____________________________________Psy 203 Final Practice Exam Questions And Correct Solved Solutions.
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Max, 65, learned to play the piano at a local senior center. Max demonstrates that - Answer Development is plastic at all ages.
Developmental scientists identify three primary domains of development across the lifespan - Answer Physical, cognitive, and socioemotional
Albert has experien...
Psy 203 Final Practice Exam Questions
And Correct Solved Solutions.
Max, 65, learned to play the piano at a local senior center. Max demonstrates that - Answer
Development is plastic at all ages.
Developmental scientists identify three primary domains of development across the lifespan - Answer
Physical, cognitive, and socioemotional
Albert has experienced an increased in wisdom as he moved into his late 70s. He has however noticed a
decrease in mobility. This is an example of how development is: - Answer Multidirectional
Two main types of design used in all research on human behavior are ____ and _______. - Answer
Descriptive; experimental
One limitation of descriptive studies is - Answer Investigators cannot infer cause and effect.
To examine whether depression is stable or changes with age. Dr. Bleu followed one group of
participants from age 8 to age 40. This is an example of a _________ design. - Answer Longitudinal
In a cross-sectional design, researchers study - Answer Groups of participants differing in age at the
same point in time.
Christine is 5'7" and has blue eyes. Such directly observable characteristics are called - Answer
Phenotype
Taylor's twenty-third pair of chromosomes is XY. Taylor is - Answer Male
A gamete - Answer Contains 23 chromosomes.
, Of matching pairs of chromosomes, 22 of 23 are called ____ and one pair consists of ____
chromosomes. - Answer Autosomes; sex
Candace and Cassidy, like all monozygotic twins, - Answer Have the same genetic makeup
The most rapid prenatal changes take place in the period of the ____, making this period the most
vulnerable to teratogens. - Answer Embryonic period
The effects of teratogens - Answer Vary with in regard to stage of prenatal development at the time of
exposure.
Which of the following is true about REM sleep? - Answer REM sleep is vital for growth of the central
nervous system.
Conclusions drawn from the visual cliff experiment imply that - Answer Experience plays a role in the
development of depth perception.
When baby Jaleel was born, stimulation in his brain resulted in a massive overabundance of synapses.
Neurons that were seldom stimulated began to lose their synapses. This process is known as - Answer
Synaptic pruning
One of the brain structures which develops most early and is considered a primitive brain structure is the
- Answer The cerebellum
The specialization of the two hemispheres of the brain is known as - Answer Lateralization
Which of the following is an example of a fine-motor skill? - Answer Grasping
During _____, children use their current schemes to interpret the external world, whereas in _____,
children create new schemes or adjust old ones after noticing that their current ways of thinking do not
capture the environment completely. - Answer Assimilation; accommodation
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