Please note:

• See the intro/chapter 1 slides for some suggestions on how to study for exams.
• Also, see the syllabus for in-depth information about exams—be sure to review
this before you take Exam 1.

• The examples below in this review document are examples, and the exam will
cover topics other than those covered here.

• Remember: a good rule of thumb is that you want to study the textbook using
the online learning materials as a guide.
• For instance, if a particular topic appears in the online learning materials, and your
textbook, then that is a topic you should thoroughly understand for the exam.
Ch. 1 (the study of human development)
• What is “human development”?
• How people change as they age

• What are the domains of development?

• Physical/Biological
• Social/Emotional
• Cognitive

• Can these domains influence each other? If so, how?

• Yes; e.g.:
• Friends distracting child from school lessons (social & cognitive)
• Obese child who gets bullied (physical & social)
• Alzheimer's, ability to recognize family members, & decision making (physical, social & cognitive)
Ch. 2 (theory & research)
• What’s a theory, and what is a hypothesis?
• Theory is interrelated network of facts & concepts
• Hypothesis is a single, testable statement

• In Pavlov’s research on classical conditioning with dogs, the dog food was the
____. When the dogs learned to salivate at the sight of white lab coats and the
sound of a bell, this was the _______.
• A. unconditioned stimulus, unconditioned response
• B. conditioned stimulus, conditioned response
• C. unconditioned stimulus, conditioned response
• D. conditioned stimulus, classical response

• How does an experiment differ from a correlational study?

• IVs & DVs, experimental & control groups, causality
Ch. 3 (prenatal development)
• What is a teratogen?
• Any environmental variable that causes a birth defect

• What do “genotype” and “phenotype” mean?

• What’s an example of a “phenotype”?
• Genotype: your actual genetic makeup, or sequence of base pairs of chemicals in
your DNA
• Phenotype: the observable expression of the combined influences of your genotype
and your environment. For instance, your hair color, height, personality, etc.
Ch. 4 (birth & physical development in first 3 years)
• Compared to the early 1900s, infant death rates today are much lower, and infants are generally
much healthier. What are some reasons for this?
• Widespread use of vaccinations
• Antibiotics
• Prevention of SIDS
• Hospital births & survival of premature & LBW infants
• More & better prenatal healthcare

• What is the Apgar scale used for? What would be a “good” score?
• Newborn health; score of 7 is an average healthy score