Exam 3: Developing Through the Life Span

An impaired theory of mind is most closely associated with

Most 20-year-olds outperform most 70-year-olds on video games due to age-related differences in

Paul and Jeff are biologically related nontwin siblings raised in the same home.Susan and Cathy are biologically unrelated children adopted at birth and raised as siblings in the same home.People are likely to ______ the personality similarities of Paul and Jeff and ______ the personality similarities of Susan and Cathy.

Sedentary older adults randomly assigned to aerobic exercise programs exhibit

Miguel,the youngest child of a high school athletic director,was able to roll over at 3 months,crawl at 6 months,and walk at 12 months.This ordered sequence of motor development was largely due to

Erik Erikson suggested that a major task of adulthood was to develop a sense of contributing to the world by being productive.According to Erikson,those who do this effectively demonstrate

Three-year-olds were shown a model of a room with a miniature stuffed dog placed behind a miniature couch.By using the model to locate an actual stuffed dog behind a couch in a real room,the children demonstrated their capacity for

According to Piaget,the preoperational stage is to the concrete operational stage as ________ is to ________.

The ability to think logically about hypothetical situations is indicative of the ________ stage of development.

A teratogen is a(n)

Will anxious children grow up to be fearful or relaxed adults? This question most directly highlights the issue of

French toddlers preferred playing with chamomile-scented toys if

The children of authoritarian parents tend to be ________ socially skilled than the children of authoritative parents.The children of permissive parents tend to be ________ immature than the children of authoritative parents.

Nimat used cocaine while she was pregnant,which damaged her developing fetus.The cocaine was a(n)

An unlearned,automatic response to a sensory stimulus is called a

As people progress into old age,their disease-fighting immune system becomes

The developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth is known as a(n)

Those who incorrectly blame inadequate parental nurture for a child's insecure attachment should be reminded of the impact of a child's

If warmly supportive parents are especially likely to have children with high self-esteem,this most clearly indicates that

Twin brothers or twin sisters who develop from a single fertilized egg that splits in two are called ________ twins.