Exam 11: Development

According to the moral intuitionist perspective:

Use the following to answer questions : Scenario II The scenario is based on and presents results consistent with the following studies: Gopnik,A. ,& Astington,J.W.(1988).Children's understanding of representative change and its relation to the understanding of false belief and the appearance-reality distinction.Child Development,59,26-37. Wimmer,H. ,& Perner,J.(1983).Beliefs about beliefs: Representation and constraining function of wrong beliefs in young children's understanding of deception.Cognition,13(1),103-128. Wimmer and Perner (1983)first developed a procedure to assess if children have developed a theory of mind.Children were read an illustrated story in which a puppet named Maxi hid a piece of chocolate in one cupboard and then left the room.While Maxi was away,a second puppet entered the room,discovered the chocolate,and hid it in a new location before leaving.The story ended with Maxi's return.Children were asked where Maxi will look for the chocolate.Whereas most 5-year-olds who have developed a theory of mind will report that he will look in the cupboard,most 3-year-olds will report that Maxi will look in the new location. Using a different procedure,Gopnik and Astington (1988)first arranged a control condition in which children were shown a dollhouse.Inside the dollhouse was an apple.In the presence of the children,the experimenter opened the dollhouse and replaced the apple with a doll.A few minutes later,the children were asked what was currently in the dollhouse and what had previously been in the dollhouse.Only children who answered these questions correctly progressed to the experimental condition.Here,the experimenter showed children a candy box.When they opened it,the children discovered that it contained pencils.When the children were asked what they originally thought was in the box,most 5-year-olds said candy and most 3-year-olds said pencils. -(Scenario II)Lacking a theory of mind,3-year-olds in Wimmer and Perner's (1983)study demonstrated:

Which statement about the determinants of homosexuality is TRUE?

Infant temperament is largely the result of biology.

The term cisgender refers to anyone:

Infants who formed secure as opposed to insecure attachments with their primary caregivers tend to experience greater academic success later in life.

Among sexually active people aged 15 to 24,about _____% report using a condom during their most recent intercourse.

The period of development that begins with the onset of sexual maturity and lasts until the beginning of adulthood is called:

Which statement does NOT describe a reason why adolescence can be a particularly hard time for lesbian,gay,and bisexual teenagers?

Piaget believed that object permanence:

The typical infant can lift up its head before it is able to master rolling over.

The development of neurons in the _____ lobe continues to increase through age 20.

A large study of North American children who spent time in day care found that the quality of attachment between children and their mothers was influenced MOST strongly by the:

The ability to focus on what another person is focused on is termed social referencing.

Jacquie's big brother taught her how to catch a beach ball by positioning her hands a specified distance apart with hands open.After she learned to catch the large beach ball,she learned to adjust her hands to catch a smaller ball.This additional learning is an example of:

For university-age Canadians,the average age of marriage is currently _____ years.

To which stimuli are newborns are MOST attentive?

Young adults experience fewer negative emotions than do older adults.

Which statement BEST defines puberty?

According to Piaget,when children learn that taking turns while playing a game is an example of fairness,they have shifted their moral perspective from: