Exam 17: Infancy Childhood

Most Romanian children adoptees in the United States have serious developmental problems.

Motor development involves the acquisition of:

Through observation and practice,Brent has developed an image of what a boy should be like.He then acts according to that image.This kind of analysis of gender-role acquisition is put forward by ____ theory.

Kyle is looking into buying a dog for his children.He learns that golden retrievers by their nature are very good with children.What does "by their nature" mean?

The fact that researchers must wait many years for their subjects to grow older,and that subjects may drop out of the study for a variety of reasons,are disadvantages of:

A friend with a three-year-old child has decided to try to accelerate the child's cognitive development by teaching him how to conserve and handle hypothetical problems.The friend's attempts are:

If two ova are released and fertilized,what will be the result?

According to the module,the brain of a woman is wired more effectively for:

Two-year-old Brian wants to try to eat and dress himself without his mother's help.According to Erikson,these behaviors reflect which psychosocial stage?

Nature refers to the role of genetic factors in development.

The effects of FAS tend to continue into adulthood.

Most miscarriages occur:

When Amanda's parents had a party,Amanda imitated her mother's hostess behavior by carrying around a tray of cheese and crackers.The guests commented on what a good girl she was and that she was just like her mother.The idea that Amanda learns her gender through modeling and reinforcement is central to ____ theory.

Five-year-old Bethany wants very much to please her Daddy while competing with her mother.Bethany,according to Freud's psychosexual stages,is in the ____ stage.

If Piaget could revise his theory of cognitive development,what might he have changed?

Samantha,a five-year-old,shows extraordinary musical ability.She is of average intelligence,can play the piano very well,and comes from a very musical family.Samantha is a(n):

Which of the following is a disadvantage in the use of a longitudinal study in developmental research?

The idea of gender schema is important for the ____ theory.

Six-year old Kerry is talking to his grandfather about Kerry's father and says: "He can't be your son because he is my father!" This inability to see a situation from another person's point of view indicates that Kerry is in which stage of cognitive development?

The cognitive developmental theory suggests that gender schemas are used in shaping gender roles.