Exam 8: Child Development

For most children in the United States, the President's actions occur in their exosystem.

__________ proposed that cognitive development progresses through four stages, beginning with the sensorimotor stage and ending with formal operations.

The scientific study of the changes that occur in people as they age from conception to death is called __________

At fertilization, the chromosomes from the father's sperm unite with the chromosomes from the mother's egg, creating a new cell called a(n) __________

Which of the following is NOT a stage of prenatal development?

According to Piaget, children or adults expand their existing schemes to act on new objects through the process of __________

While a highly active fetus is more likely to be labeled __________later in life, a fetus displaying low activity levels is more likely to be __________

The local health department of a small town has hired a research firm to study the development of cancer in residents in the town due to a suspected cancer-causing agent and environmental pollution. The researcher will compare data on participants at age 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, etc. to see if there are increasing rates of cancer in the town. This type of research study is called a __________