Exam 9: Lifespan Development

Research shows that one of the most effective ways to enhance a child's cognitive development is to watch educational videos with him or her.

Which of the following is the term used by psychologists to describe an infant's inborn predisposition to consistently behave and react in a particular way?

In the mid-1800s in the United States, the average age of menarche was 17.

People with a particular genetic configuration will be more orless sensitive to particular environmental factors. This is referred to as a person's _____ to develop in a particular way.

Epigenetics refers to:

As a general rule, the greatest vulner ability to _____ occurs during the _____ period of prenatal development.

Overall, researchers have found that the _____ style ofparenting is associated with children who are well-adjusted,competent, receive higher grades, and are less likely than their peers to get into trouble.

Cross-cultural psychologists have noted that collectivistic cultures tend to stress interdependence and concern for the welfare of others and put less emphasis on individual rights and justice.

In general, the greatest vulnerability to teratogens occurs during the fetal period of prenatal development.

According to Erik Erikson, what critical psychosocial conflictdoes the adolescent face, and how is the psychosocial conflict successfully resolved?

At the age of 45, Dr. Randy Pausch learned that he had pancreatic cancer and was given just a few months to live.Pausch reacted by delivering his now famous "Last Lecture,"an upbeat and inspirational response to the question, "What would you say if you knew you were going to die?" According to your textbook, Pausch's response to impending death is an example of the fact that:

Generally, well-nourished and healthy children begin puberty later than children who have experienced serious health problems or inadequate nutrition.

Infants who are deaf do not experience the babbling stage of language development.

Describe the three stages of prenatal development and the developmental events that take place during each stage.

A teratogen is a harmful agent or substance that can cause malformations or defects in an embryo or fetus.

In an experiment, it was found that newborn rats who were genetically predisposed to be calm and stress-resistant grew upto be nervous, high-strung, and easily stressed adult rats when raised by genetically unrelated, inattentive mothers. The explanation for these results was that epigenetic changes had taken place which changed their brain chemistry and literally"reprogrammed" their behavior.

Sexual characteristics that develop during puberty and differentiate between the sexes but are not directly involved inreproduction, such as male facial hair and female breast development, are called:

Puberty is the stage of adolescence in which an individual reaches sexual maturity and becomes physiologically capable of sexual reproduction.

Developmental psychologists tend to conceptualize the lifespan in terms of eight basic stages of development.

Which of the following statements BEST defines a chromosome?