10/7/24, 5:56 AM EPPP DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM NEWEST 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 239 QUESTIONS AND COR…
EPPP DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM
NEWEST 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE
239 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
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Polygenic - influenced by multiple genes
- inhereted the gene from both parents (e.g., 2
Homozygous
dominant genes)
- inhereted the gene from only one parent (e.g., 1
Heterozygous
dominant gene, 1 recessive gene)
- the extent to which phenotype varies within a group
Heritability Estimate
of people as the result of differences in genotype
Genotype - refers to a person's genetic inheritance
- refers to her observed characteristics, which are due
Phenotype
to a combination of heredity and environment
- describes development as involving interactions
Bronfenbrenner's between the individual and his context or
Ecological Model environment
- includes 5 systems: micro, meso, exo, macro
- the child's immediate environment
Ecological Model:
- includes face-to-face relationships within the home,
Microsystem
school, and neighborhood
- referst ot ineractions between components of the
Ecological Model:
microsystem, such as the influence of family factors
Mesosystem
on the child's behavior at school
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- consists of elements of the broader environment
Ecological Model: that affect the child's immediate environment
Exosystem - includes parent's workplace, the school board,
community agencies, mass media
- comprised of overarching environmental influences
Ecological Model:
such as cultural beliefs and practices, economic
Macrosystem
conditions, and political ideologies
- consists of environmental events that occur over an
individual's lifespan and impact the individual in ways
Ecological Model:
that depend on the person's circumstances and
Chronosystem
developmental stage
- long term effects of change in family structure, SES
- six family factors that increase the psychiatric risk of
chilren, especially for those children with four or more
factors
Rutter's Indicators - severe marital discord, low SES, overcrowding or
large family size, parental criminality, maternal
psychopathology, and placement of child outside the
home
- positive outcomes were more likely when: they
Resilience Factors for High experienced fewer stressors after birth, had an easy
Risk Babies temperament, and were provided stable support from
a parent or other caregiver
- a specific, predetermined period of time during
biological maturation when an organism is particularly
Critical Period
sensitive to certain stimuli that can have either a
positive or negative impact on development
- longer in duration and more flexible than critical
periods, and not tied as closely to chronological or
Sensitive Period maturational age
- more likely for human behaviors (e.g., attachment &
language)
Prenatal Development: - first 2 weeks
Germinal Stage - the fertilized ovum is called a zygote
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