Exam 17: Infancy Childhood

Tara is babysitting a six-month-old girl.Since Tara has taken a psychology course,she knows about infancy.Tara says that the baby will need another couple of months to make all the sounds that are necessary to learn English.Is Tara right?

The case of Yo-Yo Ma best illustrates that:

If an individual's wishes are overgratified or undergratified at any particular psychosexual stage,Freud would argue that ____ will occur.

Lisa asks her nine-year-old daughter Erica the following hypothetical question: "How would the world change if people woke up tomorrow and discovered they could fly?" Erica immediately responded: "But people can't fly!" Erica's answer indicates that she has not reached the stage of:

The work of Jean Piaget led to the current view that children:

At what age could an infant distinguish between the sounds bah and pah?

What areas of the brain are overdeveloped in adults who were highly emotionally reactive as infants?

Piaget called the knowledge that an object continues to exist even after it has been removed from view:

The best piece of advice given to pregnant women regarding drug use would be:

Hannah is playing with her seven-month-old niece,Elie.She rolls a toy truck toward her and she tries to roll it back.One time the truck rolls behind a chair and is out of sight.Elie seems to forget about the truck and about the game they had both enjoyed playing.This is because Elie has not achieved:

Emotional development is an interaction among:

As you listen to a talk show on the radio,a developmental psychologist says,"With regard to recognizing faces,the infant can distinguish his or her mother's face from that of a stranger by age ..." And then suddenly all you hear is static.Of the following,what is the most likely statement the psychologist would have said?

By the time a child is about one year old,their visual abilities equal that of an adult.

The influence of learning via imitation and observation on social development is central to:

Which of the following is not a stage in prenatal development?

If a child stops on the shallow side of the visual cliff and refuses to cross the deep side,what is your most likely conclusion?

You are observing a four month old in a local day care.You notice the child is highly reactive and has a fearful temperament.As a result,this child is more likely to develop ______ during adulthood.

Maurice is interested in studying the manner in which environmental factors result in changes in gene activity that do not involve alterations to the genetic instructions that are passed down to the next generation.You should advise him to get his degree in

You attend a presentation on cognitive development.The speaker says that he believes children are naturally curious and want to explore the environment.The speaker has clearly been influenced by the theoretical ideas of _____.

The influence of genetic versus environmental factors on development is addressed via: