Exam 11: Development

In one study,researchers showed infants moving circles,moving circles with scrambled facial features,and moving circles with regular facial features.The researchers measured eye gazes at the objects and found that infants tracked the:

Fetal alcohol syndrome is associated with distinctive facial features but is not associated with cognitive deficits.

Vygotsky considered language and numerical systems as cultural tools that influenced cognitive development.

According to Kohlberg,MOST adolescents are in the _____ stage of moral development.

Second grader Riley tells his friend Gus not to run in the hallway because it is against the school rules and he might be punished.MOST likely,Riley is in Lawrence Kohlberg's _____ stage of moral development.

Kohlberg believed that most adults reach the postconventional stage of morality.

Infants learn to control their shoulders before they learn to control their elbows,illustrating the _____ rule.

The _____ is a behavioural test to determine a child's attachment style.

The peak of our physical prowess occurs in the early 20s,whereas the peak of our mental prowess occurs around the age of 50.

Piaget's first stage of cognitive development is termed the preoperational stage.

Heavy alcohol use by the mother during pregnancy can lead to which condition in her child?

The idea that quantitative properties of an object are invariant despite changes in the object's appearance is what Jean Piaget termed:

A psychologist tells children a story in which a puppet named Maxi puts a ball in one cupboard and then leaves the room.While she is gone,another puppet moves the ball to another cupboard.Then Maxi comes back.At this point,the psychologist asks the children in which cupboard will Maxi look for the ball.Most 3-year-olds probably will say the _____ cupboard,and most 5-year-olds will say the _____ cupboard.

Statistically,who is at their mental peak?

Most children FIRST understand that different people have different:

Beatriz is 2 years old;when her brother tells her to hide,she covers her face with a blanket.This is a good example of:

Isabel,a newborn,turns her head towards a stimulus that strokes her cheek.Isabel is showing the _____ reflex.

According to Kohlberg's theory,a person who determines morality by using principles that reflect core values is in the _____ stage of development.

The rooting and sucking reflexes:

Which is the LONGEST stage of prenatal development?