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PSYC 228 EXAM NEWEST 2026 COMPLETE 800 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ( ANSWERS)
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PSYC 228 EXAM NEWEST 2026
COMPLETE 800 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS ( ANSWERS)
2. Compared to younger children, school-aged children are less likely to
be frust while waiting in line and are better able to follow
instructions.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER- A
2. After the rapid weight gains of infancy, children tend to gain weight
more rapidly during early childhood.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER- B
3. Choose the answer that is true regarding the major domains of
development.
a. Physical development is independent.
b. Cognitive development is independent.
c. Socioemotional development is independent.
d. All domains of development are interdependent. - ANSWER- D
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3. According to the CDC, by 2 years of age the average child should
weigh over 30 pounds.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER- A
3. Your friend Diane is looking at a growth chart at the doctor's office
you explain that the steeper the line, the more rapidly the growth is
occurring.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER- A
3. The prefrontal cortex is located in the back of the brain.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER- B
3. Around 1900 when Hall introduced the concept of adolescence, a
sizable minority of 10- to 15-year-olds were employed.
A. True
B. False - ANSWER- A
4. If you believe that you are the same person now as you were in
childhood, your self-system is organized by the rule of _____________
in development.
A. continuity
B. discontinuity
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C. flexibility
D. inflexibility - ANSWER- A
4. In 2 years an infant's weight is expected to:
a. stay the same.
b. triple.
c. double.
d. quadruple. - ANSWER- C
4. _____________ is the part of the brain that contains neuronal cell
bodies.
a. Gray matter
b. White matter
c. The cerebellum
d. The prefrontal cortex - ANSWER- A
4. In the early 1900s, the age of adulthood was:
a. 15.
b. 16.
c. 17.
d. 18. - ANSWER- B
5. In the early 1900s, the typical adolescent lived in a state of:
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a. full dependence on parents.
b. semi-independence from parents.
c. full independence from parents.
d. none of the choices - ANSWER- B
5. Weight and height gains occur most rapidly during the:
a. first 6 months after birth.
b. first 3 weeks after birth.
c. toddler years.
d. second year of life. - ANSWER- A
5. Sarah argues that she matured in discrete stages, independent of one
another. This view overemphasizes ____________________ in
development.
a. continuity.
b. discontinuity
c. self- ization
d. self-determination - ANSWER- B
5. The tissue that connects brain areas via nerve fibers is referred to as:
a. gray matter.
b. white matter.
c. the cerebellum.
d. the prefrontal cortex. - ANSWER- AÂÂ
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