Lifespan Development Exam Materials
Course Introduction
Lifespan Development explores the psychological, biological, and social changes that occur throughout an individuals life, from conception to old age. This course examines key developmental theories, major milestones in cognitive, emotional, and physical growth, and the impact of family, culture, and environment on development. Students will gain a comprehensive understanding of how and why people change and remain the same over time, integrating research findings with practical applications for fields such as education, healthcare, and counseling.
Recommended Textbook Psychology and Your Life 2nd Edition by Robert S. Feldman
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Psychology
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Q1) What is the difference between observable behavior and internal mental processes?
Answer: Observable behavior is behavior that can be seen by others and thus measured.Internal mental processes are what is going on inside a person's head and cannot be seen,but guide behavior.Depending on the perspective that you follow will determine how important each aspect is to you.For example,if you are a behaviorist,then you will only focus on the observable behavior that you can actually see.If you follow the cognitive perspective,then you will be more interested in the internal mental processes that shape behavior.You will have to rely on an explanation from the person to see what the thought process actually looks like.
Q2) __________ focuses on the origin of psychological disorders in biological factors such as the structure and chemistry of the brain.
Answer: Clinical neuropsychology
Explanation: Clinical neuropsychology
Clinical neuropsychology studies the processes of the brain so that we can determine how certain mechanisms interact with one another to cause reactions.
Q3) Describe two of the subfields in psychology in great detail.
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Chapter 2: Neuroscience and Behavior Concepts
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Q1) Neurotransmitters are either deactivated by enzymes or reabsorbed by the terminal button,in an example of chemical recycling called _____________.
Answer: reuptake
Explanation: reuptake
Neurons reabsorb the neurotransmitters that are clogging the synapse in the process of reuptake.
Q2) __________messages provide chemical information that prevents or decreases the likelihood that the receiving neuron will fire.
Answer: Inhibitory
Explanation: Inhibitory
Inhibitory messages are one of the two types of chemical messages that a neurotransmitter emits if it fits into a site on the receiving neuron.
Q3) Inhibitory messages make it more likely that a receiving neuron will fire and an action potential will travel down its axon.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception
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Q1) Explain the approaches to fighting pain that have been identified.
Answer: Medication involves pain killing drugs which are quite popular treatments.Nerve and brain stimulation involves using a low-voltage electric current which is passed through the specific part of the body that is in pain.There is light therapy which involves exposure to specific wavelengths of red or infrared light.There are hypnosis and biofeedback and relaxation techniques.In extreme cases surgery is done to help relieve pain.Finally,there is what is known as cognitive restructuring.This is a way to change the thinking that is occurring with the pain.
Q2) Opponent mechanisms operate both in the retina and the later stages of neural processing.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) The theory that suggests that receptor cells are linked in pairs,working in opposition to each other is known as the _________________ theory of color vision.
Answer: opponent-process
Explanation: opponent-process
This is an acceptable definition of the opponent-process theory of color vision.
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Chapter 4: States of Consciousness
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Q1) __________,a stimulant,is what makes cigarette smoking so addictive.
Q2) ___________ slow down the nervous system and cause neurons to fire more slowly.
Q3) In ____________ theory,the actual wishes that are threatening to the dreamer's conscious awareness are disguised.
A)unconscious wish fulfillment
B)latent content
C)manifest content
D)desire
Q4) Explain the activation-synthesis theory proposed by psychiatrist J.Allan Hobson.
Q5) Describe the stages of sleep and what occurs in each stage.
Q6) Measures of electrical activity in the brain show that the brain is active throughout the night.
A)True
B)False
Q7) ____________ is a trancelike state of heightened susceptibility to the suggestions of others.
Q8) What are the consequences of sleep deprivation? Are these consequences permanent?
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Q10) Dexedrine and Benzedrine are strong stimulants known as
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Chapter 5: Learning
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Q1) In a ____________-ratio schedule,reinforcement is given only after a specific number of responses.
Q2) Operant conditioning is a type of learning in which a neutral stimulus comes to elicit a response after being paired with a stimulus that naturally brings about that response.
A)True B)False
Q3) A type of learning where you watch the behavior of another person or model is called ____________ learning.
Q4) A _________-interval schedule provides reinforcement for a response only if a set time period has elapsed,making overall rates of response relatively low. A)fixed B)variable C)partial D)continuous
Q5) A once-neutral stimulus that has been paired with an unconditioned stimulus to bring about a response formerly caused only by the unconditioned stimulus is called the ___________ stimulus.
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Chapter 6: Thinking, Memory, Cognition, and Language
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Q1) Psychologists define thinking as the manipulation of mental representations of information.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Memory modules represent separate memory systems in the brain.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A rule that if applied appropriately,guarantees a solution to a problem is the definition of ___________.
Q4) Categorizations of objects,events,or people that share common properties are known as ____________.
Q5) Declarative memory can be broken down even further into procedural memory and semantic memory.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Repeated testing for differences between the desired outcome and what currently exists is known as ___________ analysis.
Q7) ______ is the loss of information through nonuse.
Q8) Explain the levels-of-processing theory as it relates to memory.
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Chapter 7: Motivation and Emotion
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Q1) Primary drives are hunger,thirst,sleep,and sex.
A)True
B)False
Q2) _____________ is sexual attraction and behavior directed to the other sex.
Q3) People who are sexually attracted to members of their own sex are considered
Q4) Primary drives contrast with secondary drives,in which behavior fulfills no obvious biological need.
A)True
B)False
Q5) ___________ are male sex hormones secreted by the testes at puberty.
Q6) The view that premarital sex is permissible for males but not for females is called the _____________.
A)double standard
B)fairness rule
C)old standard
D)sexism law
Q7) Describe Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.
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Q8) Explain the facial-affect program as it relates to people across cultures expressing emotions similarly.
Chapter 8: Development
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Q1) Fully explain the Ainsworth Strange Situation that was developed to measure attachment.
Q2) The interactionist approach to the nature-nurture issues states that it is a combination of both environment and heredity that influence development.
A)True
B)False
Q3) List and describe Erik Erikson's Psychosocial Stages of Development.
Q4) Jean Piaget was not a stage theorist like Freud and Erikson and Kohlberg.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Children are born with a particular _____________,a basic,innate disposition.Some children are easygoing,while others are irritable or quiet.
Q6) When an egg becomes fertilized by sperm,the resulting one-celled entity is called a(n)___________.
A)zygote
B)fetus
C)gene
D)embryo
Q7) In the nature via nurture issue,nature refers to _____________.
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Chapter 9: Personality and Individual Differences
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Q1) Anxiety,according to Freud,can occur in realistic forms as well as neurotic forms. A)True B)False
Q2) Explain what considerations you should take into account when analyzing personality assessments.
Q3) According to B.F.Skinner,personality is a collection of _______ behavior patterns.learned
Q4) Psychodynamic theories of personality emphasize the importance of the conscious. A)True B)False
Q5) Biological and evolutionary approachesto ____________ suggest that important components of personality are inherited.
Q6) The belief in one's personal capabilities,leading to higher aspirations and greater persistence is known as ___________.
Q7) The process of wanting to be like another person as much as possible,imitating that person's behavior and adopting similar beliefs and values,is known as
Q8) Explain the biological and evolutionary approaches to personality.
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Chapter 10: Psychological Disorders
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Q1) The ______________ perspective views the behavior itself as the problem.Using the basic principles of learning,these theorists see both normal and abnormal behaviors as responses to various stimuli.
A)medical
B)psychoanalytic
C)behavioral
D)cognitive
Q2) Only people with mental illness experience anxiety.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A learned expectation that events in one's life are uncontrollable and that one cannot escape from the situation is known as _____________.
Q4) The ____________ perspective emphasizes the responsibility people have for their own behavior,even when their behavior is considered abnormal.
Q5) A disorder in which a significant,selective memory loss occurs is known as __________.
Q6) Describe the characteristics that reliably distinguish schizophrenia from other disorders.
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Chapter 11: Treatment of Psychological Disorders
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Q1) Medications that improve a severely depressed patient's mood and feeling of well-being are known as ____________ drugs.
A)antidepressant
B)hallucinogenic
C)antipsychotic
D)anti-seizure
Q2) How is interpersonal therapy (IPT)different from traditional psychodynamic therapy?
Q3) Explain rational-emotive behavior therapy,and name who created this theory.
Q4) ___________ therapy relies on drugs and medical procedures to improve psychological functioning.
Q5) _____________ is a behavioral treatment for anxiety in which people are confronted,either suddenly or gradually,with a stimulus that they fear.
A)Classical conditioning
B)Exposure
C)Systematic desensitization
D)Aversion therapy
Q6) Explain the steps involved in systematic desensitization.
Q7) Explain the cognitive treatment approaches to therapy.
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Chapter 12: Social Psychology
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Q1) The theory of personality that seeks to explain how we decide,on the basis of samples of an individual's behavior,what the specific causes of that person's behavior are is known as ____________ theory.
A)cause
B)attribution
C)dispositional
D)situational
Q2) A tendency to over-attribute others' behavior to dispositional causes and the corresponding minimization of the importance of situational causes is known as
A)assumed-similarity bias
B)halo effect
C)self-serving bias
D)fundamental attribution error
Q3) The process by which the actions of an individual or group affect the behavior of others is known as ______________.
Q4) The efforts to control,reduce,or learn to tolerate the threats that lead to stress is known as ___________.
Q5) __________ behavior is another way to describe helping behavior.
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