Exam 10: Life Span Development

Rachel believes that it is wrong to steal because doing so works against the greater good of society, regardless of whether it is legal or illegal. Which level of Kohlberg's moral development scheme is Rachel applying in this scenario?

A child in the sensorimotor stage may quit looking or reaching for a toy if you move it out of sight. This behavior reflects the fact that the child has not developed _______.

Harlow's study of infant rhesus monkeys showed that:

Temperament refers to:

Females tend to base moral decisions on ______ and less on _____:

Newborns prefer sweet and ______ flavors.

The core knowledge hypothesis suggests that:

What is meant by the term "egocentrism"?

Marisa is at a point in her pregnancy when the blastocyst is moving down to her uterus, and the placenta begins to form. Which stage of prenatal development is Marisa currently experiencing?

According to your textbook, which of the following is true of children who survive a preterm birth before 29 weeks' gestational age?

__________ studies observe different individuals at different ages at a single point in time.

An approach which is concerned with description and explanation of changes within an individual and between individuals from conception until death is call the _______ approach.

Piaget's theory of intellectual development assumes that:

Which of the following would not qualify as a teratogen?

Neural messages travel faster on axons which

The strange situation procedure, in which researchers unobtrusively watch an infant in the presence or absence of several combinations of the child, caretaker, and stranger, is used to study _________.

___________ marks the transition from childhood to adolescence.

A major part of adolescence is the development of a self-image and a perception of one's unique and individual characteristics. This is referred to as one's ___________.

Suppose a child was raised by abusive parents that kept her locked in a basement, completely separated from human contact, for the first 7 years of her life. When she was finally rescued, case workers find that it is very difficult to teach her how to communicate. This would be because the child was not exposed to language during the _____________.

The emotional bond that a newborn baby shares with his or her caregiver(s) is called ____________.