Exam 11: Human Development

Which statement suggests a genetic basis for gender differences?

From the time she was born until the age of four months,Tabitha has been irregular and irritable in her style and frequency of expressing needs and emotions.Tabitha can best be described as a(n)____ baby.

Ephraim is a bully on the third-grade playground.After he pushed little Gideon around,Gideon says to Ephraim,"Something must have happened to you as a baby that caused you to be such a jerk.Maybe you were dropped on your head." Ephraim replies,"Shut up,wimp! I was born to rule." Ephraim and Gideon are engaged in a debate that reflects the issue of ____.

Agatha is a graduate student studying behavioral genetics.In other words,she is most likely learning about ____.

The focus of psychosocial development in adolescence,according to Erik Erikson,is ____ formation.

Tosha is going to have a baby,but she smokes,takes cough syrup,and drinks wine with dinner each night.This behavior is very likely to endanger her baby's development,especially in the ____ stage.

People who engage in _____ use communications through Internet devices to torment their victims.

Unlike John Locke,French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed that children were able to discover how the world operates and how they should behave ____ from adults.

Tashi is a quiet,withdrawn child at school but does have one close friend.Socially,Tashi is most likely a ____.

Grandma Burns lived to the age of 102.To better understand how she lived a long life,you ask your family physician.Your physician is least likely to cite which factor of her life trajectory as a key to her longevity?

Tamara,a four-year-old,goes to see a movie at the theatre with her parents.As the movie begins playing,she is amazed by the size of the screen and tells her parents,"We need to get a TV that big at home." Tamara has fit the movie screen into her "TV" schema through ____.

A nine-year-old girl and a seven-year-old boy ask their parents to let them stay awake an hour later each night.Discuss the ways the parents might respond to their children's request according to each of Baumrind's four socialization styles.

While at a friend's house,Maggie steps into the kitchen and leaves her infant daughter Mikala in the living room.Maggie returns a minute later and sits down to comfort Mikala.Upon doing so,Mikala becomes distressed and begins to cry incessantly.It appears that Mikala and Maggie have a(n)____ attachment style.

Baillargeon's research on infants and false beliefs revealed that infants do have some understanding of other people's behavior and can recognize that their thinking might differ from other people's.This research is important because it establishes evidence that children under the age of four ____.

Margarite is going to have a baby.Dr.Cortez tells her that there is a critical period in which her baby's organs and limbs must grow or else they never will.Which stage of prenatal development is Dr.Cortez describing?

Christine drives up to the Grease King drive-thru to order dinner,but when she pulls up to the speaker,someone fires up a motorcycle in the parking lot and she can't hear a thing.Although she knows the clerk has said something,Christine doesn't know what he said.She replies anyway,"I'd like a bacon double greaseburger and a side order of fries." Christine knows what to say because she has a ____ for this situation.

When Claude is angry,he has learned to count to ten in order to control his anger.This is an example of ____.

Cheri,a first-grader,acts immature for her age.She frequently throws temper tantrums in school and is very dependent on her mother and teacher.She strikes others as a fairly unhappy child.Cheri's parents are most likely ____.

Katerina has great athletic ability,winning many high school trophies.Her sister,Janet,is an average high school student but doesn't have Katerina's athleticism.Janet makes friends who are also average,and her parents don't encourage Janet to become a better student.Katerina makes friends who are also athletes,and because she wins often,she gets attention and encouragement from her parents.The sisters' different experiences illustrate how ____.

While at the dentist office,Judith leaves her infant son Patrick for a few minutes with the nurse while she uses the restroom.Upon her return,Patrick does not pay any attention to Judith.Based on this interaction,one could surmise that Patrick has developed a(n)____ attachment style.