Exam 3: Human Development

While Felix is in the hospital receiving chemotherapy, he berates the nurses for being too slow and berates his doctors for not "doing enough to stop the cancer." Felix is exhibiting which reaction to impeding death?

Kohlberg identified the three levels of moral development as the

Because Baby Eddie has a pet dog, he thinks all animals have four legs and a tail, bark, and are furry. The first time he sees a cat, this theory works until the cat meows. Baby Eddie must now change his original idea. This change in Baby Eddie's thinking so that he now knows that some animals called dogs bark and some animals called cats meow illustrates

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

Which linguist claimed that humans have a biological predisposition to develop language?

A major scientific milestone was reached with the completion of the entire sequencing of three billion chemical base pairs of human DNA. This project was known as the __________ Project.

A child, who is largely nonverbal, is learning to coordinate purposeful movements with sensory information, and is developing the concept of object permanence, would be in Piaget's __________ stage.

The hallmark of which cognitive stage is the ability to carry out mental operations such as reversing thoughts?

Children who grow up in villages where pottery is made can correctly answer questions about the conservation of clay at an earlier age than Piaget would have predicted. This example of the development of earlier conservation skills provides support that cognitive development is strongly influenced by

Even when they are reared apart, identical twins are strikingly alike in motor skills, physical development, and appearance, which demonstrates the powerful influence of

Children who are between 7 and 11 years of age are in which cognitive stage?

In general, parents can best guide intellectual development by

In the late teens, the brain actively destroys unneeded connections, especially in the frontal lobes, with this pruning of synapses sharpening the brain's capacity for

Regarding the effects of day care, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Five-year-old Allie is asked if she has a sister, and she says "Yes, Sarah's my sister." Allie is then asked if Sarah has a sister, and Allie says, "no." This verbal exchange illustrates that Allie's thinking lacks

Jean Piaget is best known for studying __________ development.

Regarding the similarities and differences of the ethnic communities presented in the textbook, which of the following conclusions is FALSE?

The needs for care, love and positive relationships are known as __________ needs.

Which of the following is NOT good advice when visiting a person who is dying?

According to Noam Chomsky, humans have a biological predisposition to develop language.