Question

exam 01 - (fall 2025)

1. which late - life brain disease involves a progressive course of deterioration of mental functioning?

a. dementia
b. schizophrenia
c. alzheimers disease
d. parkinsons disease

1. which parenting style is associated with appropriate boundaries and calmly explaining rules to children?

a. authoritative style
b. authoritarian style
c. permissive style
d. affective style

1. which describes the first two weeks of pregnancy?

a. fetal stage
b. embryonic stage
c. zygotic stage
d. germinal stage

1. age - related changes that occur from conception to death are known as which?

a. development
b. science
c. adolescence
d. critical periods

1. the biological unfolding of an organism according to its underlying genetic blueprint is called

a. development.
b. growth.
c. maturation.
d. actualization.

1. developmental psychology emphasize on using the average age of developmental milestones is known as the

a. the cross - sectional approach.
b. the critical period approach.
c. normative approach.
d. the reaction range.

1. what is a general term for thinking, information processing, language, and problem solving?

a. memory
b. learning
c. cognition
d. intelligence

1. a step - by - step set of rules for solving a problem is called a(n)

a. algorithm.
b. solution set.
c. heuristic.
d. insight.

Explanation:

1. Dementia is a general term for cognitive decline. Schizophrenia is a different mental - illness not related to late - life progressive decline. Alzheimer's disease is a common late - life brain disease with progressive mental function deterioration. Parkinson's disease mainly affects movement.
2. Authoritative parenting sets appropriate boundaries and explains rules calmly. Authoritarian is strict without much explanation, permissive is lenient, and affective is not a standard parenting style term in this context.
3. The first two weeks of pregnancy is the germinal stage. The fetal stage is later, the embryonic stage follows the germinal stage, and the zygotic stage is part of the germinal stage but not the best overall term for the first two weeks.
4. Age - related changes from conception to death are called development. Science is a broad field, adolescence is a specific life stage, and critical periods are specific time frames within development.
5. The biological unfolding according to the genetic blueprint is maturation. Development is broader, growth is mainly about physical size increase, and actualization is more related to self - fulfillment.
6. Developmental psychology uses the normative approach when emphasizing average ages of developmental milestones. Cross - sectional is a research method, critical period approach focuses on specific time frames, and reaction range is about the range of expression of genetic traits.
7. Cognition is a general term for thinking, information processing, language, and problem - solving. Memory is part of it, learning is the process of acquiring knowledge, and intelligence is a more comprehensive ability related to problem - solving.
8. A step - by - step set of rules for solving a problem is an algorithm. A solution set is the set of all solutions, a heuristic is a rule - of - thumb, and insight is a sudden understanding.

Answer:

1. c. Alzheimer's disease
2. a. Authoritative style
3. d. Germinal stage
4. a. Development
5. c. maturation
6. c. normative approach
7. c. cognition
8. a. algorithm