Mod 42

Question 1

What is developmental psychology?

Answer 1

It studies the physical, cognitive and social changes throughout life.

Question 2

What is the three major issues of developmental psychology?

Answer 2

1) Nature vs Nurture
2) Continuity vs stages
3) Stability vs change (does things stay the same or change w/ experinces)

Question 3

What percent of eggs are women born with?

Answer 3

100%

Question 4

When do men start producing sperm?

Answer 4

During puberty

Question 5

What occurs during the zygote stage?

Answer 5

fertilized egg; enters a 2-week period of rapid cell division and develops into an embryo

Question 6

What occurs during the Embryo stage?

Answer 6

developing human organism from about 2 weeks after fertilization through the 2nd month

Question 7

What occurs during the fetus stage?

Answer 7

developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth

Question 8

What are teratogens?

Answer 8

Agents such as chemicals and viruses that can reach the
embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm

Question 9

What is the APGAR system

Answer 9

Its used to test newborns conditions.
1) Activity - absent, arms/legs flexed or active movement
2) Pulse - Absent, Below 100, 100+
3) Grimace - Flaccid, Some flexion, active motion (sneeze)
4) Appearance - Blue/Pale, Body pinkish blue, Completely Pink
5) Respiration - Absent, Slow/irregular, Vigorous cry

Question 10

what is habituation?

Answer 10

decrease in responsiveness with repeated stimulation

Question 11

Juliette is experiencing lifelong physical and mental abnormalities because her mother consumed alcohol while she was pregnant. The alcohol, because of the damage it caused, is considered a(n)

a) reflex.

b) embryo.

c) teratogen.

d) epigenetic.

e) zygote.

Answer 11

C) teratogen

Question 12

Even as newborns, we prefer sights and sounds that facilitate social responsiveness. This can be seen by a newborn’s preference for

a) soft music.

b) face-like images.

c) low pitched sounds.

d) soft colors.

e) loud music.

Answer 12

b) face-like images

Question 13

As infants gain familiarity with repeated exposure to a visual stimulus, their interest wanes and they look away sooner. The decrease in an infant’s responsiveness is called

a) concentration.

b) teratogens.

c) habituation.

d) stability.

e) a stage.

Answer 13

c) habituation.

Question 14

Which developmental issue best represents how our genes and environment interact?

a) Habituation and maturation

b) Stability and change

c) Continuity and stability

d) Continuity and stages

e) Nature and nurture

Answer 14

e) Nature and nurture

Question 15

What is the prenatal development sequence?

a) Zygote, fetus, embryo

b) Fetus, zygote, embryo

c) Embryo, zygote, fetus

d) Zygote, embryo, fetus

e) Fetus, embryo, zygote

Answer 15

d) Zygote, embryo, fetus

Question 16

Some people think development occurs in the same way a tree grows—slowly and steadily. Others think that there are rather abrupt developmental jumps—more like the transformation of a tadpole into a frog. Which of the following issues would this difference of opinion relate to?

a) Nature and nurture

b) Maturation and learning

c) Prenatal and neonatal

d) Stability and change

e) Continuity and stages

Answer 16

e) Continuity and stages