DEP 2004 Midterm Study Guide Questions And Answers Rated A+
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DEP 2004 Midterm Study Guide Questions And Answers Rated A+
big 5 ANS the five basic clusters of personality traits that remain quite stable throughout adulthood: openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism
________ is a brain-neuroendocrine process occurring prim...
DEP 2004 Midterm Study Guide Questions And
Answers Rated A+
big 5 ANS the five basic clusters of personality traits that remain quite stable throughout
adulthood: openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism
________ is a brain-neuroendocrine process occurring primarily in early adolescence that provides
stimulation for the rapid physical changes that occur in this period of development.
A: Menarche
B: Puberty
C: Myelination
D: Estrogen ANS B: Puberty
Improvements in attention, memory, effortful and goal-directed thinking, and behavior have been
linked to:
A: anaerobic exercise.
B: aerobic exercise.
C: increased media/screen time.
D: less required physical activity at school. ANS B: aerobic exercise.
When watching preschool children on the playground, Petra notices that most of the girls are
________ the boys.
A: slightly smaller than
B: much heavier than
C: about the same size as
D: considerably taller than ANS A: slightly smaller than
generativity ANS generating, creating, growing, being productive
Zygote ANS All humans begin life as a single cell; the result of the fertilization of an egg cell
(ovum) by a sperm cell.
,Norm ANS An average, or typical, standard of behavior or accomplishment, such as the norm for
an age of walking or the norm for greeting a stranger.
development ANS pattern or movement or change that begins at conception and continues
through the human life span
social smile ANS a smile evoked by a human face, normally first evident in infants about 6
weeks after birth
stagnation ANS self-absorption, lack of interest in others or the world
Why is it important to study life span development? ANS prepares us to take responsibility for
children and gives us insight about our own lives
Psychoanalytic Theory ANS - Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
- A grand theory of human development that holds that irrational, unconscious drives and motives,
often originating in childhood, underlie human behavior.
• inner drives, deep motives, & unconscious needs rooted in childhood.
~ make us aware of the impact of early-childhood experiences, remembered or not, on subsequent
development.
Chromosomes ANS the rod-shaped portions of DNA that are organized into 23 pairs. Each
person gets 23 pairs from each parent.
Which is true of studies of height in children from around the world?
A: Ethnic origin is a stronger predictor than socioeconomic status.
B: Later-born children are generally taller than first-born children.
C: Children from a rural area are generally taller than children from an urban area.
,D: Socioeconomic status is a stronger predictor than nutrition. ANS A: Ethnic origin is a stronger
predictor than socioeconomic status.
All of the following are associated with childhood obesity in the United States EXCEPT:
A: the availability of food.
B: parents' eating habits.
C: having overweight parents.
D: the part of the country where the child lives. ANS D: the part of the country where the child
lives.
empty nest ANS the time in the lives of parents when their children have left the family home to
pursue their own lives
A girl's first menstruation is called ________ and usually comes ________ in the process of puberty.
A: menarche; early
B: menarch; late
C: gonadarche; late
D: gonadarche; early ANS B: menarche; late
separation anxiety ANS an infant's distress when a familiar caregiver leaves, most obvious
between 9 and 14 months
normative age-graded influences ANS similar for individuals in a particular age group
5 Psychosexual Stages of Development (Freud): ANS Oral Stage
Anal Stage
Phallic Stage
Latency
Genital Stage
, Hemophilia ANS disorder in which the blood does not properly clot; caused by a recessive gene
carried on the X chromosome. Also known as the "Royal disease."
Gail Sheehy ANS -provisional adulthood
-first adulthood
-second adulthood
-age of mastery
-age of integrity
Which is true of children in the preschool years?
A: Girls and boys have similar and significant fatty tissue.
B: Boys have more muscle tissue and girls have more fatty tissue.
C: Girls have more muscle tissue and boys have more fatty tissue.
D: Boys and girls have similar and significant muscle tissue. ANS B: Boys have more muscle
tissue and girls have more fatty tissue.
Lillette, age nine, is particularly susceptible to bruising and infections. She has been diagnosed with
________, a cancer in which the bone marrow manufactures an abundance of abnormal white blood
cells.
A: neuroblastoma
B: clear cell sarcoma
C: lymphosarcoma
D: leukemia ANS D: leukemia
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A: By the end of adolescence, most girls will be taller than boys.
B: Boys go through growth spurts earlier than girls do.
C: Both boys and girls who are shorter than their peers before puberty often surpass their peers
during adolescence.
D: Marked weight gains coincide with the onset of puberty for both boys and girls. ANS idk
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