Exam 8: Human Development

Specific toy preferences do not emerge until an infant is at least 12 months of age.

When a woman stops ovulating and becomes incapable of reproduction,she experiences:

The role of observational learning in gender role acquisition is illustrated by a parent rewarding a female child with praise when they play with dolls.

Which language acquisition stage is matched with its example?

Lily is investigating variables potentially associated with bullying among school-aged children.In 2013,she selected three samples of children: a group of 9-year-olds,a group of 11-year-olds,and a group-of 13-year-olds.She interviewed the children and asked them to complete several questionnaires.Lily anticipates repeating the procedure with the same children in 2015 and in 2017.Lily's study exemplifies a _____ research design.

Jay complains to his father that he does not have enough juice.There is no more juice in the house,so his father takes the juice Jay has in his glass and pours it into a taller,narrower glass.Jay believes that he has more juice because he has not yet developed an understanding of:

Imprinting was first demonstrated among human infants.

On Monday,Jacques announces to his parents that he wants to be called "Jack." On Wednesday,he says he wants to drop out of school.On Friday,he says he wants to get a tattoo and become an architect.In Erikson's terms,Jacques seems to be in the _____ stage.

Studies of cognitive changes in later adulthood suggest an age-related decline in _____ intelligence.

Alice takes her 1-year-old son,Derek,to visit an infant-toddler program in which she hopes to enroll him.Derek eagerly explores the room as long as Alice is present.When Alice leaves the room to fill out some forms,Derek becomes somewhat upset.When she returns,though,Derek quickly calms down.Which term best describes Derek's attachment style?

Which parenting style is correctly matched with its label?

Kohlberg used the term "preoperational" to describe the moral reasoning of younger children.

The MOST common type of infant temperament is _____,whereas the LEAST common type is _____.

Bonnie is 3 months old and her parents are inconsistent with attending to her needs.Sometimes they are very attentive,feeding her promptly when she cries and comforting her when she seems upset.Other times,Bonnie cries for a long time before her parents attend to her.Based on Erikson's theory,it is likely that Bonnie will develop:

As compared with the adult brain,the newborn's brain has _____ neurons.

Walter's parents strongly believe that Walter should make his own decisions,so they set very few rules about homework,bedtime,and household chores.The parenting style adopted by Walter's parents is called:

Close vision is well developed in a newborn.

The cross-sequential research design may be seen as:

In one study described in the text,Stright and colleagues (2008)assessed baby temperament at 6 months.Mother-child interactions were then assessed on six separate occasions,from the time the children were 6 months old until they were in first grade.Recall the textbook's discussion of developmental research methods.The study by Stright and colleagues exemplifies the _____ method.

Formal instruction in the scientific method usually begins when students are between 11 and 13 years of age.At this point,students are capable of the abstract thinking and deductive reasoning characteristic of Piaget's _____ stage of cognitive development.