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    This document contains an exam for a psychology course covering development and biological psychology. It consists of 3 sections with 3 questions each, asking students to answer 3 questions total - one from each section. Section A questions cover explaining a child's aggressive behavior from different perspectives, major issues in developmental research, and explaining the process of aging. Section B questions cover skills needed for concrete operational thought, the nature vs nurture debate around language development, and how perception changes over the lifespan. Section C questions cover the biological basis of emotion and affective disorders, concepts to explain interactions between genetics and environment, and biological and social factors influencing adolescence as a period of "storm and stress".

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    UN1VERS1TY OF HONG KONG

    R.A. F1NAL PART I/II EXAMINA.T10N


    R.SOC.SC. FINAL PART 1/11 EXAMINAT10N
    R.S.W. FIN且. PART 1/11 EXAMINAT10N
    R.R.A. FINAL PART 1/11 EXAMINAT10N
    POSTGRADUATE CERT. 1N PSYCHOLOGY EXAMINAT10N

    PSYCBOLOGY: DEVELOPMENT & R10LOG1CAL PSYCHOLOGY (1 4216)

    May 14 , 1993 9.30 - 11.30


    Ansver THREE questions; one from each section.
    A1l questions carry equal marks.

    SECTION A

    A-l. Consider the case of a 10-year-old girl who demonstrates


    aggressive behaviour in the classroom as well as at home.
    How would the theorists from the following perspectives
    explain this behaviour:
    (a) Behaviourist
    (b) Organismic
    (c) Ecological

    A-2. Discuss the major issues in developmental research.

    A-3. Based on your knowledge from this course , how would you
    explain the process of aging?

    SECTION B

    B-l. To attain the concrete operational stage of development ,


    Piaget suggests that several skills must be developed. What
    are these skills and describe how it is possible for some
    children to be delayed or advanced in attaining concrete
    。perations.

    B-2. 工 s language learned or innate? Discuss the naturejnurture


    debate on language in relation to research you have studied
    during this course.

    B-3. How does perception change over the life span? Using one
    sense describe milestones during infancy , how is the sense
    effected by age?

    SECTION C

    C-l. Discuss the biological basis of emotion. 工 s There any


    biological basis for affective disorders (e.g. depression
    and mania)? Explain.

    C-2. Briefly explain the concepts of range of reaction ,


    canalization , and niche picking. How can these concepts
    help us explain some variations in complex
    interactions which occur between inherited factors and
    environmental factors.

    C-3. Adolescence has been described as a period of storm and


    stress. Discuss why this might be linked to biological
    factors. What social or cultural factors might influence the
    adolescent years?

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