Exam 3: Human Development

The gene for brown eyes is dominant, and the gene for blue eyes is recessive. Mary and Joe both have brown eyes, but their daughter has blue eyes. Which of the following statement is true?

Which of the following are correctly matched?

Which research method was used by Piaget to formulate his theory of cognitive development?

The belief that development is biologically programmed to happen sequentially is known as maturation.

Resilience is defined as:

Erikson's theory of psychosocial development spans the period from birth to age 18.

Children raised by _____________ parents tend to be anxious and have poor communication skills.

Where is myelination concentrated in the brain during middle childhood, and what cognitive benefits result from this type of myelination?

Juanita has been watching Bugs Bunny on TV while mom prepares lunch in the kitchen. As they sit down to lunch, Juanita says to her mother "wasn't that a funny thing that Bugs did?" When her mother says she didn't see the cartoon, Juanita gets upset and insists that her mother must have seen it, because it was on the TV. Which stage of development is Juanita at?

Most developmental psychologists believe that

Cognitive development refers to how thinking develops with age.

Erikson's developmental theory describes how changes occur through the __________.

Which of the following people used the "Strange Situation" study to examine the relationship between attachment styles and babies' abilities to cope with stressful situations?

Polygenic traits involve the combined impact of multiple genes.

A biologically-based tendency to respond to certain situations in similar ways throughout or lifetimes is the definition of

Jamal is 8 months old. His mother leaves the room and leaves Jamal with another person for a few minutes. Jamal reacts strongly when his mother leaves the room, and when she returns, he goes to her, but then squirms to get away. Which of the following attachment styles describes Jamal?

What inborn response causes babies to pucker their lips and begin to suck when something brushes their cheeks or is put in their mouths?

Piaget's theory states that children's cognitive abilities differ according to age.

Provide an example of how young children's lack of conservation can be measured.

What cultural differences have been observed in studies of moral development?