Exam 21: Human Development Across the Life Span Part 1

Avoidant attachments seem to be ____ common in German infants, and ____ common in Japanese infants, than in American infants.

Psychologists who support ____ theories suggest that certain basic cognitive abilities are biologically built into, or prewired into, the neural make-up of humans.

Securely attached children also tend to show all of the following EXCEPT

Maturation is

The germinal stage of prenatal development is

At the end of the ____ stage of prenatal development, the developing organism is about one inch long and has already developed most of the vital organs and bodily structures.

Omar's wife conceived a baby seven days ago, and does not yet know she is pregnant. His wife's pregnancy is currently in the

The proximodistal trend in physical development suggests that infants will be able to control their

The correct sequence of the stages of prenatal development are

Mercedes takes her 1-year-old son, Justice, to visit a day-care center where she plans to enroll him. Justice eagerly explores the playroom as long as Mercedes is present. When his mom leaves the room to fill out some forms, Justice becomes somewhat upset, but when Mercedes returns, he quickly calms down. This is the type of interaction you might observe between a child and a parent who

George watched as a researcher placed five toy dogs and three toy cats on a table. When the researcher asked George if there are more dogs or more animals, George correctly answered more animals. George's behavior indicates that he understands ____ and is in the ____ stage of cognitive development.

According to Erikson, the first stage of development (birth to one year) is a period when the infant develops the basic characteristic of

Assumptions of stage theorists of development include all of the following EXCEPT

By age two, what percentage of children in the United States are in full-time day care?

At puberty, females experience ____ and males experience ____.

Mrs. Potter asks Malik if he wants his sandwich in one piece, or cut into two pieces. Malik asks her to keep it in one piece, because he isn't hungry enough to eat two pieces. Malik's answer suggests that he

If you join your friends in a protest against nuclear power primarily because you want their approval, rather than because of any strong conviction you have about nuclear power, you would be said to be at which of the following levels of moral development?

To Piaget, cognitive development involves

Both Jason and Bradley believe that their dad should not drive over the speed limit on their family vacation to Florida. While Jason does not want his dad to get a speeding ticket, Bradley believes that rules are rules and laws are laws and need to be obeyed. Jason's reasoning is characteristic of the ____ level and Bradley's is characteristic of the ____ level of moral development.

If a child is born with a small head, heart defects, irritability, hyperactivity, and retarded mental and motor development, the mother MOST likely ____ during her pregnancy.