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PSY 252 EXAM QUESTIONS ANDANSWERS
What best reflects the aim of human development research? - Change the answer.
Which of the following concepts underpin life-span research? - ANSWER: Every
stage of a person's life is influenced by previous experiences, which then influence
subsequent events.
Non-normative life events are unusual events that affect a person's life.
A critical period is a time when an organism is most likely to be affected by a given
event.
What is the truth regarding physical development? - ANSWER: It influences
cognitive, psychological, and social development at all ages.
What is the truth about inherited and environmental impacts on development? -
ANSWER: Internal and external factors interact and frequently cannot be
separated.
When Genie was discovered by authorities, what two phrases did she know? -
Answer her name and apologise.
An intergenerational kinship consisting of parents, children, grandparents, aunts,
uncles, and cousins is called a ____________ family.
If Bill's behaviour is considered passive and reactive, what model of behaviour
would he be demonstrating? - The answer is mechanical.
, A child learns to moan to get products at the store since whining causes her parents
to become angry and give her the desired item - being rewarded for whining leads
to further whining. What kind of conditioning is this? - ANSWER operant.
Most of the early pioneers in psychology, Sigmund Freud, Erik Erikson, and Jean
Piaget, favoured what perspective on human development, which views
development as occurring in definite stages?
punishment____ behaviour by causing a(n) __________ occurrence - ANSWER
inhibits; uncomfortable or unpleasant
When a child first sucks on a sippy cup in the same manner the child sucked from a
bottle, the youngster is attempting to learn to drink from the cup using the process
of - ANSWER assimilation.
What hypothesis of human development is commonly acknowledged as the greatest
one for explaining all aspects of development? - ANSWER: no single theory can do
this.
Dr Charles is interested in how particular behaviours, such as smiling, assist
parents bond and secure a child's survival. What perspective is Dr. Charles
interested in? - The answer is evolutionary.
Twins generated by the fertilisation of two eggs by two sperm are - Answer:
fraternal.
In recent years, there has been an increase in multiple births. This increase is
caused by - ANSWER delayed childbearing, greater use of reproductive medicines,
and assisted reproduction.
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