Exam 11: Human Development

"When Myoung hears the music outside,she runs to her piggy bank." Most people realize that Myoung is going to get money to buy ice cream from a vendor.This is due to the correct use of ____.

Mark has always put his career first.He does not spend much time with his two sons and lets them come and go as they please without question.According to the textbook,Mark's parenting style is best characterized as ____.

As a young single mother,Dameka is concerned about the effects of sending her six-week-old child to day care,but she has to go to work.A day-care center that ____ is most likely to result in an insecure attachment between Dameka and her baby.

The main focus of developmental psychology is the study of ____.

According to the text,Harlow's research on attachment demonstrated that monkeys who were socially isolated displayed an inability to ____.

During a workshop,the presenter asks everyone to reflect on their own identity.Kelly starts by reflecting on how she is Indian American,practices Hinduism,and that her parents were part of the Brahmin caste when they lived in India.Kelly is thinking about her ____.

You are an organism at some point during your prenatal development.Just seconds ago,your complete set of DNA was assembled for the first time.Right now,you are a(n)____.

Mr.Nguyen is a very warm and caring boss.He often meets with his employees to discuss their work.His employees know what the rules are and why they help make the company more productive.If Mr.Nguyen's parenting style is similar to his managerial style,it will be ____.

Serena is pregnant and has just been informed by her doctor that her baby's heart,eyes,hands,and feet are beginning to develop.Therefore,Serena is careful to avoid ____ during this ____ stage of development.

Newborns typically exhibit ____.

Linda and Stu are the parents of two teenagers.Stu likes to reason with the children and discuss the limits he is setting.Linda likes to lay down the law and take no arguments from the children.According to the textbook,Stu displays a(n)____ parenting style,and Linda displays a(n)____ parenting style.

Nathan,who is three years old,tried to feed a cookie to his sister's hamster and was surprised when the hamster refused to eat the cookie.Because Nathan assumed that hamsters like the same kinds of food as little kids,his schema for hamsters needs to be ____,according to Piaget.

Shaina starts crying because she thinks that her brother has disappeared,when in fact he just put on his Halloween mask.Piaget would say that Shaina is in the ____ stage and has not yet achieved ____.

Nellie has just discovered that she is pregnant.She is a smoker and knows she should quit because nicotine is especially harmful to the fetus during the ____ stage of development and leads to ____.

Tavis is in Piaget's concrete operations stage of development.Accordingly,Tavis has recently learned to ____.

Which statement about recent research in developmental psychology is true?

Magdelana is a newborn who lives with both parents and is being breast-fed.Which statement most accurately describes her senses?

Which statement regarding the consumption of alcohol by women during pregnancy is true?

Tim-Tim is three years old and,according to Piaget,in the preoperational stage of cognitive development.Which actual research finding would have surprised Piaget?

Marlon,an older adult,would like to extend his longevity.According to your text,Marlon should not ____.