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Psych 202 Inquizitive Chapter 1Which of the following are the major tenets of Darwin's theory of evolution? - correct answer Species change over time. Members of the species that have adaptive changes are most likely to survive. Members of the species that survive are most likely to reproduce ...

Nature Vs. Nurture - Psychologyheredity - correct answer the transmission of characteristics from parents to offspring. Role is the development of traits in people and animals (ex; hair color, height, eye color, shyness. artistic ability, anxiety, depression, etc.) genes - correct answer building...

Introduction to Psychology What is Psychology? - correct answer The study of mind and behavior. What is Nativism (Nature)? - correct answer Nativism is the theory that knowledge is innate and inborn. Our biological endowment makes up who we are. What is Empiricism (Nurture)? - correct answer ...

Intro to Psychology.Psychology - correct answer The scientific student of mental processes, behavior, and feelings of humans and/or animals. Goals of Psychology - correct answer To describe, explain, predict, and influence human and animal behavior. Hypothesis - correct answer An assumption or...

Human Development - Exam 1 (Chapter 1-4).Child Development - correct answer The scientific study of the patterns of growth, change, and stability that occur from conception through adolescence. Three Major Approaches to Child Development - correct answer 1. Social and Personal Development 2. Phy...

Executive Functioning What is more critical for school success than IQ? - correct answer Executive function executive function refers to... - correct answer Refers to the goal-oriented, purposeful behaviors that allow an individual to take a strategic approach to problem solving executive fun...

divergent thinkingconnect brainset - correct answer ability to generate lots of ideas many possible answers (versus absolutes) connections between disparate objects and concepts how is connect similar to absorb & envision - correct answer filtering stops novel and complex attracts judgement ...

Developmental Psychology Chapter 3What is the approximate size of the head at birth? - correct answer near full-size because most neurons already exist What is the principle that and infant is born with a very large head compared to body? - correct answer Physical Growth About how many inches ...

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY - EXAM 1 - CHAPTERS 1-3 STUDY GUIDE.Developmental science is a field of study devoted to - correct answer understanding constancy and change throughout the lifespan Within the ____ view of development, new ways of understanding & responding to the world emerge at specific...

Depression in Children.Depression in Children - what does it look like? - correct answer Depressed mood - many children may not be able to communicate this, so it is manifested as irritability and restlessness. Changes in appetite Changes in sleep patterns Unexplained sadness or crying Feelings ...

Continuity vs. DiscontinuityDevelopmental Psychologists - correct answer Study various areas of development including; mental, cognitive, social, emotional, moral, and personal change.. Therefore they investigate the way these changes co-respond and interact, seeing how the interactions create more ...

Child Psychology-Chapter 6Piaget's theory - correct answer Children are naturally curious, create theories Assimilation - correct answer occurs when new experiences are readily incorporated into a child's existing theories Accommodation - correct answer occurs when a child's theories are mo...

Child PsychologyTwin studies - correct answer provide another way to tease out the roles of nature and nurture by comparing monozygotic and dizygotic twins. Monozygotic (MZ) twins - correct answer often called identical twins, share the same genetic code because they developed from one fertilized...

Child PsychologyLanguage: Skinner - correct answer Simple Association: after hearing a word many times within a social interaction a child learns the word Vygotsky: language is external Language: Chomsky - correct answer Language Acquisition Device: innate biological program in our minds that al...

Child Psychology Test 1.Stage theories - correct answer approaches that propose that development involves a series of discontinuous, age-related phases Incremental theories - correct answer theories in which development is a result of continuous quantitative changes Qualitative changes - corre...

Child psychology final exam review What does Tabula Rasa mean - correct answer Blank slate Who originated the psychoanalytic theory - correct answer Sigmund Freud What are Ericksons stages based on - correct answer Sexual drive What is the definition of observational learning or the soc...

Child Psychology Exam 1What is development? - correct answer Physical and mental changes we go through in a lifetime What is developmental psychology? What is an example of something that a developmental psychologist would study? - correct answer Development psychology is the science of studying ...

Child Psychology Exam 1 Chapters 1.Child Development - correct answer Researchers from different disciplines work to understand the important changes that a child goes through in childhood Physical Development - correct answer Component of development related to growth size, strength, and muscle ...

Child Psychology Chapter 2. Developmental Theory - correct answer Systematic statement of principles and generalizations that provides a coherent framework for understanding how and why people change as they grow older Grand Theories - correct answer Describe universal processes Minitheories ...

Child Psychology Chapter 1Science of Human Development - correct answer Seeks to understand how and why people change or remain the same: based on scientific method, studies all kinds of people Developmental Scientists - correct answer Seek to convey both the generalities and the specifics about ...

Child Psychology - Exam 3authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, neglectful - correct answer four parenting styles authoritative - correct answer parenting style characterized by high control and high warmth high control - correct answer parents exhibiting this trait set clear expectations a...

Child PSYCHChildren's preference for same sex friends emerges in - correct answer preschool Which statements about peers are true? - correct answer peers are close in age, have relatively equal power in interactions, jointly construct ideas Which statement is supported by child psychological ...

Child Psych Social Role Theory - correct answer Gender differences result from the contrasting roles of women and men - social hierarchy and division of labor strongly influence gender differences in power, assertiveness, and nurture Psychoanalytic Theory of Gender - correct answer Stems from Fr...

child psychWhen changes occur in the individual's thinking, intelligence, and language, these are examples of: - correct answer cognitive processes Those who see development as characterized mainly by ____________ emphasize that development occurs via a slow but continual process of change. - co...

Child psych Sensori-Motor Stage - correct answer Piagets first stage of cognitive development during which children change from basic reflexive behaviour to beginnings of symbolic thought and goal directed behaviours. First organized patterns of intelligent behavior - correct answer Problem solv...

Child PsychA central question in developmental psychology is whether the child's development is the result of genetic endowment or environmental influences. This question is usually referred to as the - correct answer nature-nurture debate As a very curious child, Andrea is constantly asking her...

Child PsychWhich of the following is the correct order of the three stages of prenatal development? - correct answer germinal stage, embryonic stage, fetal stage During which stage does the blastocyst imbed itself in the mother's uterus? - correct answer germinal stage Which layer eventually ...

Child Psychchild development - correct answer focuses on growth, change, and stability. Entry into adolescence is dependent upon - correct answer Achievement of sexual maturity personality development - correct answer involves ways that differentiates one person from another children playin...

child psychchild development - correct answer focuses on growth, change, and stability. Entry into adolescence is dependent upon - correct answer Achievement of sexual maturity personality development - correct answer involves ways that differentiates one person from another children playin...

Child Psych Parenting StylesNot knowing where the child is spending the weekend. - correct answer uninvolved Explaining to the child how they feel about the childs bad behavior. - correct answer authoritative Encouraging a child to freely speak his/her mind, even if the child disagrees with th...

Child Psych HW2 Which statement describes a unique strength of naturalistic observation? - correct answer Investigators can see directly the everyday behaviors they hope to explain. Suppose a certain gene has a dominant allele M and a recessive allele n. If a father has Mn and a mother has MM, t...

Child Psych FinalWhich of the following BEST describes an example of child development as a system? a. Juan's rate of learning new words accelerated tremendously between 18 months and two years of age. b. Robyn has been crawling for several months, and soon she will be able to pull herself up to...

Child Psych Final If a child receives a dominant allele for brown hair from one parent and a recessive allele for blonde hair from the other, what do we know? Select one: a. The child will be female b. We cannot predict the potential hair color of the child based upon this information c. Th...

child psych exam 3There is some evidence that children develop a theory of mind at a young age if their parents - correct answer discuss emotions with the child While you are sitting with your friends in the cafeteria at lunchtime, someone who is walking past your table splashes some juice on you...

Child Psych Exam 2Freud believed that the norms and moral structures of the family and society are incorporated in the a. ego. b. id. c. libido. d. superego. e. phallic stage. - correct answer d. superego. Michael's family lives on the shores of a lake in southern Utah which is next to an a...

Child Psych- Chapter 1.Child development - correct answer An area of study devoted to understanding constancy and change from conception through adolescence Developmental science - correct answer All changes we experience through our life span Three domains of development - correct answer Phys...

Child psych CH7Which of the following theorists proposed influential theories of infant attachment? - correct answer Freud Erikson Bowlby Which theorist(s) developed a temperament classification system based on inhibition and lack of inhibition? - correct answer Kagan Infants are able to und...

Child Psych Ch. 15According to a longitudinal study, only one-third of adolescents followed from 6th to 10th grades showed __________. - correct answer declines in self esteem Older adolescents (between 17 and 19 years of age) __________. - correct answer can coordinate conflicting statements abo...

child psych 2Know the main factors that affect physical growth - correct answer o Heredity o Nutrition o Infectious Disease o Emotional Well-Being what gender differences (and similarities) exist in relation to physical growth - correct answer o Menarche: First menstruation o Spermarche: Firs...

Child Psych - Quiz 2A primary assumption of the ethological viewpoint is that - correct answer members of a species share a number of adaptive behaviors that are the products of evolution. Genes have all the following functions EXCEPT - correct answer determining the content of what is learned. ...

Child Psych - Chapter 1According to Freud, the ____ is the raw, unorganized, inborn part of personality that is present at birth. - correct answer id John Locke thought that children came into the world as blank slates or ___________________. - correct answer tabala rasas According to Freud, t...

Child Psych - Attachmentattachment theory - correct answer theory based on John Bowlby's work that posits that children are biologically predisposed to develop attachments with caregivers as a means of increasing the chances of their own survival secure base - correct answer refers to the id...

Child Adolescent Psychology - Hiester - Exam 2What is the average weight a baby is at birth? - correct answer Between 6 lbs, 9 oz and 7 lbs, 11 oz What is normal weight considered? - correct answer Between 5.5 and 10 pounds What weight does a baby need to be to be considered a low birth weight...

Chapter 13 Child Psych _____________ is when children make progress in understanding how to use language in a culturally sensitive way. - correct answer Pragmatics Some of the changes that occur with concrete operational thinking include - correct answer -the ability to conserve -the ability to...

Chapter 4 developmental PsychologyDevelopmental psychology - correct answer A branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span Critical period - correct answer An optimal period shortly after birth when an organism's exposure to certain stimuli or...

Chapter 2 Lifespan Development Quizthinking - correct answer Cognitive development focuses on changes in _______. early 20s - correct answer Early adulthood is typically said to start at what age? psychosocial - correct answer As a seven-year-old, Amy was focused on making friends with the oth...

Chapter 2 Developmental PsychologyEpigenesis - correct answer The emergence of new structures and functions during development Gamete - correct answer sperm and egg germ cells containing half the genetic material found in other cells - Produced through meiosis Meiosis - correct answer eggs an...

Chapter 2 Biological Beginnings evolutionary psychology - correct answer a branch of psychology that emphasizes the importance of adaptation, reproduction, and "survival of the fittest" in shaping behavior chromosomes - correct answer threadlike structures made up of deoxyribonucleic acid, or ...

Ch.4 HBSEChildren spend _____ hours a week watching television. - correct answer 20-25 The following is true about day care in the United States today: - correct answer Day care involves facilities and programs that care for children The C in the A-B-Cs of behavior refers to the term: - correc...

AP Psychology Exam ReviewPsychology - correct answer The science of behavior and mental processes Positive Psychology - correct answer A field of research that focuses on people's positive experiences and characteristics, such as happiness, optimism, and resilience. Biological Psychologists -...

Abnormal Psychology abnormal behavior - correct answer perceptual or cognitive disfunction that deviates statistically from typical behavior, interferes with a person's ability to function in a particular situation, and is labeled as abnormal by society psychoanalytic view - correct answer in...

3 types of temperament who came up with the nine traits of temperament? - correct answer thomas, chess, and birch children are born with distinct temperaments, what are the three types? - correct answer 1. easy 2. slow to warm up 3. difficult describe the easy temperament - correct answer...