Exam 4: Development Across the Life Span

Jonathan has noticed that even though he lifts the same amount of weights each week,he is losing muscle mass and putting on a few extra pounds.Jonathan is most likely ________ years old.

Five-year-old Simone is shown two evenly spaced rows of five nickels.When asked which row has "more," Simone responds that the rows are the same.Next,one of the rows of nickels is squished close together.When asked which has "more," Simone responds that the row that is still spaced out has more.In this example,Simone has displayed

Grant wants to do everything he can to keep his wife healthy during her pregnancy.He frequently gives her folic acid because he knows that this helps development of the ________ during the ________ period.

Eugene is 88 years old.With which of the following tasks is he most likely to have difficulty?

Robby is 11 months old and has begun making speech sounds like "baba" and "momo." On the other hand,16-month-old Rebecca can produce two-word sentences like "Daddy eat" and "Mama give." Robby's speech is ________,whereas Rebecca's speech is ________.

Nicholas is an infant researcher and wants to use the strange-situation test in his work.Nicholas is most likely interested in seeing

A baby developing in his or her mother's womb will begin developing lungs during the ________ period.

Steven is a proud new uncle and gives his newborn niece,Ramona,a colorful book.Using Piaget's theory of cognitive development,describe how Ramona is likely to respond to or interact with the book at the following ages: A) four months B) two years C) eight years

Camden is explaining all the different stages of development he has learned in his introductory psychology class.Which of the following is the correct order for all the periods of human development?

Immediately after birth,Giada's son Maxwell was able to display the rooting reflex.Which of the following behaviors did Giada observe Maxwell doing?

Your friend Lisa is pregnant and worries the baby will negatively affect her relationship with her husband,Mike.Which of the following statements is the best advice you could give her in this situation?

Peggy's parents are amazed at how much their daughter has changed.Over the past year,she became interested in doing chemistry experiments.Peggy predicts what will happen when she combines two chemicals together and then observes the results to see whether her hypothesis was correct.Peggy is most likely in the ________ stage of cognitive development.