Exam 10: Human Development I: Physical, Cognitive, and Language Development

All but which of the following are examples of secondary sex characteristics?

The language __________ device is a theoretical mechanism that provides children with an inherent foundation for the principles of universal grammar.

Xavier is doing a research study investigating the moral decision making of people at various ages.He wants to know if older adults see moral issues differently than they would have when they were children,so he gives his research subjects a moral dilemma and asks them to discuss the various moral issues involved.He then asks them to imagine how they would have answered the same question when they were adolescents.Xavier's research addresses which major issue of developmental psychology?

Which theorist suggested that we are born with a neurological mechanism that leaves us biologically prepared to use language skills?

The discontinuation of menstrual cycles and the end of a woman's ability to bear children is known as __________.

Which of the following is true with regard to the order of development of motor skills?

Alice is sitting at the table with her son Nikko.She takes his tall glass of milk which is only half full and pours it into a shorter wider glass.Then she says "Honey,which glass has more milk?" Nikko immediately points to the taller glass,as he is chewing his peanut butter sandwich.Nikko has not yet mastered Piaget's skill of __________.

If you wanted to study age changes,which type of research would be the best to conduct?

During which stage of prenatal development is a mother likely to start feeling the baby moving?

Very young children will start verbalizing repetitive sounds (for example "da da da da")at about six months of age.This communication pattern is called __________.

Experts have suggested that the maximum average life expectancy that the human race can expect is about 85 years of age,because older adults who can no longer contribute to the gene pool die so that they stop consuming natural resources.

__________ development is defined as the emergent ability to execute physical actions.

In 2005 the United States Supreme Court outlawed the practice of using capital punishment (the death penalty)for juvenile offenders.What was the basis of this ruling?

Elizabeth is nursing her newborn daughter,and holds the baby up to her breast.As the breast strokes the child's cheek,the child turns her head toward the breast,finds her mother's nipple,and begins to feed.This is a demonstration of the __________ reflex.

Which of the following is the correct order of stages in Piaget's theory of cognitive development?

All of the following are infantile reflexes: rooting,Babinski,Grasping,stepping,and crying.

What is meant by the term "egocentrism?"

As a child,young Quinton often went bowling with his father.First he would use a "ramp" to just push the ball off of,using mostly the muscles in his shoulders.As he got stronger and more coordinated,he would hold a light ball and flick it with his wrist.Finally,he learned to control the grip of his fingers to make the ball spin left or right.What developmental principle describes this pattern of increasing coordination from the center to the outside of the body?

It is a very good thing that your parents did not start buying clothes for you when you were just at the end of the embryonic stage of prenatal development,because at that time you were only about ______ long!

During a single act of intercourse,approximately how many sperm cells are released by a man?