Psychology Modules for Active Learning 14th Edition by Dennis Coon – Test Bank

Psychology Modules for Active Learning 14th Edition by Dennis Coon – Test Bank

Module 12-16

1. Suppose you want to study changes in attitudes that occur during elementary school years. This most closely uses which of the following branches of psychology?
a. Developmental
b. Behavioral
c. Cognitive
d. Social
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Human Development: Heredity and Environment
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.6.1.3 – Describe how genetic expression and the environment reciprocally influence each other
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States – APA.1.2 – Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
KEYWORDS: Understand
DATE CREATED: 1/31/2019 10:36 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 1/31/2019 10:36 AM

2. Which of the following is the inherited material that, for example, determines at which stage of prenatal development a heart develops and influences behavioral patterns later in life?
a. Phenome
b. Genome
c. Zygote
d. Embryo
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Human Development: Heredity and Environment
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.6.1.1 – Describe how genes influence development at various times during a person’s life
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States – APA.1.2 – Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
KEYWORDS: Remember
DATE CREATED: 1/31/2019 10:36 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 1/31/2019 10:36 AM

3. The transmission of physical and psychological characteristics from parents to offspring through genes is known as _______.
a. development
b. readiness
c. maturation
d. heredity
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Human Development: Heredity and Environment
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.6.1.1 – Describe how genes influence development at various times during a person’s life
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States – APA.1.2 – Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
KEYWORDS: Remember
DATE CREATED: 1/31/2019 10:36 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 1/31/2019 10:36 AM

4. Problems caused by defects in the inherited material are known as _______.
a. genetic disorders
b. recessive genes
c. congenital problems
d. fetal abnormality
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Human Development: Heredity and Environment
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.6.1.1 – Describe how genes influence development at various times during a person’s life
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States – APA.1.2 – Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
KEYWORDS: Remember
DATE CREATED: 1/31/2019 10:36 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 1/31/2019 10:36 AM

5. Long, ladderlike chains of pairs of chemical molecules present in the nucleus of every human cell are known as _______.
a. ribonucleic acid
b. deoxyribonucleic acid
c. homologous chromosomes
d. initiator proteins
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
REFERENCES: Human Development: Heredity and Environment
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Universal.Intro.Psych.LO.6.1.1 – Describe how genes influence development at various times during a person’s life
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States – APA.1.2 – Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains.
KEYWORDS: Remember
DATE CREATED: 1/31/2019 10:36 AM
DATE MODIFIED: 1/31/2019 10:36 AM