Exam 11: Development-Part D

A teenage boy starts shaving because he develops facial hair,which is a _____ sex characteristic.

In late adulthood,individuals begin to experience a greater decline in _____ memory than in long-term memory.

Which statement BEST defines puberty?

The concept of object permanence is FIRST understood in the _____ stage of cognitive development.

A child in the preoperational stage of development often has trouble with the concept of:

Motor development during infancy tends to follow two main guidelines: the _____ rule,whereby motor skills develop from the head to the feet,and the _____ rule,whereby babies learn to control body parts closest to their trunk before moving to the periphery (e.g. ,hands and feet).

Developmental psychology is a branch of psychology that focuses on the:

Which cognitive ability would be LEAST impaired as a person ages?

Babies whose mothers smoke tobacco during pregnancy are more likely to have:

Vygotsky's theory of cognitive development differed from Piaget's largely due to its focus on:

A stage of moral development in which the morality of an action is determined by a set of general principles that reflect core values is called the _____ stage.

The heart begins to beat in the _____ stage of prenatal development.

The _____ is a behavioral test to determine a child's attachment style.

Jonas knew that animals with fur,pointy ears,a tail,four legs,and that say "woof" were called "dogs" by his parents.He saw a new animal and thought it was a dog until it "meowed." Jonas's parents said that it was a "cat." Jonas could now distinguish between a dog and a cat depending on the sound the animal made.This revision of Jonas's schema of a "dog" best illustrates:

People experience different emotions in response to the same stimulus and react differently to things based on their personal likes or dislikes.Understanding this phenomenon is a characteristic of: