Exam 8: Human Development

Chomsky's language acquisition device is supported by the fact that children across the world learn language in a fixed,universal sequence.

In Kübler-Ross's theory,acceptance of death is most immediately preceded by:

In a process called ______,the number of neural connections in a child's brain decreases by _____ before puberty.

Nature is to nurture as _____ is to _____.

Fetal genital anatomy can be detected by ultrasound at about:

In the United States,the average life expectancy is just over _____ years for men and just over _____ years for women.

A teratogen is:

Which attachment style describes an infant who is disturbed at his mother's departure in the strange situation,but who is easily soothed on her return?

Abrupt developmental transitions often relate to changes in environmental circumstances.

Collectively,an individual's observable characteristics are called his or her:

People tend to shrink as they get older.One longitudinal study found that adults lost an average of about _____ inches over a 30-year period.

According to Mary Ainsworth,a child with ambivalent attachment will:

Parents who set strict boundaries and show little warmth reflect a(n)_____ parenting style.

According to Erikson,adolescents must resolve the psychosocial task of:

The language acquisition device (LAD)is associated with:

Western legal systems that suggest that children who are 7 or 8 years old have attained the ability to reason are consistent with Piaget's theory because basic reasoning skills appear during the _____ period.

According to the textbook,during late adulthood,the brain processes information more slowly and brain regions responsible for memory deteriorate.Based on this information,and on your knowledge of the brain,you infer that the ____ deteriorates in old age.

"All gone milk," says 2-year-old Wesley,placing the empty glass on the table.Wesley's remark exemplifies the language acquisition phenomenon called:

Edward is currently in the first grade.According to Piaget,Edward is in the _____ stage of cognitive development.

Harry Harlow and his colleagues completed a number of studies in which baby macaque monkeys were raised with two artificial surrogate mothers.One of the mothers was made of wire,and the other was made of soft cloth.Either mother could provide food.Harlow was interested in which of the mothers the infant monkeys would seek out when they were startled or frightened.In these studies the dependent variable was the: