PSYC 290 Exam 1
The science of human development may be best described as an attempt to understand - Answer-how and why people change across the life span.
The 3 major stages of development from conception to birth are: The germinal period (2 weeks): the embryonic period (weeks 3-8) and the f...
PSYC 290 Exam 1
The science of human development may be best described as an attempt to
understand - Answer-how and why people change across the life span.
The 3 major stages of development from conception to birth are: The germinal period
(2 weeks): the embryonic period (weeks 3-8) and the fetal period (weeks 9-birth) -
Answer-True
Human development - Answer-involves multiple changes in every direction, takes
place within many contexts, involves many cultures, and also involves the
malleability of human traits
The scientist who first demonstrated classical conditioning was - Answer-Ivan Pavlov
Which of the following is a primary difference between behaviorism and
psychoanalytic theory? - Answer-Psychoanalytic theory believes that observable
behavior is a symptom of unconscious drives, while behaviorism believes that
observable behaviors are all that matters
Unlike Freud, Erikson's psychosocial theory emphasizes: - Answer-the social and
cultural environment
Piaget was most interested in - Answer-how children think
At each major stage of the life span, developmental scientists are interested in -
Answer-Biological, Cognitive, and Psychosocial Development
According to Freud, the development of even young infants involves sexual/sensual
pleasures - Answer-True
Human development begins when a sperm combines with - Answer-an ovum
The chromosomal make-up of a normal male is ______________; the chromosomal
make up of a normal female is _______________ - Answer-XY; XX
Teratogens can best be described as - Answer-Drug, chemical or environmental
agent that harms a fetus and causes birth defects or causes a mother's pregnancy to
end
Children with down syndrome are generally - Answer-Slow to develop language
The neural tube will become the - Answer-brain and spinal chord
Kyoto's daughter is five days old. Kyoto is feeling sad and inadequate. She may be
experiencing - Answer-postpartum depression
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