Psychology 210
Final Exam(116
exams questions
and answers)
Scaffolding - answer Temporary support that
is tailored to a learner's needs and abilities
and aimed at helping the learner master the
next task in a given learning process
Changes in self esteem in childhood - answer
Increases
Two tasks of adulthood according to Freud -
answer Intimacy and generativitiy (love and
work), anxious about close relationships,
jealous, lonely when emerging into adulthood
,Visual improvement in first year of life -
answer Continues to improve, binocular
vision (the ability to focus the two eyes in a
coordinated manner in order to see one
image, absent at birth)
Fast mapping - answer The speedy and
sometimes imprecise way in which children
learn new words by tenatively placing them
in mental categories according to their
perceived meaning
Cohort - answer Born within a few years of
you (go through the same thing), a group
defined by the shared age of its members,
born about the same time, move through life
together, experience same historical events
and cultural shifts
When development begins - answer
Conception
Factors which affect timing of puberty -
answer Body fat, stress, gender, and genetics
,Best time to learn a second language -
answer School years
Sequence and timing of motor skills among
infants - answer Sequence is the same but
timing is different
Strongest risk factor for death in childhood in
developed countries - answer Low
socioeconomic status
Genotype - answer An organism's entire
genetic inheritance or genetic potential
Phenotype - answer The observable
characteristics of a person, including
appearance, personality, intelligence, and all
other traits
Where does conception occur - answer
Fallopian tubes
What is the purpose of the apgar? What 5
criteria does it measure? - answer A quick
, assessment of a newborn's health, the baby's
color, heart rate, reflexes, muscle tone, and
respiratory effect are given a score of 0, 1, or
2 twice one at one minute and five minutes
after birth and each time the total of all five
scores is compared with the maximum score
of 10 (rarely attained)
Zone of proximal development - answer
Vgotsky's term for the skills-cognitive and
physical-that a person can exercise only with
assistance not yet independently
Synchrony - answer Connection between
mother and baby, can happen any time, more
face to face play, often leads to attachment
(lasting emotional bond) which influences
relationships later in life
Infant reflexes- rooting, Babinski, Moro,
Palmar, etc - answer Babinksy's reflexes:
Plantar reflex, 1.extension upward of the
toes when the sole of the foot is stroked
firmly on the outer side from the heel to the
front; normal in infants under the age of two
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