Exam 11: Development-Part C

The embryonic stage is the shortest stage of prenatal development.

There is considerable evidence to suggest that biology plays a key role in determining sexual orientation.

Years of experience often allow older people to develop strategies that can compensate for cognitive decline.

Piaget believed that young children tend to judge an action as moral or immoral based on the intentions of the actor instead of the consequences of the action.

If an adult model closes her eyes and turns her head in the direction of an object,a 3-month-old infant seated across from the model probably will look at the object.

As the brain ages,the prefrontal cortex and its associated subcortical connections deteriorates more quickly than do the other areas of the brain.

An 18-month-old infant can recognize and imitate the intended behavior of an adult model.

Puberty is occurring earlier with successive generations.

Identical twins are no more likely to have the same sexual orientation than are fraternal twins.

Spending more than 10 hours per week in nonmaternal day care impairs the formation of a secure attachment style between infant and mother,even if the mother is sensitive and responsive to the needs of her infant.

Older people are more likely to attend to information that brings emotional satisfaction than to information that is useful for achieving a particular goal.

According to a moral intuitionist perspective,incest is considered wrong because it disgusts us.

The typical adolescent struggles with frequent moodiness and extreme mood swings.

The fetal stage is the longest stage of prenatal development.

Deaf children who use American Sign Language to communicate lag far behind other children in acquiring a theory of mind.

Sexual orientation is completely determined by genetics.

Babies whose mothers smoked during pregnancy have lower birth weights but suffer no cognitive deficits.

Infants will habituate faster to a physically possible event than to a physically impossible event.

Children usually pass the false-belief task between the ages of 4 and 6.

Synaptic proliferation occurs at a high rate throughout adolescence.