Exam
Name___________________________________
 
ESSAY.  Write your answer in the space provided or on a separate sheet of paper. 
1) 

Explain why inferences about cause and effect can be made in experiments but not in correlational studies. 
 
2) 

Identify two types of twins, explain how each is created, and list factors that influence the incidence of each. 
 
3) 

What factors affect the impact of teratogens on the prenatal organism? 
 
4) 

Describe how early brain plasticity is adaptive. 
 
5) 

Explain how, according to Piaget, the mind builds and modifies psychological structures. Use the following concepts in your answer: scheme, adaptation, assimilation, accommodation, organization, equilibrium, and disequilibrium. 
 
6) 

Describe the Strange Situation and the four attachment patterns assessed by it. 
 
7) 

Describe the three types of children identified using Thomas and Chess's model of temperament. 
 
8) 

Discuss the relationship between handedness and brain lateralization. 
 
9) 

Explain how gender schema theory accounts for the persistence of gender stereotypes and gender-role preferences. 
 
10) 

Cite five ways parents can reduce gender stereotyping in children.