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PSYC-140 Final Exam Questions with explanations of answers | latest update 2024
PSYC-140 Final Exam Questions with explanations of answers | latest update 2024
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PSYC-140 Final Exam2 substages of preoperational stage - ✅✅-1. symbolic function (2-4)
2. intuitive thought (4-7)
2 topics pertaining to socioemotional development - ✅✅-1. gender
2. parenting styles
4 hypotheses of pendulum problem - ✅✅-- length of string
- weight of object
- height of object when dropped
- force of push when dropped
4 types of parenting styles - ✅✅-authoritarian, authoritative, permissive, and
neglectful
5 factors that decrease likelihood of divorce - ✅✅-- income of $50,000
- waiting 7 months to have a baby
- growing up in intact home
- being religious
- attending college
7 interventions for violence in children - ✅✅-SPEASE-M
- Social support
- Protect from violence
- Empathy
- Androgyny
- Stimulate spirituality
- Education
- Mentoring
accomodation - ✅✅ -adapting our current understandings (schemas) to
incorporate new information
active genotype-environment interaction - ✅✅ -parents provide genetic
predisposition that results in a child actively seeking out environmental
conditions that foster development of certain qualities
activity theory -✅✅ -1960s
- more activity is better for older adults
,ADHD prevalence - ✅✅-- 5% (boys 2x as likely)
adolescence limited delinquency - ✅✅-onset or acceleration of delinquency
after age 13 that does not persist into adulthood; common, benign
age 2-3 fine motor skills - ✅✅-- zip & unzip
- use spoon
age 2-3 gross motor skills - ✅✅ -- jump
- catch & throw ball (upper body rigid)
age 3-4 fine motor skills - ✅✅-- use scissors
- fasten and unfasten big buttons
age 3-4 gross motor skills - ✅✅ -- walk upstairs, alternating
- walk downstairs, one foot
- throw and catch ball against chest
age 4-5 fine motor skills - ✅✅-- use fork well
- cut on line with scissors
age 4-5 gross motor skills - ✅✅-- walk up and downstairs, alternating
- can catch ball with hands
age 5-6 fine motor skills - ✅✅
-- tie shoes
- copy some numbers and basic words
age 5-6 gross motor skills - ✅✅-- skip
- ride bike w/ training wheels
age at which amniocentesis is performed - ✅✅-week 15-20
aggressive rejected - ✅✅-rejected by peers because of antagonistic,
confrontational behavior
amniocentesis - ✅✅ -Prenatal diagnostic technique involving needle
puncture of the amniotic sac to withdraw amniotic fluid for analysis; looks for
chromosomal and genetic abnormalities
,amyloid plaques - ✅✅
-beta-amyloid protein depots that disrupt normal
communication b/w neurons
Analgesia vs Anesthesia - ✅✅-drugs that relieve pain; includes narcotics,
tranquilizers, and barbiturates
✅✅-drugs that blocks pain, can be general or epidural
anesthesia -
animism - ✅✅-feature of symbolic function substage; children engage in
magical thinking, believing that inanimate objects have human-like qualities
anorexia nervosa - ✅✅ --eating disorder
-early adolescence
- obsessive pursuit of thinness
- body dysmorphia
- dramatic weight loss through restriction and purging
antisocial popular - ✅✅ -Children who use cement their popularity by using
their social skills to harm others (relational aggression, gossip, bullying)
Are memory problems inevitable as we get older? - ✅✅-sort of, but not to
the extent of AD
assimilation - ✅✅-interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing
schemas
at what age do people peak physically? - ✅✅-age 20-35
at what age is CVS performed - ✅✅-week 10-12
attachment - ✅✅ -an emotional tie with another person; shown in young
children by their seeking closeness to the caregiver and showing distress on
separation
authoritarian parents - ✅✅ -demanding but not responsive
- set rules, expect obedience
- removed from children
authoritative parents - ✅✅-demanding but responsive
- ideal
, - high communication and affection
- children with strong social skills
avg age for pubertal growth spurt - ✅✅-- 10 for girls
- 12.5 for boys
avg age when adolescents finish growing - ✅✅-- 16 for girls
- 18 for boys
avoidant attachment - ✅✅ -- inconsistent caretaker
- believes communication of needs makes no difference, unworthy
avoidant attachment behaviors - ✅✅ -- not distressed when mom leaves
- fine with stranger
- little interest upon reunion
- mom and stranger can comfort child equally
beginning stage of AD - ✅✅ -memory declines
- forgetting words, how to do basic activities
- can mask this, stop doing activities
- social withdrawal
- depression
✅✅
Begins to develop spinal cord, nervous system, gastrointestinal system, heart,
lungs - -1st trimester
behaviors associated with separation anxiety - ✅✅-crying, searching for
parent, reaching toward parent, following parent
binge-eating disorder -✅✅ -eating disorder in which people overeat
compulsively; no compensatory behaviors
biological influences of gender -✅✅ -23rd pair of chromosomes determines
sex and sex hormones, influence sex characteristics., different brain structures
and functions
body fat is continually being added - ✅✅-3rd trimester
Bones in skull are soft and pliable - ✅✅-3rd trimester
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