Exam 9: Human Development

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

The normal adult knows about:

Studies have shown that when infants begin to crawl,they:

Imagine you are paying for something at a store and the clerk gives you too much change.If you are operating at the postconventional level of moral development,you are likely to:

In middle school,you are taking Spanish.Your father becomes inspired to learn a second language.On the basis of the concept of "sensitive periods" in learning,you would predict:

According to Kohlberg,in which stage of moral reasoning are moral judgments based on complex reasoning about abstract principles and the value of all life?

Given an ambiguous ethical dilemma,a particular child is able to conform to the rules of law and order and focuses on others' disapproval of the behavior,but is unable to use abstract reasoning to determine whether the behavior is "right" or "wrong." According to Kohlberg's stage theory,in which stage is this child most likely functioning?

The fetus has a heart by:

Environmental influences begin to affect children's development:

Dementia is a condition characterized by:

Confabulation occurs when a young child:

Which of the following is NOT true about the young girl named Genie described in your text?

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

Visual acuity reaches adult levels in a child:

Morphemes are:

Infantile amnesia occurs until about what age?

What is the influence of the environment on brain development?

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?

Psychologists who study social development are primarily concerned with:

Kai's mom hides his pacifier because she does not want him to use it anymore.But Kai knows that the pacifier exists even though it is hidden from sight,and he cries for it.What is the earliest stage of cognitive development that Kai could be in?