Exam 9: Human Development

Brent and Garrett are on the same high school soccer team, but they don't get along or hang out often because Brent is very shy and reserved while Garrett is boisterous and outgoing.Their school principal is likely to think Brent and Garrett are in the same clique, and that they have personality traits.If you asked Brent and Garrett they would .

The New York Longitudinal Study of social development found that the most important variable affecting a child's development is

Which of the following is a true statement about imprinting?

According to Kohlberg, in which stage of moral reasoning are moral judgments based on how well they conform to rules of law and order or focus on others' disapproval?

The fetus has a heart by

What types of objects would a dynamic systems theory psychologist predict are likely to be a child's spoken first words?

Research on brain differences in males and females demonstrates that

Approximately what percentage of children develop what Ainsworth called a secure attachment style?

The orienting reflex is the tendency for an infant to

"Around Christmas time, Samantha sees her neighbor, Mr.Miller, dressed up as Santa Claus at the mall.When she asks him, 'Are you Mr.Miller?' he responds, 'No, I'm Santa Claus!'" Which of the following questions would assess a child's theory of mind in response to this story?

means understanding and feeling what another person is feeling or would be expected to feel.

You present an infant with two pictures-one of a boat and another of a tree.You time how long she looks at each of them.Over a 5-minute period, the infant looks at each of the pictures for the same amount of time.You can probably conclude that

As people enter their 60s and 70s, their cognitive abilities begin to decline in

Typically children begin to give attention to their peers

While a child watches, you hide a Cheerio under one of two cups in front of her.You hide the Cheerio under the red cup, and show the child that there is nothing under the blue cup.If this child has not yet achieved object permanence, she will

According to Piaget, in which learning process do we place a new experience into an existing schema?

Imagine you are visiting your sister and her 1-year-old child, Jamie.You note that Jamie becomes distressed whenever your sister leaves the room, can be easily comforted by you while she is gone and something stressful occurs, and ignores your sister when she comes back into the room.Ainsworth would describe Jamie's attachment to your sister as

Comparisons across cultures regarding when children achieve particular developmental milestones indicate that

At birth, an infant will automatically turn and suck when a nipple or similar object is placed near her mouth.This reflex is called

The ability to quickly calculate a 10 percent discount on an item is an example of , which across adulthood.