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Question 1 Which of the following is an accurate description of the long-term effects of chronic stress on the body? A. The ability of the immune system to fight infection and ward off disease is com... promised. B. There are no effects on the immune system, and only short-term effects on the cardiovascular system. C. There are no effects on the cardiovascular system, but long-term effects on the skeletal muscles. D. There are no lasting effects on the body – when the stress ends all physical systems return to normal. Question 2 In Bronfenbrenner’s model, proximal processes refer to A. independent changes in mental processes. B. favorable developmental conditions that are more likely to exist in one particular stage of development than in another. C. reciprocal interactions between an organism and its immediate environment. D. indirect influences on an organism. Question 3 Which of the following best represents early prenatal brain development? A. Brain development begins during the 4th month of gestation. B. At birth, a baby’s brain has 1 million neurons. C. Develop progresses from the outside in, pushing cells to find their proper location. D. The hindbrain, midbrain, and forebrain emerge from the neural tube around the 25th day of gestation. Question 4 Stage theories of development typically describe changes in behavior, cognition, or social relationships. A. quantitative B. incremental C. qualitative D. cumulative Question 5 Which of the following statements is most accurate with regard to Piaget’s theory? A. Piaget firmly believed that children who were at a particular stage of cognitive development had the same level of understanding in all areas, such as understanding causality, morality, agency, etc. B. Piaget believed that children’s progress through the stages could vary. For example, very intelligent children could skip a stage. C. Piaget believed in the dynamic quality of stages and understood that children in the same stage could vary greatly in their specific understanding of causality, morality, and so forth. D. Piaget believed that children could vary in their understanding of morality but that their understanding of causality was the same for all children within a particular stage. Question 6 In considering the major structures of the brain, which of these statements is FALSE. A. the medulla, pons and cerebelloum are all part of the hindbrain network. B. The midbrain is the relay station and the forebrain controls complex thoughts, motives and emotions. C. The limbic system is constructed of the activities located in the midbrain area, that impact complex thought processes. D. The pituitary gland regulates the endocrine systems. Question 7 In one study, young rats exposed to stress vocalized their anxiety. Their mothers, alerted to this distress, responded with diligent caregiving behavior that altered the development of the hippocampus. Which of the following processes or principles does this example demonstrate? CONTINUED............. [Show More]

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