Exam 8: Development Across the Life Span

Nature refers to "heredity" and nurture refers to "influence from the environment."

Independence and self-reliance in the teenage years are most likely due to __________ parenting.

Andropause usually begins in the 40s and is marked by a decrease in hormone production and physical changes such as reduced sperm count.

Infant reflexes are __________.

Intellectual disability and blindness are possible outcomes of the effects of __________ on the developing baby.

When sets of genes group together, the result can be multiple traits expressed as a single dominant trait. This is best explained by the process known as __________.

The embryonic period is the period during which __________.

Reflexes help infants to survive.

Which of the following sequences of Piagetian stages is the correct order?

According to Kohlberg, about one fifth of the adult population is at the __________ level of morality.

When faced with a conflict between law and conscience, Aisha follows her conscience despite the personal risk. This would be characteristic of __________ morality.

David was born a male with an extra X chromosome on the 23rd pair. As result, he has reduced masculine characteristics, enlarged breasts, and is obese and excessively tall. David is likely to be diagnosed with __________.

Conservation is the knowledge that an object exists even when it is not in sight.

A psychologist spends her entire career studying how and why changes occur in people as they get older. This psychologist is most likely a(n) __________ psychologist.

The period of pregnancy that contains the clearest examples of critical periods is the __________ period.

Growth spurts happen for girls at around age 12 and for boys at around age 10.

Attachment usually takes place within the first __________ of life.

Who interviewed terminally ill patients and concluded that they went through a series of stages in dealing with their impending deaths?

Jean Piaget is noted for his theory of __________ development.

At fertilization, the chromosomes from the father's sperm unite with the chromosomes from the mother's egg, creating a new cell called a(n) __________.