Developmental Psychology Exam Solutions
Course Introduction
Developmental Psychology explores the patterns of growth and change that occur throughout the human lifespan, from conception to old age. This course examines key theories, research methods, and empirical findings related to physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development. Topics include prenatal development, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and aging, with an emphasis on understanding how genetic, environmental, and cultural factors influence development. Students will critically analyze milestones, challenges, and transitions at different life stages, and consider the practical implications of developmental principles for education, parenting, and mental health.
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Child Development A Cultural Approach 2nd Edition by Jeffrey Jensen Arnett
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Chapter 1: A Cultural Approach to Child Development
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Q1) The sample should represent the ____,which is the entire category of people the sample represents.
A) theory
B) population
C) variable
D) hypothesis
Answer: B
Q2) The main distinction of the information-processing approach compared to Piaget's cognitive constructivist theory is that information processing approach views cognitive change as _____,whereas Piaget viewed it as _____.
A) discontinuous; continuous
B) continuous; discontinuous
C) stage-like; discontinuous
D) continually changing; continuous
Answer: B
Q3) Compare and contrast features related to developed and developing countries.
Answer: Developed countries are economically developed,affluent,and have high medial levels of income and education.Developing countries have lower levels of income and education but may be experiencing economic growth.
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Chapter 2: Genetics and Prenatal Development
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Q1) Your friend just had her first pregnancy check-up and is just starting her second month of pregnancy.She is very upset that she was not given the chance to hear her fetus's heartbeat.Remembering what you learned in developmental class,what should you tell her?
A) That probably means that the fetus died.
B) She will not be able to hear the heartbeat with a stethoscope until the third month.
C) The fetus probably has a heart problem.
D) The doctor did not want her to hear the fetal heartbeat.
Answer: B
Q2) The difference between an individual's genotype and its expression in his or her phenotype is a consequence of the person's ____.
A) genes
B) DNA
C) environment
D) parents
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Birth and the Newborn Child
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Q1) Why is it important for parents to remember that a lot of the crying that infants do in their early life occurs for no particular reason?
A) It triggers distress in those around the infants.
B) It is thought to communicate important information.
C) It is just a way for infants to increase lung volume.
D) It has no communicative purpose.
Answer: A
Q2) You are at one of your last scheduled prenatal office visits and the doctor determined that your cervix has dilated to 10 centimeters.What should happen next?
A) You should get to the hospital; you are ready to deliver the baby!
B) You probably have at least a week of pregnancy left.
C) Your doctor just made up that number.
D) Something is not good. Cervixes do not dilate to 10 centimeters.
Answer: A
Q3) Are there ethnic differences in breast feeding in the U.S.? Explain your response. Answer: Yes,there are ethnic differences.African American women breast feed less than their Latino and White counterparts,but the rates are rising across all ethnic groups.
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Chapter 4: Infancy
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Q1) The text describes orphanages in Romania in which all of the infants had been seriously deprived.The children were later adopted and recovered dramatically in physical development.It was found that the recovery in cognitive development ____. A) recovered rapidly for all children
B) was dependent on the age in which the children were adopted C) did not occur for any of the children
D) not only recovered quickly, but the children outperformed other children very rapidly
Q2) What scale of infant development includes the Cognitive,Language,and Motor Scales?
A) Gesell
B) Bayley-III
C) Piaget Scale
D) Arnett II
Q3) How do researchers determine whether babies can tell the difference between two stimuli,given that their young subjects are not able to tell them?
Q4) Would a baby who is later considered shy be more likely to have a better "goodness of fit" with their caregiver in China or in the U.S.? Explain.
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Chapter 5: Toddlerhood
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Q1) Early brain development is distinguished by the steep increase in ____.
A) synaptic density
B) neuronal density
C) neuropathways
D) neuronal lipids
Q2) Based on what we know of human history and practices today in traditional culture,most infants are breast-fed until ____ year(s)of age.
A) 1
B) 1-2
C) 2-3
D) 3-4
Q3) What cognitive ability helps toddlers to develop sociomoral emotions?
A) self-awareness
B) self-esteem
C) self-report
D) self-reflection
Q4) Briefly describe one factor that is correlated with fathers providing near-equal care of their children as mothers do in developed countries?
Q5) Describe two milestones of gross motor development in toddlerhood.
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Chapter 6: Early Childhood
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Q1) _____ is a parental practice in which shame and the withdrawal of love are used to control the behaviors of children.
A) Psychological control
B) Corporal punishment
C) Authoritative parenting style
D) An insecure attachment
Q2) Sophia and Yvette are playing with dolls when suddenly a third playmate,Cameron,grabs Sophia's doll,throws it on the ground,and stomps on it,while telling Yvette that Sophia's dolls are smelly and dirty.Cameron is demonstrating ____.
A) hostile aggression
B) focused aggression
C) bilateral aggression
D) vicious aggression
Q3) Kicking a soccer ball is an example of ____.
A) gross motor skills
B) fine motor skills
C) ambidextrous motor skills
D) elementary motor skills
Q4) Describe two characteristics of children that put them at risk of being abused.
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Chapter 8: Adolescence
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Q1) Which of the following best describes selective attention?
A) the ability to filter out or ignore all environmental stimuli and to focus on one's own thoughts
B) the ability to focus on relevant information from two or more independent sources
C) organizing information into coherent patterns
D) the ability to focus on relevant information while screening out information that is irrelevant
Q2) Assuming you live in the U.S.,if you could go back in time and mature early,late,or on time,what would you choose and why? Support your answer with research findings that include short-term and/or long-term effects.
Q3) Critics have waged an international campaign against ____ and have cited it as a cruel and inhumane practice that has lifelong physiological effects.
A) male vasectomies
B) male circumcision
C) female mastectomies
D) female circumcision
Q4) What is metacognition and how could it be the source of stress for adolescents?
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Chapter 7: Middle Childhood
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Q1) IQ scores for a population-based sample usually fall into a ____ or ____ curve,in which most people fall near the middle and the proportions decrease at the low and high extremes.
A) normal distribution; bell
B) camelback; double hill
C) inverted-U; inverted-V
D) variance from the mean; absolute value
Q2) In the U.S.,it is estimated that ____ of children are diagnosed with ADHD.Boys are about ____ more likely than girls to have ADHD.
A) 7%; 2 times
B) 2%; 2 times
C) 10%; 3 times
D) 15%; 6 times
Q3) American children who are exposed to parenting that is critical and negative show what types of effects?
A) depression and poor academic performance
B) good self-esteem and high performance academically
C) euphoria and moderately good academic performance
D) a great work ethic and tremendous success
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Chapter 9: Emerging Adulthood
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Q1) According to the text,the college or university experience for many Japanese students can be best described as ____.
A) "four years of university-sanctioned leisure to think and explore"
B) "four years of university-mandated grueling hard work"
C) "four years of commitment and dedication to professional job training"
D) "four years of university-required coursework to pass his or her professional job training exams"
Q2) What type of thinking involves understanding that there are two or more legitimate views for each issue?
A) dualistic thinking
B) multiple thinking
C) relativism
D) committed thinking
Q3) Compared to childhood,self-esteem ____ during adolescence,then ____ during emerging adulthood.
A) plateaus; declines
B) rises; plateaus
C) declines; rises
D) rises; declines
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