HDFS Final Review Homework Questions

A child's appetite _____ between the ages of 2 and 6.

A person's average body mass index (BMI) is the lowest at the ages of _____.

Which statement about oral health is true?

The process through which axons become coated with a fatty substance that speeds up the transmission of nerve impulses is called _____.

The long band of nerve fibers that connects the brain's hemispheres is _____.

The increased activity of the amygdala is a reason that children during the play years (i.e., ages 2-6) experience:

Kendra, age 4, is very particular about her daily routines, especially at mealtime. She will only eat from a certain plate, drink from one certain cup, and must have a folded napkin next to her plate. She is exhibiting the phenomenon called _____.

Megyn is a 3-year-old who is working on a craft project at preschool. She has to be repeatedly reminded to sit still, to continue working on the craft, and to stop interfering with her classmate's work. What is the most likely explanation for Megyn's behavior?

Writing your name is a _____, whereas kicking a ball is a(n) _____.

______ is any deliberate action that is harmful to a child's physical, emotional, or sexual well- being.

Piaget called the stage of human cognitive development between the ages of 2 and 6 _____ intelligence.

Four-year-old Graciela is a balanced bilingual, which means that she _____.

One of the milestones of preoperational thought is the ability to _____.

A child is shown two identical tall containers, both half-filled with water. The contents of one container are then poured into a short, wide container. If the child states that both containers still have the same amount, then the child understands the concept of _____.

Irreversibility refers to the preoperational child's tendency to _____.

One of Vygotsky's most famous concepts was the zone of proximal development, which asserts that _____.

Preschoolers try to construct a reason for the things that they see and hear. This tendency is known as _____.

A person's understanding of the thoughts of other people is called _____.

A child's ability to add new vocabulary words very quickly is called _____.

In terms of early childhood learning, research has found that if the home educational quality is poor, then _____.

The preeminent psychosocial accomplishment between the ages of 2 and 6 is learning when and how to _____.

When 4-year-old Karen is angry, she lashes out by hitting. This is an example of:

Which is not one of the types of play identified by Mildred Parten?

Which of the following is a result of extensive, active, social play in young children?

One of the worst effects of the media on children is:

Erikson's stage that occurs between 3 and 6 years of age is called:

Jose demonstrates warmth and nurturance towards his children. He does not believe in punishment of any sort and does not have any rules for his children. His parenting style is _____.

What is the hallmark of prosocial behavior?

According to your text, ______ differences are biological and ______ differences are culturally prescribed.

Children who are spanked are more likely to use aggression to retaliate against a peer.

When you look at the rate of growth for children from ages 6 to 11, you see that:

The health habits that children develop during the middle childhood years are _____.

Which of the following is the primary reason why it is difficult to prevent and control childhood obesity?

How long it takes to respond to a stimulus is referred to as _____.

Eight-year-old Molly is able to listen to her teacher and concentrate on what she is saying even when her friends are talking around her. Molly is able to do this because of an improvement in _____.

The process by which the repetition of a sequence of thoughts and actions makes the sequence routine, so that it no longer requires conscious thought, is referred to as _____.

Each of the following is a general principle of developmental psychopathology except _____.

The chief characteristic of children with autism spectrum disorder is lack of:

A significant delay in a specific area of learning not associated with a physical handicap, mental retardation, or stressful environment is an indication of:

Children with attention-deficit disorders:

Preoperational Thought includes:

Theory of Mind

Pragmatics

Initiative vs. Guilt

Externalizing Problems

Internalizing Problems

Instrumental Aggression

Reactive Aggression

Relational Aggression

Bullying Aggression

Authoritarian (Parenting Style)

Authoritative (Parenting Style)

Permissive (Parenting Style)

Neglect (Parenting Style)

Automatization

Implicit memory

Explicit memory

Social Comparison

Resilience

Puberty

Calories of Boys vs Girls at puberty

Menarche

Spermarche

Risk of Puberty Off Time for Girls

Risk of Puberty Off Time for Boys

Final stage of cognitive development (Piaget)

Formal Operations

Dual Process Model

Intuitive Thought

Analytical Thought

Personal Fable

Invincibility Fable

Imaginary Audience

Identity vs. Role Confusion

Identity Achievement

Role Confusion

Foreclosure

Moratorium

Clinical Depression

Rumination

Suicide Ideation

Parasuicide

Peer Pressure

The beginning of adulthood is now considered to be:

Which of the following states is the goal of homeostasis?

During young adulthood, all body systems—including the digestive, respiratory, circulatory, and sexual-reproductive systems—function:

The term "organ reserve" refers to:

Recent research indicates that attitudes about the purpose of sex fall into which of the following three categories?

The pattern that limits sexual activity to one steady partner at a time is called:

The view that psychological disorders are produced by the interaction of a genetic vulnerability and environmental factors and life events is referred to as the _____.

Eric, age 20, works out at the gym six days each week. Typical of emerging adults, when asked his motivation for his regular workouts, he replies:

The critical intellectual accomplishment of adulthood is:

The hallmark of postformal cognition is intellectual:

A common logical error of emerging adults is delay discounting, the tendency to _____.

The possibility that one's appearance or behavior will be misused to confirm another person's oversimplified, prejudiced attitude is referred to as:

In an essay, Michelle begins by writing that knowing the truth sets people free. In her next paragraph, she opposes this idea with the idea that knowing the truth often involves learning about limitations and constraints on freedom. In her third paragraph, Michelle integrates these two perspectives. Michelle's essay best demonstrates:

Purely logical, objective thought can be rigid and impractical when applied to personal experiences.

Which of the following personal facts correlates with depth and flexibility of thought in adulthood?

Compared to individuals without a college education, those with a college education tend to be _____.

According to Erikson, the stage of intimacy versus isolation

Most emerging adults have a firm grasp of who they are and have solidly established their identity.

When a woman talks about her problems with a friend, she usually wants:

Rachel's parents always vote for the same political party, but since going to college she has identified a set of issues that are very important to her at election time. Rachel has developed her own _____ identity.

Which of the following lists states Sternberg's three dimensions of love in the order in which they generally develop in a relationship?

An arrangement in which a couple lives together in a committed romantic relationship but are not formally married is referred to as _____.

A situation in a romantic relationship wherein one partner wants to address an issue and the other refuses, resulting in opposite reactions, is referred to as _____.

Makayla was a sophomore thriving in college when her father was laid off from his job. Even with financial aid, the family could no longer afford to send her to school, so she left to get a full-time job at a restaurant near the family home. This situation illustrates the _____ of families.

Adulthood covers the four decades of life between ages _____ and _____.

The first visible signs of senescence are usually observed in a person's _____.

In an aging brain _____.

A research study from the early 1990s found that middle-aged men and women in committed, monogamous relationships are MOST likely to be _____ with their sex lives.

The average age of menopause is about _____ years.

The term andropause, is sometimes used to refer to _____.

Regular exercise helps adults in all these ways EXCEPT _____.

_____ usually refers to the number of deaths each year per 100,000 members of a given population.

Cognitive ability in adulthood does not increase for those with challenging work

Longitudinal research on adult intelligence reveals that _____ intelligence decreases with age, while _____ intelligence increases with age.

Which of Sternberg's three forms of intelligence is sometimes called "street smarts"?

In which coping style do people try to change their attitude about a stressor?

With which coping style do people try to attack a stressor in some way?

The gradual accumulation of stressors over a long period of time, wearing down the resilience and resistance of a person, is referred to as _____.

Which statement about age and expertise is TRUE?

Expert thinking is intuitive, automatic, strategic, and flexible

What does the science of human development seek to understand?

Most developmental psychologists believe that development is the result of _____.

Once a researcher has developed a hypothesis, his next step in the scientific method is to:

Culture refers to a system of shared beliefs, conventions, norms, behaviors, and expectations.

The view that in the study of human development a person should be considered in all contexts and interactions that make up life is:

The notion that development involves gains and losses that do not always occur in a straight line exemplifies the following characteristic of the life-span perspective:

Most periods of development are critical periods.

Scientific observation permits:

A correlation does not indicate that one variable causes the other to occur; rather, it indicates that there is a _____ between the two variables.

To study change over time, researchers use which three basic research designs?

Theories can do all of the following EXCEPT _____.

A____ is an average or usual event or experience

According to Freud, individuals' lifelong patterns of behavior are determined by:

Sigmund Freud and Erik Erikson are best known for their contributions to ______ theory

Behaviorism focuses on which of the following?

Social learning theory indicates that learning occurs from _____.

Piaget's theory of development focused primarily on:

Vygotsky's idea of social apprenticeship, a mentor draws the child into a zone of:

Within Maslow's hierarchy, the correct order of needs from lowest to highest is _____.

The approach taken by most developmentalists, in which they apply aspects of each of the various theories of development rather than adhering exclusively to one theory, is referred to as the _____ perspective.

Every normal human body cell contains how many chromosomes?

Human development begins when a sperm penetrates the membrane of:

The single cell formed from the union of two gametes, a sperm and ovum, is called a _____.

On the 23rd pair of chromosomes, females have _____.

Monozygotic twins are produced when:

The general term for the techniques designed to help infertile couples conceive and then sustain a pregnancy is _____.

An individual's phenotype is dependent on _____.

A gene is recessive when:

Because most traits are polygenic, they are:

The most common extra-chromosome condition that results in a surviving child is:

In order, the three main periods of prenatal growth are:

The longest period of prenatal development is the

About a week after conception, the outer layer of the multiplying cells forms a protective circle or shell that will become the:

The neural tube will become the:

A teratogen is any agent or condition that increases the risk for _____.

The five vital signs that are evaluated in the Apgar are:

A reflex is a(n):

The age of viability is the time when the preterm newborn _____.

A baby born three or more weeks early is called _____.

The strong loving connection that forms as parents hold and feed their child is the: