Exam 6: Developing Through the Life Span

Boys first begin producing sperm during

Questions about whether anxious children will grow up to be either fearful or relaxed adults most directly highlight the issue of

Connie and Andrew's infant son usually showed little reaction to being left with various church nursery caregivers during weekly worship services.But when he was almost 9 months old,the baby begun crying whenever his parents placed him in the arms of a nursery caregiver.The baby's crying best illustrates an emerging

Monkeys raised in total isolation have been observed to

A child's understanding of how he or she is similar and different from other children is best described as part of the child's

Professor Appledorn emphasizes that whether people flourish in late adulthood depends on a continuous interaction among their inborn temperaments,their personal relationships,and their mental expectations regarding the aging process.The professor's viewpoint best illustrates

"If you're really concerned about the rights and dignity of women," Yigal asked his older brother,"how can you justify buying pornographic magazines?" Yigal's question indicates that he is in the ________ stage of development.

During the course of successful prenatal development,a human organism begins as a(n)

The increase in death rates among older people after they reach a life milestone such as a birthday provides evidence of

Three-month-old Andrew was obviously startled by the first ring of the telephone,but with each subsequent ring he seemed to become less reactive.This best illustrates the process of

The sexual abuse of a very young child is so emotionally repulsive to most people that they immediately recognize it as shamefully immoral.This best illustrates that moral judgments may reflect

Remembering to take your prescribed medications at a specific time of day best illustrates

When 10-year-old children repeatedly practice the precise motor skills involved in texting,the cortical areas directly controlling these motor skills are likely to develop more complex

Compared with authoritarian parents,authoritative parents are likely to be

Psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen has proposed that autism spectrum disorder is indicative of an inborn

Laboratory games reveal that people's desire to punish wrongdoing is driven mostly by automatic emotional reactions rather than by deliberate conscious calculations that punishment will deter crime.This most clearly supports the ________ perspective on morality.

Kristen is a normal,healthy newborn.Research indicates that

Infant visual preferences have been discovered by assessing infants'

The recommended back to sleep position (putting babies to sleep on their backs to reduce the risk of a smothering crib death)has been associated with

Children exposed to high levels of testosterone in the womb are better ________ than those exposed to low levels of testosterone.