Exam 3: Human Development

A psychologist explaining differences between two individuals in terms of activity levels, irritability, and distractibility is describing aspects of the inherited part of one's personality known as __________.

According to Piaget, newborn babies lack object permanence because they

A child is told a story using two dolls named Sally and Anne.Sally has a basket, while Anne has a box.The experimenter then explains that Sally puts a coin in her basket and goes out to play.In the meantime, Anne takes the coin from Sally's basket and puts it into her box.Sally comes back inside and looks for the coin.The experimenter asks the child "Where will Sally look for her coin?" If the child says that Sally will look for her coin in her basket, the child is demonstrating that he or she has developed

The part of a chromosome that contains instructions that affect a particular process or personal characteristic is called a(n)

Fathers spend more time with their infants doing all of the following EXCEPT for

An unstable, "in-between," self-focused period of time for persons in their 20s to explore identities and life possibilities is called

In talking to an infant, an adult may use exaggerated or musical voice inflections during a type of speech known as

According to Piaget's theory, since a child's intellect develops mainly through accommodation, parents should follow a teaching strategy known as the __________ strategy.

A child is born with low birth weight, a small head, facial malformations, and other bodily defects and has an added risk of developing emotional, behavioral, and mental disabilities.The child most likely has

Thinking that makes little or no use of reasoning or logic is called

According to Thomas and Chess, the smallest percentage of children (10 percent)display what type of temperament?

You show your little niece Greta a two-sided mirror.Then, you hold it between you and her, so that she can see herself in it.If you ask her what she thinks you can see, she will most likely imagine that you see her face reflected in the mirror, instead of your own.At this age, Greta cannot mentally transform the view she sees into the view you must be seeing.Greta is most likely in which cognitive stage?

If an infant is startled by a loud sound or if his or her position is abruptly changed, the infant will make movements similar to an embrace.This is called the __________ reflex.

In the moral dilemma in your textbook that involved the druggist and the man who could not afford the medicine for his sick wife, which of the following responses would demonstrate the conventional level?

Five-month-old Eric picks up his mother's keys and begins to put them in his mouth.His mother takes the keys away from Eric, and he begins to cry.However, as soon as she puts the keys out of sight behind her back, Eric stops crying and becomes interested in something else.This story demonstrates Eric's lack of

Four-year-old Luis watches his mother open two equal containers of milk and pour each container of milk into a glass.She pours one container of milk into a glass that is short and wide, while the other glass is tall and thin.Although both glasses contain the same amount of milk, Luis wants the tall, thin glass because he says it has "more milk." Luis is

In the human growth sequence, which of the following is a CORRECT match between the period and age range?

Development begins at conception, when a father's sperm cell fertilizes a mother's egg cell (ovum).The resulting combination of genes from the two parents constitutes the child's genetic heritage, or

Teens who take pride in their ethnic heritage

In his research, Fantz found that three-day-old babies prefer looking at simpler colored rectangles rather than complex patterns, such as checkerboards and bull's-eyes.