Exam 13: Development Over the Life Span

Girls who are lonely and depressed are more likely than depressed boys to become withdrawn and internalize their problems.

Maternal use of cigarettes during pregnancy causes damage to the placenta but not to the baby itself.

What differences did Jean Piaget observe in children's thinking between the preoperational stage and the concrete operations stage?

________ is the cessation of menstruation and of the production of ova.

Between the ages of 18 months and 2 years, toddlers begin to produce what some psychologists describe as "telegraphic speech." Describe what telegraphic speech sounds like, and why it was given this name.

A biological psychologist would say that a 3-year-old boy's love of going "vroom, vroom" with his truck collection is probably largely a result of _________.

________ is the distress that most children develop when their primary caregivers leave them with strangers.

According to research discussed in your textbook, which of the following is true about resilience?

When a mother contracts rubella early during the pregnancy, a common consequence to the embryo is deafness.

Based on Mary Ainsworth's studies, ________ children did not care if the mother left the room, made little effort to seek contact with her on her return, and treated a stranger in about the same way as the mother.

After the implantation of the zygote in the uterine wall is complete, the ________ stage of prenatal development begins.

When a child's first word combinations omit unnecessary words, it is called telegraphic speech.

Adolescent boys who are lonely, depressed, worried, or angry are more likely than girls to:

The research by Margaret and Harry Harlow demonstrated a need for ________ in young rhesus monkeys.

________ is the understanding that the physical properties of objects, such as the number of items in a cluster or the amount of liquid in a glass, can remain the same even when their form or appearance changes.

Children begin to name objects at about:

Piaget overestimated the cognitive skills of young children.

According to Jean Piaget, at what developmental stage would a child come to understand conservation and cause and effect?

Which of the following is generally true for people in their old age?

An adolescent has just experienced menarche. This means that: