Download Psyc230: Exam 1 Review Exam Date: Sec 1 – Monday, Jan 29th

Psyc230: Exam 1 Review
Exam Date: Sec 1 – Monday, Jan 29th, Sec 2 – Tues, Jan 30th
Exam 1 will be worth 80 points. The exam will be multiple-choice and matching (80%). You will
have approximately 50 min to complete the exam.
Study Tips: Your first exam will cover chapters 1-3, lectures, and additional in-class material
discussed. Recommended study tips would be to: (a) first go over lecture notes to be sure they
are complete with study outline and (b) re-read chapters 1-3 to supplement related class notes,
and
Study Outline
Tenets of Lifespan Developmental Psychology
• Be VERY familiar with each of the six tenets of lifespan development.
• Be able to come up with examples of each tenet as they relate to human development.
• What is the difference between stability and change in human development? Can you
provide an example?
• What is the difference between continuity and discontinuity in human development?
• Which human development theories are best represented by continuity? Discontinuity?
• What does the ‘wave’ view of human development say?
Conceptions of Age
• Why is chronological age not necessarily the best way to conceptualize age?
• What are some different ways of conceptualizing age beyond chronological age? Be
able to identify the different ways.
• Be able to recognize examples or identify different ways of conceptualizing age.
Theories on Human Development
• Be able to identify the other types of theories on human development discussed in class.
Be able to determine how the theories are similar or different to lifespan developmental
psychology theory
• Be extra familiar with Vygotsky and Bronfrenbrenner’s theories on development
• Be able to identify or provide examples of the different levels of Bronfrenbrenner’s
Ecological Model.
Research Designs in Lifespan Developmental Psychology
• What are the different types of data that are collected in developmental psychology?
Can you provide examples of these different collection methods?
• What do we know about heterogeneity within age groups for younger vs. older adults?
• Be able to identify, explain or provide examples of the 3 factors influencing within group
differences
• Be able to identify and explain the 3 fundamental effects in life span research in the
context of the 4 different research designs.
• 4 developmental study designs – be able to identify each design, which of the
fundamental effects are or are not controlled for and why, and the advantages and
disadvantages of each design
• Experimental Study Designs – be able to identify an example. Why is it difficult to study
the ‘effect of age on….?” in experimental research?
Nature v. Nurture
• What is nature and nurture? Can you provide an example of each?
Genetics
• According to Baltes, how important is evolution v. culture as we age? Explain.
•
What is phenotype v. genotype? How does it relate to dominant v. recessive
inheritance? What about homozygous vs. heterozygous genes? What is an allele? What
is a chromosome, how many do we have? What is DNA?
• What is the difference between meiosis and mitosis?
• What is a gamete? What is a zygote?
• What is codominance? Can you provide an example?
• Be able to identify and describe autosomal and X-linked chromosomal abnormalities
Prenatal development
• Be able to list and discuss the different stages of prenatal development (i.e., zygote,
embryonic, and fetus)..what distinguishes them from each other
• What time of prenatal development signifies a ‘sensitive period’ and why?
• What are teratogens? Be able to identify and provide examples of teratogens and
potential harmful effects.
• methods of child birth delivery – what are some different and preferred methods of child
birth delivery. What are some advantages and disadvantages of the different types of
childbirth?
• assessing a newborn – APGAR – now what each assessment item is and what it
ultimately measures
Longevity
• What is the difference between life expectancy, life span, and maximum life span?
• Why are individuals in the US living longer than previous generations? Consider socio-culturalhistorical factors.
• Why are we a ‘graying’ society? What is keeping the U.S. ‘younger’ than other graying countries,
such as European countries?
• What are some genetic (nature) and environmental (nurture) factors that might contribute or
demote life expectancy?
Physical Growth Trends
• How do we grow in infancy? Cephaloclaudal & proximodistal
• What is growth hormone deficiency? What are some possible causes of growth hormone
deficiency?
• What is puberty? When does it usually occur in childhood/adolescence?
• What are some causes of the onset of puberty?
• Be able to discuss the role of the different hormones in puberty. Be able to discuss gender
differences in hormone production during puberty.
• How does puberty relate to body image in adolescence? Be able to discuss gender differences in
body image and psychosocial adjustment during puberty.
• What are some physical growth trends that occur during middle age?
The Brain
• Be able to identify and discuss the structure and function of the major lobes of the brain.
• Be able to identify the major parts of the neuron and ‘what’ the different parts of the neuron do.
Be able to discuss what a neurotransmitter does.
• What is lateralization? What contributes to communication between the two parts of the brain?
• Consider the role of environment in infant brain growth.
• What parts of the brain are important in adolescence? Why?
• What are some brain changes that occur in mid-to late-adulthood?
• What do we know about plasticity and the brain in research (e.g., Project ADEPT and the Nun
Study).
• Be familiar with the Nun Study. What does it tell us about the brain?