Exam 8: Child Development

The prenatal period during which tremendous growth occurs and the organs continue to develop and become functional is called the __________ period.

A permissive neglectful parent is often overly involved with their children.

Harlow's study involving rhesus monkeys demonstrated that contact comfort is important in attachment.

Ovum is a term used to describe __________

Three-year-old Tory has just learned that cars fit into the same category as trucks and buses. Tory has __________ these items into his schema of wheeled vehicles.

According to Vygotsky, which of these is a key factor in a child's cognitive development?

Vision is not very well developed at birth. As a result, which statement is NOT true about vision at birth?

The zone of proximal development is a concept developed by __________ that describes the range of cognitive tasks a child cannot yet perform, but will be able to learn with the help of an adult or more experienced peer.

Research on the stability of temperament indicates that it is __________

Which of the following is not noted in the text as being linked with excessive television watching?

Chester is irritable, loud, and negative most of the time. He doesn't like it when new people pick him up, and he has irregular sleeping, eating, and waking schedules. What temperament does he exhibit?

__________ develop when two eggs each get fertilized by two different sperm, resulting in two zygotes in the uterus at the same time.

In Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development between 6 and 11 years of age, in which an individual becomes capable of logical thought processes but is not yet capable of abstract thinking, is the __________ stage.

The tendency of teenagers to feel that they are always "on stage" and that they are the center of everyone else's world, just as they are the center of their own, is a phenomenon known as __________

Seven-month-old Shelby refers to the neighbor's poodle as "doggie." She later calls her cousin's cat "doggie." This is an example of __________

Your little brother has a big ball of clay. While he watches, you roll the ball of clay into a long snake-like shape. He begins to cry because he thinks he has less clay now. Which of Piaget's stages is your brother likely to be in?

Most characteristics are determined by 25 pairs of chromosomes called autosomes.

In Piaget's theory, the stage of development between birth and 2 years of age, in which the individual uses senses and motor abilities to interact with objects in the environment, is called the __________ stage.

Among English-speaking children, phonological awareness is facilitated by __________

Baxter has many house rules and will be quick to spank his son Levon every time he disobeys any one of them. This demonstrates a(n) _________ parenting style.