PSYC 290 week 8 Final Exam test new solution 2020 questions with answers

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PSYC 290 week 8 Final Exam test new solution 2020 questions with answers Question 1 3 / 3 pts (TCO 1) Which of the following is the best example of an off-time event that could have negative eff... ects upon an individual's development? Question 2 3 / 3 pts (TCO 1) The Maple Leaf Elementary School counselor, social worker, and the parents of 8-year-old Jimmy Jackson are working as a cooperative team to determine why Jimmy exhibits a pattern of highly aggressive behavior toward his peers and teachers. Jimmy's behavior has been extensively observed, he has been subjected to a battery of psychological tests, and his parents have been interviewed. This in-depth examination of Jimmy Jackson is an example of Question 3 3 / 3 pts (TCO 1) An experiment is designed to study the effects of long lectures on the sleeping behavior of college students. In such a study, the dependent variable is Question 4 3 / 3 pts (TCO 1) Which of the following is the most correct statement regarding repressed memories? Question 5 3 / 3 pts (TCO 2) Which factor is generally considered to be an essential aspect of an infant's first psychosocial task? Question 6 3 / 3 pts (TCO 2) If you are teaching a child to produce a reflexive response following a nonreflexive stimulus, which method of learning are you employing? Question 7 3 / 3 pts (TCO 2) Which of the following is the best example of extinction? Question 8 3 / 3 pts (TCO 2) Which of these best illustrates the principles of social-cognitive theory? Question 9 3 / 3 pts (TCO 2) Which of the following statements is true regarding prenatal sex differentiation? Question 10 3 / 3 pts (TCOs 2 and 3) Meko has dark hair and dark eyes, even though his biological mother is fair skinned. Meko's hair and eye color are part of his Question 11 3 / 3 pts (TCOs 2 and 3) Samson is taller and has a higher IQ than either of his parents. Which of the following terms would be used to explain this? Question 12 3 / 3 pts (TCOs 2 and 3) Which of the following is caused by a gene on the X chromosome? Question 13 3 / 3 pts (TCOs 2 and 3) Not long after Gloria found out she was pregnant, she began having pain. When she went to her doctor, she was told that the zygote had implanted in her fallopian tube rather than in her uterus. What type of pregnancy is this? Question 14 3 / 3 pts (TCO 2) Which of the following is the best example of the proximodistal principle of development during the prenatal period? Question 15 3 / 3 pts (TCOs 2, 3, and 4) What effect does watching television have on the developing brain? Question 16 3 / 3 pts (TCOs 2, 3, and 4) Your friend Olga is a new first-time mother. Her 6-week-old infant has shown a recent increase in crying. She doesn't know whether this is because she is picking the child up every time that it cries. She is asking you for advice. What would you say to her? Question 17 3 / 3 pts (TCOs 2, 3, and 4) Moesha and Nick have a newborn. If their baby is an average infant, by his first birthday he will have had which of the following? Question 18 3 / 3 pts (TCOs 4, 5, and 6) Chun Lee sticks anything in his mouth that he can get his hands on. He has also started looking in the general direction of sounds that he hears. Chun Lee is exhibiting which of the following? Question 19 3 / 3 pts (TCOs 3, 4, and 5) Brody is entertaining himself and his mother with his repetitious "dadadada, babababa" as if he just likes the sound of his own voice. What is Brody doing? Question 20 3 / 3 pts (TCOs 3, 4, and 5) Freddie is 2 months old. He smiles and coos at almost everyone he meets. Bowlby would say that Freddie is in which phase of attachment? Question 21 3 / 3 pts (TCOs 3, 4, and 5) Which of the following best exemplifies social referencing? Question 22 3 / 3 pts (TCOs 3, 4, and 5) Your neighbor Sarah told you that her two children were obviously very different and it was noticeable right from birth. According to Sarah, her son was fussy and rarely slept through the night, but her daughter was calm and adapted very easily to any situation. Sarah is describing which aspect of her children's differing personalities? Question 23 3 / 3 pts (TCOs 4, 5, and 6) Which of the following brain structures regulate attention and concentration? Question 24 3 / 3 pts (TCOs 3, 4, and 5) Sylvia loves to play with her toy telephone. When she holds the receiver to her face and calls "Hi!", she is engaging in which type of play? Question 25 3 / 3 pts (TCOs 3, 4, and 5) On which two factors do young children rely as they categorize or classify other people? IncorrectQuestion 26 0 / 3 pts (TCOs 3, 4, and 5) Kyle and Tawnie are playing school. Kyle is pretending to be the teacher and Tawnie is pretending to be the student. Tawnie is well behaved as a student and answers questions appropriately when Kyle asks them. Tawnie's behavior is an example of which of the following? Question 27 3 / 3 pts (TCOs 3, 4, and 5) When 4-year-old Mariella thinks of activities, behaviors, or personal characteristics as being "for mommy" or "for daddy," she is using which of the following? IncorrectQuestion 28 0 / 3 pts (TCO 6) Which of the following statements is correct regarding girls' and boys' physical development during middle childhood? Question 29 3 / 3 pts (TCOs 6 and 7) Which of the following is the best example of a child's use of inductive logic? Question 30 3 / 3 pts (TCOs 6 and 7) Which one of the following questions would be the focus of psychologists who use the information-processing perspective to understand children's cognitive development? Question 31 3 / 3 pts (TCOs 6 and 8) Leticia failed to ride her bike up the hill with her friends. She later asked her father to remove the training wheels from her bike so that she would no longer feel embarrassed. This is an example of which part of social-cognitive theory? Question 32 3 / 3 pts (TCOs 6 and 8) According to Piaget's ideas about children's moral development, a child who insists that the rules of a game cannot be changed because they come from authorities such as parents or religious figures is demonstrating moral development at which stage? Question 33 3 / 3 pts (TCOs 6 and 8) Of the following, which is an example of controlling speech used among middle childhood boys? Question 34 3 / 3 pts (TCOs 7 and 9) Which of the following groups is more likely to have a negative body image, get into trouble at school and with peers, and engage in delinquent behavior? Question 35 3 / 3 pts (TCOs 7 and 9) Among teenagers, what is the most commonly used illicit drug? Question 36 3 / 3 pts (TCOs 7 and 9) Whenever Jean walks by a mirror or any reflective surface, he stops to make sure that his hair looks good and that his clothes look acceptable to his peers. Which principle is at work here? Question 37 3 / 3 pts (TCOs 7 and 9) Which of Freud's psychosexual stages is reached in the post-pubertal years? Question 38 3 / 3 pts (TCOs 7 and 9) Mac is noted for baking the best cheesecake in town and is also the person everyone calls when their car won't start. Mac can comfort a crying child and fix a flat tire with equal competence. Mac's gender role identity is most likely Question 39 3 / 3 pts (TCOs 7 and 9) Don's parents are politically conservative and consider themselves religious. Don's values are very much the same as his parents, but he has several friends who are active in politically liberal causes. Don's friends ask him to join them for a rally to protest the local library's plan to limit teenagers' access to the Internet. What is Don most likely to do? Question 40 3 / 3 pts (TCO 10) What is the term that researchers use to describe the basic, underlying, inevitable processes of physical change that affect all human beings? Question 41 3 / 3 pts (TCO 10) Which of the following are key components of the human immune system? Question 42 3 / 3 pts (TCOs 10 and 11) What component of evolutionary theory suggests that women and men have different mate selection priorities because they have unequal roles and responsibilities in producing and caring for children? Question 43 3 / 3 pts (TCOs 10 and 11) Which of the following is true regarding parenthood? IncorrectQuestion 44 0 / 3 pts (TCO 11) Gilda is 35 years old. Her estrogen levels have decreased, her menstrual periods have become very irregular, and she experiences periods of extreme sweating. What's happening with Gilda? Question 45 3 / 3 pts (TCO 11) According to Denney's model, the maximum level of cognitive and physical function an individual can achieve with exercise Question 46 3 / 3 pts (TCO 11) What is Erikson's developmental task of middle adulthood? Question 47 3 / 3 pts (TCO 11) Based upon the classification system of voluntary and involuntary career changers, which of the following is a reason for an involuntary career change? Question 48 3 / 3 pts (TCO 11) After eating, the blood sugar rises, resulting in chemical message being sent to the brain that causes the individual to feel full. What is the term for this sensation of fullness? Question 49 3 / 3 pts (TCO 12) Mahmoud's grandparents have him to help them buy a computer and teach them how to use the internet. Which of the following terms describes Mahmoud's grandparents' readiness to learn something new? Question 50 3 / 3 pts (TCO 12) Charles has recently learned that he is terminally ill. He has since begun to lash out at his family and at the medical personnel involved in his care. Kübler-Ross would suggest that this behavior can be explained by which of the following? Question 51 Not yet graded / 25 pts (TCOs 1, 3, and 4) Think about how you were taught to read. What approach was used? Describe the balanced approach and the use of guided reading sessions. How effective do these methods seem to be? Question 52 Not yet graded / 25 pts (TCOs 7 and 9) Micah comes from a middle-class family. Both parents work and he has two brothers and one sister. His friend Sheila is an only child and her father is the CEO of a large company. Sheila's mother can afford to stay at home. Describe some of the differences in terms of academic achievement, social skills, and self-esteem that you might expect to see between Sheila and Micah. Question 53 Not yet graded / 25 pts (TCOs 5 and 10) Summarize the pros and cons of hormone therapy during and after menopause. Include in your answer the effectiveness of HT and how the risks of HT can be reduced. Question 54 Not yet graded / 25 pts (TCO 11) Briefly describe the concept of selective optimization with compensation. Give an example of this process. [Show More]

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