Exam 8: Development Across the Life Span

One way researchers study newborn development involves measuring how long infants continue to focus upon a nonchanging stimulus. This technique is referred to as __________.

A researcher who studies different age groups, or cohorts, at one time is using the cross-sectional design.

A(n) __________ is a section of DNA containing a sequence of amines.

Klinefelter syndrome is a chromosome disorder resulting from an XXY pattern of the 23rd chromosomes, causing reduced male characteristics and obesity.

Explain the adolescent concepts of the personal fable and the imaginary audience.

Professor Feinberg is interested in studying cognitive development. He collects and compares data from a group of 6-year-olds and a group of 10-year-olds. Five years later, he compares these two groups to each other again as well as to their own performance in the study five years ago. Professor Feinberg is employing a __________ design in his research.

List and define the three stages of prenatal development.

A characteristic that first shows up in the concrete operations stage is __________.

The concept of a personal fable is when an adolescent believes he or she is unique and cannot be harmed.

Tatiana is nice to Kelsey, even though she doesn't like Kelsey at all, because most of her friends like Kelsey. Tatiana is in which stage of moral development, according to Kohlberg?

Samantha enters a classroom where two students are talking. When they stop their discussion, Samantha is certain they must have been talking about her. Such a belief is an example of __________.

A weakness of longitudinal studies is that they __________.

A special molecule called __________ contains the genetic material of the organism.

If a child successfully navigates the __________ stage of psychosocial development, he or she will make decisions and act independently.

Which field of study tries to determine how much of behavior is the result of genetic inheritance and how much is due to a person's experiences?

What is the difference between a dominant and recessive gene?

Several weeks of diagnostic tests have revealed that cancer has spread throughout Jason's body. His physician suggested that he "take care of important matters." Jason realizes that his family's home needs repairs, so he arranges to have that done right away. To relieve his family of the agony of planning his funeral, he has made all the arrangements. Jason tells his minister that he has had a good life and just wants to make sure he provides for his family after his death. This description fits the stage of dying that Kübler-Ross called __________.

At what point during infancy can babies tell the difference between the scent of their own mother's milk and the scent of another woman's milk?

The prenatal period during which tremendous growth occurs and the organs continue to develop and become functional is called the __________ period.

Which of the following is defined as a gene that controls the expression of a certain trait?