PSY 205 Life Span Development Exam

•Question 1

Link the correct attachment style to the following descriptions: (1) thrilled when reunited with a caregiver, (2) confused, erratic response when reunited with a caregiver, and (3) doesn’t care when reunited with a caregiver.

 

•Question 2

Your grandmother was born in 1925. You were born in 1990. If you both took the IQ test at age 7, who would probably get more items correct?

 

•Question 3

A cohort refers to a:

 

•Question 4

Carlo weighed 2 pounds at birth and is being discharged from the neonatal intensive care unit. What realistic statement about Carlo’s prognosis might you make to his worried parents?

 

•Question 5

Name the theorist who would give each piece of advice: “Don’t respond when your one year old cries out from the crib,” “Be as responsive as possible during the first year of life.”

 

•Question 6

You are devising a checklist to help parents evaluate early child-care settings. All are questions that should appear on your list EXCEPT:

 

•Question 7

The branching structure at the end of each neuron is the:

 

•Question 8

Compared to the early l970s, what fraction of elementary school children are now overweight or obese?

 

•Question 9

Which young child is MOST likely to obey the rule “Don’t touch this toy till dinner”?

 

•Question 10

How would an evolutionary psychologist describe 1-year-old Ned’s need to be close to his mom at all times?

 

•Question 11

Someone tells you that the heritability of IQ is .75. What should you think?

 

•Question 12

Pick the twin/adoption study.

 

•Question 13

Based on the information-processing section, parents can help children “remember” by doing all of the following EXCEPT:

 

•Question 14

All things being equal, which student is MOST at risk of NOT graduating from high school?

 

•Question 15

Krissy hates when parents use baby talk, so she speaks to her 1-year-old son exactly like an adult. What should you be thinking?

 

•Question 16

During the little-scientist phase, babies engage in:

 

•Question 17

Clarrisa gets a C on her first test in this class and decides to work very hard because she knows she can succeed. According to cognitive behaviorists, Clarrisa has:

 

•Question 18

A teratogen:

 

•Question 19

Which child is MOST at risk of having problems adjusting to day care?

 

•Question 20

Your psychology professor asks you to help him with his study of aggressive children. Your job is to go to a playground and record the frequency of aggressive acts among a sample of first graders. Your measurement technique is called:

 

•Question 21

You are using scaffolding in teaching baseball if you:

 

•Question 22

When Mom tosses the action figures into the toy box and slams the lid, Robie cries, “No! They’re scared of the dark!” Susie assumes that grandma knows she went to the beach yesterday, even though she didn’t tell her: Robbie’s comment shows ________ and Susie’s illustrates ________.

 

•Question 23

Gerontologists study:

 

•Question 24

What is the long-term impact of attending preschool on low-income children?

 

•Question 25

Pick the part of the brain that develops last.

 

•Question 26

If a friend is concerned that her 18-month-old son refuses to eat a balanced diet, what should you say?

 

•Question 27

Based on your understanding of brain plasticity, what would you say to frantic parents whose baby has suffered an injury to the language centers of the brain?

 

•Question 28

A social worker who counsels Down syndrome teens asks what will happen to her clients in their forties and fifties. What should you say?

 

•Question 29

Infant mortality in the United States:

 

•Question 30

A baby sees a new image on a screen and looks up to see what’s going on. The name for this process is ________.

 

•Question 31

With regard to sex differences in elementary school motor skills:

 

•Question 32

It’s Christmas, you are at the mall, and a mom places her 1-year-old on the store Santa’s lap. You might expect:

 

•Question 33

What is the relationship between walking early and later intelligence?

 

•Question 34

Which statement about the lifespan is most TRUE?

 

•Question 35

You are a doctor and your patient tells you she is pregnant. Under which situation would you MOST strongly urge chorionic villus sampling (CVS)?

 

•Question 36

Which of the following is NOT an ability involving executive functions?

 

•Question 37

All are reasons why eighteenth and nineteenth century doctors were relatively ineffective during labor and birth EXCEPT:

 

•Question 38

Which of these people is likely to live the longest?

 

•Question 39

A friend asks, “Who does a baby get attached to at age 1?” Your answer:

 

•Question 40

Jack and Diane desperately want a son. When they read up on the overall odds of male/female conception, what would they find?

 

•Question 41

Pick the example of autobiographical memory.

 

•Question 42

A traditional behaviorist is giving childrearing advice. She would say all of the following EXCEPT:

 

•Question 43

Your friend’s baby has colic. What should you be thinking?

 

•Question 44

Studies exploring social cognition now show babies:

 

•Question 45

You put a compelling object in front of your baby nephew, then cover it, and he acts as if it’s no longer there. Your nephew is:

 

•Question 46

Which research question MUST be tested by a correlational study?

 

•Question 47

When Sammy sees mommy roll the thick ball of dough into a thin circle for a pie crust he says, “Now there is more dough, because it’s bigger.” His sister Sara tells Sammy “No, it’s the same amount because mommy could just roll it back again and it would look the same.” According to Piaget’s framework, Sammy ________ and Sara ________.

 

•Question 48

Your friend’s preschooler has been diagnosed with ADHD and she asks, “Will my son still have this condition as he gets older?” What is the BEST answer?

 

•Question 49

What area of the lifespan did scientists first study?

 

•Question 50

You are writing a paper on the effects of prenatal drinking on the baby. You should make all of the following comments EXCEPT:

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

• Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, including a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
• Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
• One or two-sentence responses, simple statements of agreement, or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
• I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.

Weekly Participation

• Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
• In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
• Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
• Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.

APA Format and Writing Quality

• Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
• Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
• I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.

Use of Direct Quotes

• I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’s level and deduct points accordingly.
• As Masters’s level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
• It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.

 

LopesWrite Policy

• For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
• Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
• Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
• Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.

Late Policy

• The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
• Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
• If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
• I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
• As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.

Communication

• Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me: 
  • Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
  • Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.