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PORTAGE LEARNING PSYC 140 FINAL EXAM
DEVELOPMENTAL LIFESPAN PSYCHOLOGY
Latest Update 2024-2025 Actual Exam 400+
Questions and 100% Verified Correct Answers
Guaranteed A+

__________ children receive high numbers of negative votes in research studies on
peer statuses. - CORRECT ANSWER: Rejected


According to Piaget, ____________ are mental activities. - CORRECT ANSWER:
Operations


At what age do most girls in North America finish growing? - CORRECT ANSWER:
Approximately age 16


Describe a family exemplifying the "Sandwich generation." - CORRECT ANSWER:
Answers need to depict someone caring for elderly parents as well as children.


Describe Elizabeth Kubler-Ross's five stages of dying - CORRECT ANSWER: Answers
need to describe: Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.


Describe in detail the two courses of juvenile delinquency. Then, describe in detail two
of Garbarino's recommendations for how to intervene in the life of an individual troubled
teenage boy. Do you think these recommendations are likely to work? Why or why not?
- CORRECT ANSWER: 4 pts for Descriptions of the two courses should include the
following: Adolescence-limited—more common, more benign, only occurs during
adolescence. Life-course persistent— more serious, starts before adolescence and
continues afterward, social and biological causes most likely. Then 4 points for
recommendations, which should include 2 of the following, described sufficiently:
encourage boys' empathy toward others, find ways to protect boys from media and
situations that promote aggression, stimulate spirituality, mentoring, promote education
and build self-esteem, positive social support, decrease macho stereotypes, therapy,

,change materialistic values, skills building, calming environments. 2 pts for POV on
recommendations—must be sufficiently detailed and based on evidence.


Describe what you learned about infant-parent attachment in the module. The
approximate length of the description should be a short paragraph, and it should include
sufficient detail on what you learned. Then, describe how your current knowledge on
this topic compares to what you knew before taking this module. Finally, describe your
views on the following issues: a) how applicable is attachment theory to everyday life
and working with infants, and b) what misconceptions about attachment do you think
people have, and what is a correct understanding of how to apply this attachment
theory? - CORRECT ANSWER: 3 pts for a sufficient detailed and specific description of
student learning. 2 pts for sufficiently detailed and specific comparison to prior
knowledge. 2 pts for an informed and detailed description of the applicability of
attachment theory. 3 pts for addressing current misconceptions as well as remedies.


Emma is in her late 80's and broke her hip last year. Not that she is recovered, she finds
that she is more careful to avoid injury. Rather than walking in her hilly neighborhood,
she now drives with a friend to the mall each morning for a nice, flat walk. Which of the
following socioemotional theories of aging best fits her new viewpoint: Disengagement,
Activity, or Selective Optimization with Compensation. - CORRECT ANSWER: Selective
Optimization with Compensation


For the following couples, identify which of the following types of love best describes
their relationship: Consummate love, Fatuous, Liking, Romantic, Companionate. Halley
and Matthew are about to celebrate their 6-month anniversary. They have an elaborate
celebration planned, since this anniversary coincides with Valentine's Day. They both
have a strong connection to one another, but have not communicated any long-term
plans to one another. - CORRECT ANSWER: Romantic


For the following descriptions, identify the most likely type of neurocognitive disorder
most likely indicated by these symptoms and situations. Vera began drinking heavily in
her early 20s. She continued this pattern throughout her life and is now in her 70s. She
has been hospitalized with liver disease. Prior to this hospitalization, her children
noticed some that she's been having trouble dressing herself and is exhibiting some
marked forgetfulness. - CORRECT ANSWER: Substance/Medication Induced.


List the psychosexual stage described by Freud.

,Ages 3-6: ___________ - CORRECT ANSWER: Phallic Stage


The module discussed common consequences of divorce on children. Describe two of
these. - CORRECT ANSWER: Answers need to describe 2 of the following: change in
family finances, change in where family members live, increased parental stress,
increase in family conflict, change in parenting styles.


The phallic stage of psychosexual development ends at age ___________. -
CORRECT ANSWER: 6


True or false? Maternal age has nothing to do with birth defects in babies. - CORRECT
ANSWER: False


True or false? Maternal stress is not an example of a teratogen. - CORRECT ANSWER:
False


True or false? Most children with ADHD are better able to control problem behaviors
when given individual attention. - CORRECT ANSWER: True


True or false? Neglected children tend to show less negative outcomes than rejected
children, according to peer status research. - CORRECT ANSWER: True


True or false? Parents of children with ADHD can help their kids by encouraging kids to
write down homework assignments and use notebook organizers. - CORRECT
ANSWER: True


True or false? REM sleep makes up roughly half of an infant's sleep cycle? - CORRECT
ANSWER: True


True or false? The older you are, the more likely it is that you will have a neurocognitive
disorder. - CORRECT ANSWER: True

, True or false? Two-year-olds weigh, on average, about 45 lbs. - CORRECT ANSWER:
False


True or false? Women are more likely than men to experience a mid-life crisis. -
CORRECT ANSWER: False


What are two critiques, discussed in the module, regarding Freud's psychosexual
stages? - CORRECT ANSWER: Lack of a lifespan approach and his research methods.


Which Piagetian substage occurs during the Preoperational stage: Secondary Circular
Reactions, Symbolic Function, or Metacognition. - CORRECT ANSWER: Symbolic
Function
A continuous view is that development gradually occurs , while discontinuous view that
development moves forward in discrete stages. - CORRECT ANSWER: Continuity vs
Discontinuity


Ageing - CORRECT ANSWER: The process of getting older


classical conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER: a type of learning in which one learns to
link two or more stimuli and anticipate events


classsical conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER: Stimulus-response


conditioned reflex - CORRECT ANSWER: learned response to a stimulus that was
previously neutral


Continuous - CORRECT ANSWER: Gradual, stages blend together


Debate in whether our development is influenced more by our experiences or by our
biological parents or environment - CORRECT ANSWER: Nature vs. nurture
controversy

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