Exam 3: Human Development

Erikson's theory of psychosocial development ____.

Etti is 6 years old and getting ready to enter first grade.She is also most likely entering Erikson's psychosocial stage of ____ where she will attempt to gain skills necessary for adult life.

Vygotsky emphasized the ____ aspects of children's cognitive development more than Piaget.

What is one of the major benefits of fathers being more involved in the parenting of their children?

Which organ of the body grows faster than the rest of the body?

Expert knowledge and judgment about important,difficult,and uncertain questions associated with the meaning and conduct of life is called ____,and it is most likely to develop among people who are ____.

How is the ability to focus attention and learning related?

What potential consequences would the drug aspirin have on prenatal development?

One implication of ____ theory for educators is that children's level of cognitive development should first be determined so they can be taught material appropriate to that level.

Sixteen-year-old Roxanne is madly in love with Rico.She is convinced that no one in the world has ever felt this way.Roxanne's thinking illustrates the concept of ____.

You enter the room where your three-month-old nephew,Jamie,is lying in his crib,and the wind abruptly slams the door behind you.In response,Jamie immediately arches his back and throws his arms out.He is demonstrating ____ reflex.

In Vygotsky's theory of cognitive development,____ plays an important role in reaching the upper limit of the ZPD.

Which of the following does not play a noticeable role in children's attachment styles?

A zygote contains ____ chromosomes.

Humans have a(n)____ capacity for processing information.

Though the brain is generally programmed by genetics,it is more specifically shaped by ____.

Which of the following primitive reflexes is the first to disappear?

____ causes abnormalities in arms and legs.

One reason older children employ more sophisticated memory strategies than younger children is because they have developed ____,an awareness and understanding of their own cognitive processes.

In the formal operational stage,an individual begins to be able to ____.