Exam 4: Human Development

Victoria is looking at the new kitten in the house with fascination.She can't take her eyes off the kitten! Suddenly,the kitten scoots under the couch.Victoria doesn't get upset,instead she just blinks and looks at something else in her field of view.What stage would Piaget say that Victoria is in?

Which age range is considered middle childhood?

Yael is a researcher who studies aging.His latest research investigates how negatively charged oxygen molecules attract electrons from other molecules in our body and cause destabilizing cell structures.What theory of aging is Yael researching?

Na-young is 9 weeks pregnant with her first child.What prenatal stage of development would she be in?

Which of the following facts about exposure to teratogens is FALSE?

Jordan is five-years old.His mother says to him "If you have two apples and I give you two more apples,how many apples will you have?" Jordan correctly says,"four apples." Then,his mother says,"If you have four apples,and you give two to me,how many apples will you have left?" Jordan replies "four." What is Jordan's area of difficulty?

Which of the following is INCORRECTLY matched?

Randall and his colleague are designing a study to assess how self-esteem changes as we age.His colleague really wants to use a longitudinal design,but Randall feels that a cross-sectional design would be better.Randall begins presenting a case with all the reasons that the longitudinal design is bad.Which of the following would he NOT say?

Erikson would argue that harsh or inconsistent parenting leads to a sense of

Vygotsky's views of cognitive development differed from those of Piaget in that Vygotsky

According to Raamis's drivers licence,he is 180 cm tall and has black hair and brown eyes.A geneticist would describe Raamis's traits as his

If Bianca is homozygous for a particular gene pair,which of the following must be true?

The ___ theory of aging would expect that if we subject our bodies to more harsh conditions,we will age faster.

The point at which a baby can survive outside the uterus is ___,and is called ___.

At around ___ months of age,many infants are able to stand while holding onto furniture.

Cognitive development refers to how thinking develops with age.

How did Vygotsky's views of child cognitive development differ from those of Piaget?

Describe transitional events that Levinson suggests may cause stress and pressure to those in early and middle adulthood.

The preoperational stage of cognitive development lasts from ___.

Which gland controls the onset of puberty?