PSYA02 FSG Week 7_ Midterm Review

PSYA02 Week 7: Midterm Review Tuesday February 27, 2024 Below are 45 MC questions with options A through E to mock the structure of your midterm. I encourage everyone to try and complete this worksheet without looking at their notes in under 90 mins. 1. Which of the following is the best definition of the study of human development? a. The examination of how humans develop across the lifespan b. The examination of continuity across the lifespan c. The examination of change across the lifespan d. The examination of continuity and change across the lifespan e. The examination of individual differences across the lifespan 2. If a personality assessment actually measures personality, this demonstrates __________. If a personality assessment provides consistent results, this demonstrates ____________. a. Reliability; validity b. Predictive validity; concurrent validity c. Test-retest reliability; concurrent validity d. Validity; reliability e. None of the above 3. Chicks made fewer distress vocalizations when … a. Administered glutamate b. Administered ketamine c. Administered GABA d. Alone e. None of the above 4. Which model suggests that peers serve as competition for parents during adolescence? a. The psychoanalytic approach b. The socialization model c. The cognitive model d. The attachment model e. The relationship model 5. An IQ score of 55 is … a. 0 SD away from the mean b. -1 SD away from the mean c. -2 SD away from the mean d. -3 SD away from the mean e. -4 SD away from the mean

6. Salivating to lemon juice … a. Increases the pH level of lemon juice b. Decreases the pH level of lemon juice c. Has no effect on pH levels d. Makes the taste of lemon juice more intense e. None of the above 7. __________ is the idea that different races and different socioeconomic classes naturally have differences in intelligence, and that governments should encourage the “superior” races and classes to reproduce while preventing the “lower” races and classes from reproducing a. Social darwinism b. Eugenics c. Reverse engineering d. Stereotype threat e. Natural selection 8. Bandura, Rotter, and Mishel are associated with the … a. Biological approach to personality b. Psychodynamic approach to personality c. The social approach to personality d. The cognitive approach to personality e. The social-cognitive approach to personality 9. The prenatal period and infancy is from … a. Birth to 3 years old b. Birth to 2 years old c. Conception to 3 years old d. Conception to 5 years old e. Conception to birth 10. When a female mouse’s pregnancy is terminated within the first few days by a new male, this is called … a. The Whitten effect b. The Coolidge effect c. The Bruce effect d. The good genes hypothesis e. Mate poaching 11. What did Konrad Lorenz find? a. After hatching, goslings followed the first large moving member of their species they saw, but still showed a preference for their own biological mother

b. Goslings followed the first large moving object they saw after hatching, and showed a preference for this object, even over their own biological mother c. Goslings never followed their biological mother after hatching d. Goslings always followed their biological mother after hatching, even if the mother was not the first large moving thing they saw e. Goslings follow whoever they resemble the most, regardless of what they saw first after hatching 12. Which of the following is true regarding prenatal development? a. The fetal stage is the last stage of the prenatal period of development b. The germinal stage is before the embryonic stage c. The embryonic stage is before the fetal stage d. None of the above e. All of the above 13. Jennifer is 5 weeks pregnant. What is happening at this time? a. Rapid cell division b. Refinements c. Sensory abilities start d. Significant brain development e. Organ development 14. Minutes after Jennifer’s baby is born, her baby recognizes her voice. What might explain this? a. Jennifer's baby has a higher IQ than the average baby b. Jennifer’s baby is a fast learner compared to the average baby c. Jennifer’s ears are overdeveloped compared to the average baby d. Jennifer’s baby heard her mothers voice while in the womb e. All of the above 15. A baby was born with shortened and malformed limbs. What do you think happened? a. The mother consumed alcohol during the fetal period b. The mother consumed alcohol during the germinal period c. The mother consumed thalidomide during the period of the embryo d. The mother consumed thalidomide during the germinal period e. The mother contracted Zika virus during the fetal period 16. A researcher takes a group of children, follows up with them until adulthood to look at how their self-esteem has changed or stayed the same over time. This is an example of … a. A cross sectional design b. A longitudinal design c. An experimental design d. A mix of a cross sectional and longitudinal design