Exam 4: Human Development

Wesley is with his friends and thinks it would be fun to throw a brick through the police station window and then run.What part of Wesley's brain needs further development in order for him to make better decisions about the future?

Which of the following indicates the correct order of the stages of prenatal development?

Following the protests about the Vietnam War in the 1960's and 70's,a cross-sectional study was undertaken to examine if that generation had a greater interest in politics than their parents.The hypothesis was supported,however,critics pointed out a major flaw in the study.Which of the following might be a flaw in the study?

The belief that development is biologically programmed to happen sequentially is known as maturation.

In which developmental research design are participants of various ages tested at multiple points in time?

The term that refers to a child's inability to see situations from other individuals' perspectives is ___.

Where is myelination concentrated in the brain during middle childhood,and what cognitive benefits result from this type of myelination?

On average,infants can lift their head and shoulders when lying on their stomach at around ___ months of age.

It's three o'clock in the morning and you pull up to a red light.You decide about whether to go through the light.Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

During early and middle childhood the brain becomes more efficient because ___.

The difference between chronological age and functional age is that chronological age is ___,while functional age is ___.

Which of the following of Piaget's stages is from age 7-11 years?

If you have freckles,which of the following is true about your parent(s)?

Describe and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of cross-sectional and longitudinal designs for researching development.

The man who lives next door to Jacob dresses up as a woman for Halloween,with a wig and dress.Jacob's response is,"but you're NOT really a woman." Jacob is most likely in Piaget's ___ stage.

In what stage did Piaget believe that children could first think about ideas conceptually without needing concrete referents from the real world?

Amir is a medical student who is reviewing case files of newborns who were exposed to various teratogens.In one specific case file,the infant shows very slow physical growth,facial abnormalities,and brain injury.What teratogen was this infant most likely exposed to?

Which of the following people is in Erikson's stage of identity vs.role confusion?

The incredible brain growth that we see in the first 2 years of life is,at least in part,attributable to

Operations refer to a child's ability to hold an idea in mind and manipulate it mentally.