would probably be diagnosed with attention deficit disorder
B) will be at higher risk for anti-social personality disorder
C) will be at higher risk for obsessive-compulsive disorder
D) would probably be diagnosed with autism
Q3) Which two disorders below have been most closely linked to one another?
A) personality disorder and social phobia
B) obsessive-compulsive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder
C) schizophrenia and personality disorder
D) panic disorder and agoraphobia
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Chapter 15: Treatment of Psychological Disorders
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Q1) John has been hearing voices and believes that people are "after him." His functioning is deteriorating and his family is worried about him. John clearly needs medication to control his delusions and hallucinations. Which kind of mental health professional will John be most likely to see for treatment?
A) a counselling psychologist
B) a psychiatrist
C) a general practitioner
D) a psychological social worker
Q2) Your cousin has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder at the age of 6. What is the probability that she will still be suffering this disorder during her adolescent years?
A) 10 percent
B) 30 percent
C) 50 percent
D) up to 70 percent
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Chapter 16: Cultural Psychology
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Q1) Hiroshi blushed and stared intently at his teacher. The teacher suspected Hiroshi suffered from:
A) social anxiety
B) depression
C) Japanese social phobia (JSP)
D) taijinkyoufushou (TKS)
Q2) Chinese sufferers of depression are more likely than North Americans to experience: A) feelings of guilt
B) difficulty concentrating
C) headaches
D) all of the above
Q3) Dhat syndrome is
A) transmitted by a virus
B) a culture-bound disorder
C) common in East Asia
D) a personality disorder
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