Psychology 041 - Lifespan Psychology » Fall 2020 » Chapters 1, 2 and 3 Quiz

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Question #1
According to the psychoanalytic perspective, people move through a series of stages in which they
A.   acquire increasingly complex information-processing skills.
B.   model the behavior of parents and other caregivers.
C.   confront conflicts between biological drives and social expectations.
D.   actively explore the environment.
Question #2
Unlike Freud, Erik Erikson
A.   viewed children as taking a more active role in their own development.
B.   minimized the role of culture in individual development.
C.   pointed out that normal development must be understood in relation to each culture's life situation.
D.   primarily focused on the importance of early life experiences.
Question #3
According to B.F. Skinner, the frequency of a behavior can be increased through
A.   modeling.
B.   classical conditioning.
C.   punishment.
D.   reinforcement.
Question #4
Annabelle uses symbols and engages in make-believe play. However, her thinking lacks logic. Annabelle is in Piaget's __________ stage of development.
A.   sensorimotor
B.   preoperational
C.   concrete operational
D.   formal operational
Question #5
Lev Vygotsky proposed a socially mediated process of development that centers around
A.   cooperative dialogues with adults and more expert peers.
B.   pairing a neutral stimulus with a reflexive response to create a conditioned behavior.
C.   survival child's independent efforts to make sense of the world.
D.   imprinting on a mother-figure during the critical period.
Question #6
Christine is 5'7" and has blue eyes. Such directly observable characteristics are called
A.   phenotypes.
B.   chromosomes.
C.   genotypes.
D.   alleles.
Question #7
When sperm and ovum unite at conception, a(n) __________ results.
A.   gamete
B.   autosome
C.   allele
D.   zygote
Question #8
In dominant–recessive inheritance, the one allele that does not affect the child's characteristics is called
A.   a carrier.
B.   dominant.
C.   recessive.
D.   dominant–recessive.
Question #9
The twenty-first pair of chromosomes failed to separate during meiosis, so Aziz received three of these chromosomes rather than the normal two. Aziz has __________ syndrome.
A.   Turner
B.   Down
C.   Klinefelter
D.   XYY
Question #10
Fertilization usually takes place in the
A.   cervix.
B.   ovaries.
C.   uterus.
D.   fallopian tubes.

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