Exam 9: Human Development

Which of the following is a difference between cross-sectional and longitudinal studies?

Which of the following is a symptom of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD)?

Which of the following regions of the brain is concerned with emotions?

A teacher shows a first grade student a map and tells her,"You live here,in Atlanta,Georgia." The child emphatically disagrees,declaring,"No,I live in Atlanta.I can't live in Georgia too,'cause I can't live in two places at the same time!" This child is likely in Piaget's _____ stage of development.

Which of the following terms is most closely tied with the nurture side of the nature versus nurture debate?

Which of the following statements describes the best approach to parenting an adolescent?

According to Alexander Chess and Stella Thomas,a child who expresses a low activity level,is somewhat negative,and is inflexible is a(n)_____ child.

Ethnic identity is less important during adolescence because the changes experienced during that time are universal.

The period of rapid skeletal and sexual maturation that takes place at the beginning of adolescence is called:

Explain the views of a life span developmentalist about early experiences.

During the second year after birth,growth accelerates,but activities such as running and climbing slow down.

Megan is a 17-year-old girl who is interested in music.She wants to become a pop star and therefore,has joined Piano and vocal training classes.According to Marcia's theory on identity status,which of the following dimensions of identity is being focused by Megan?

Describe the five main features of emerging adulthood as proposed by Jeffrey Arnett.

A(n)_____ assesses the same participants multiple times over a lengthy period.

Which of the following statements is true of the development of motor and perceptual skills in humans?

Peter is ten years old.He likes to play a game called "name,place,things,animals" along with his friends,because he often wins and is very good at it.In this game,children are given a list of random nouns,and they should write the nouns in the correct column.For example if the noun is "dog",they should write "dog" under the "animals" column.According to this scenario,Peter is most likely in Piaget's _____ stage of development.

Which of the following statements best describes moral reasoning at the postconventional level?

Dan arranges two rows of pennies so they are equal in length.A child views the rows and states that they have the same amount of pennies.He spreads out the pennies in the bottom row so that it is longer than the top one.The child now states that the bottom row has more pennies.This child is in Piaget's _____ stage of development.

According to Erikson's theory of socioemotional development,preschoolers who do not develop a sense of taking responsibility:

Tanya,a fourteen-year-old girl,thinks that she is unique and assumes that others at school notice everything about her.She is very confident and takes extra care of her looks.In this scenario,Tanya is exhibiting adolescent _____.