Exam 3: Human Development

You show four-year-old Samantha 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, Samantha cannot mentally transform the view she sees into the view you must be seeing. This illustrates __________ thought.

According to Thomas and Chess, 40 percent of children display the most common type of temperament, which is the __________ temperament.

Which of the following is found in the nucleus of every human cell and contains a record of all the instructions needed to make a human?

Kohlberg studied moral development by

In which style of attachment do infants tend to turn away from the mother when she returns to the room?

A gene whose influence will be expressed each time the gene is present is known as a __________ gene.

Consonants first enter a child's language when the child begins

The identifiable patterns of parental caretaking and interaction with children are referred to as

Your child has just begun saying "No!" and "Mine!" frequently and is exhibiting temper tantrums. Your child is

According to Piaget, newborn babies lack object permanence because they

Two-year-old Mark is looking for his toy. His mother finds one of his cars and hands it to Mark. He says, "Not ball," meaning the car is not what he wanted. According to Noam Chomsky, Mark is exhibiting which pattern of speech?

Temperament refers to

Rats that were raised in enriched environments showed all of the following characteristics EXCEPT for

Clarence exerts virtually no control over his son's activities and impulses with his son often showing immature and out-of-control behavior at home and at school. According to the research on parental styles, Clarence is exhibiting __________ parenting.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of fetal alcohol syndrome?

By intimacy , Erikson means the ability to

According to Erikson, the development of mistrust as an infant may lead to

If her parents encourage little Tanya to ask questions, to use her imagination, and give her the freedom to choose activities, according to Erikson, they are encouraging Tanya to develop

A child will usually first display separation anxiety around the ages of

Notable events, such as graduating from high school, getting married, having a child, or the death of a parent are best described as