Ashford PSY304 All Quizzes Latest 2020 December

PSY304 Lifespan Development

Week 1 Quiz

Question 1What is formed within 36 hours of the sperm and ovum uniting?

  chromosome

  gene

  zygote

  fetus

 Question 2Human beings have ____ chromosomes.

  23

  26

  43

  46

 Question 3A person’s specific eye and hair color is an example of their

  genes.

  chromosomes.

  genotype.

  phenotype.

 Question 4Sabrina really enjoys writing, so she makes sure to take as many literature and creative writing courses as she can in high school. This is an example of a ____ genotype → environment effect.

  passive

  evocative

  active

  retroactive

 Question 5To study behavioral genetics, researchers often use

  infants.

  adolescents.

  cousins.

  twins.

 Question 6The field of evolutionary psychology focuses on how the ability to adapt and ____ influences behavior.

  reproduce

  think

  grow

  strategize

 

 

PSY304 Lifespan Development

Week 2 Quiz

Question 1During the past 150 years puberty has been occurring

  earlier for males.

  earlier for females.

  later for males.

  later for females.

 Question 2During early childhood kids often become ___________, eating small meals and snacking throughout the day instead of eating two or three large meals.

  grazers

  obese

  picky

  active

 Question 3Early in life the head and brain develop faster than other parts of the body. This is the ____ trend.

  proximodistal

  cephalocaudal

  growth spurt

  puberty

 Question 4Dr. Martinez studies visual processing. Which lobe of the brain does he examine for his research?

  frontal

  temporal

  parietal

  occipital

 Question 5Brady is ten months old and has started to pick up his Cheerios using his thumb and index finger. This is an example of the

  grasping reflex.

  pinching reflex.

  ulnar grasp.

  pincer grasp.

 

 

PSY304 Lifespan Development

Week 3 Quiz

Question 1Francine believes her teddy bear is sad when she leaves him at home. This is an example of

  animism.

  centration.

  egocentrism.

  transformation.

 Question 2Piaget believed that people organize knowledge into

  categories.

  thoughts.

  schemes.

  theories.

 Question 3Corinne is getting frustrated because she is having trouble putting her puzzle together. Her dad offers a suggestion to match the colors and Corinne is able to move forward. Her dad is using ____ to help Corinne.

  guidance

  scaffolding

  active learning

  reasoning

Question 4Kelly is baking cookies and when he has to figure out the measurement conversions, he talks to himself. According to Vygotsky, Kelly is using

  private speech.

  scaffolding.

  zone of proximal development.

  symbols.

 Question 5Elijah remembers that he needs to thaw the chicken for dinner tomorrow. This is an example of a(n) ____ memory.

  explicit

  episodic

  autobiographical

  prospective

 

 

PSY304 Lifespan Development

Week 4 Quiz

Question 1Dylan is very shy and reserved and he often finds new situations scary. He will be staying overnight at his cousin’s house for the first time. Which of the following examples represents goodness of fit between Dylan’s temperament and his mom’s parenting? His mom

  drops Dylan off at his cousin’s and leaves quickly.

  refuses to hug Dylan when he cries and tells him to be a “big boy.”

  decides to not let Dylan go to his cousin’s house.

  reassures Dylan everything will be okay and stays with him until he calms down.

 Question 2According to Kohlberg, a child who decides to cheat on a test because receiving a good grade would make her father proud would be showing what level of morality?

  preconventional

  conventional

  postconventional

  heteronomous

 Question 3According to socio-emotional selectivity theory, as adults age they choose to engage ____ with people who do not make them feel happy.

  more

  less

  slowly

  quickly

 Question 4Jeff is a freshman in high school and has just found out that he did not make the football team. Jeff thinks to himself that this is a good thing because he can spend more time on his schoolwork to prepare for college. Jeff is using

  social referencing.

  emotional suppression.

  cognitive reappraisal.

  nonverbal encoding.

 Question 5According to Giff, Renshaw, and Allen (2018) PTSD symptoms were positively associated with the use of _____________ discipline.

  inconsistent

  consistent

  non-formal

  effective

 

 

 

PSY304 Lifespan Development

Week 5 Quiz

Question 1What is the legal definition of brain death?

  The inability to breathe without artificial ventilation

  The complete and irreversible cessation of brain function

  An irreversible vegetative state

  The cessation of a heartbeat

Question 2Walt has been on dialysis for 10 years while waiting for a kidney transplant. His physician tells him that he is no longer a candidate for a transplant and is taken off the waiting list. Walt then makes the decision to stop his dialysis treatments and, within four weeks, is dead. Which of the following terms best describes Walt’s death?

  Physician-assisted euthanasia

  Passive euthanasia

  Active euthanasia

  Natural euthanasia

 Question 3Danielle’s teenage daughter tells a friend that she wants to commit suicide. When Danielle hears about this, she is concerned and schedules her daughter for a session with a therapist. It is important for parents like Danielle to understand that suicide is ______________.

  the second leading cause of death among teens

  a very uncommon cause of death among teens

  the leading cause of death among teens

  an atypical cry for help among teens

 Question 4Death of a loved one affects every family member in one aspect or another. Which loss is one that most significantly threatens the health, well-being, and productivity of surviving loved ones?

  Parent

  Child

  Sibling

  Partner

 Question 5Different ethnicities typically respond to terminal illnesses in their own unique ways. Which group tends to actively fight death more often than other ethnicities?

  Asian Americans

  African Americans

  Hispanic Americans

  Caucasian Americans