Set 2

Question 1

Behavior genetics

Answer 1

Role of heredity in cognitive, physical, and personality differences

Question 2

Between the ages of 2-6, children can

Answer 2

Discriminate between intentional and unintentional actions, which is a precursor for moral reasoning

Question 3

Bronfenbrenners bio ecological theory

Answer 3

Microsystem, exosystem, macrosystem

Question 4

Microsystem

Answer 4

Closest to an individual and encompasses interpersonal relationships and direct interactions with immediate surroundings. Ex: family members

Question 5

Mesosystem

Answer 5

Includes interactions between various aspects of the microsystem (social network)

Question 6

Exosystem

Answer 6

Does not directly affect individuals; rather encompasses aspects of structures. Ex: financial difficulties working the family of origin, parental job loss

Question 7

Macrosystem

Answer 7

Social or cultural ideologies and beliefs that affect an individuals environment

Question 8

Corpus callosum

Answer 8

Brian structure which the left and right sides of the cerebral cortex communicate. Grow and mature more during early childhood than any other part of life.

Question 9

Lateralization

Answer 9

Specialization of the left versus right hemispheres of the cerebral cortex

Question 10

Genes decide

Answer 10

Which functions will become lateralized and which will not

Question 11

Left hemisphere

Answer 11

Language, logic, analysis, and math

Question 12

Right hemisphere

Answer 12

Intuition, creativity, arts/music, and spatial perception

Question 13

Hippocampus

Answer 13

Transfer of information to long term memory. As hippocampus matured and becomes myelinated one’s memory improves

Question 14

Infantile amnesia

Answer 14

Maturation of connections between hippocampus and cerebral cortex is likely responsible for inability to remember much in the first 3 years of life

Question 15

Handedness

Answer 15

Developed 2 to 6 years of age

Question 16

Eating habits in early childhood

Answer 16

Correlated to weight difficulties later in life

Question 17

Single parent homes have more

Answer 17

Asthma, headaches, and vulnerability to illnesses

Question 18

Post-traumatic stress disorder

Answer 18

Nightmares, anxiety, flashbacks memories, or sleep disturbances

Question 19

Abused children are more likely than non-abuses children to

Answer 19

Have delays in development

Question 20

Piaget’s second stage

Answer 20

Children become proficient in symbols in thinking and communicating yet still have difficulty thinking logically

Question 21

Symbolic function- PSS

Answer 21

Understanding that one object or behavior can stand for something else

Question 22

Egocentrism- PSS

Answer 22

Belief that everyone sees the world the same way the child sees the world

Question 23

Conservation- PSS

Answer 23

Understanding change in appearance yet not necessarily change in quantity