Exam 11: Cognitive Development

Phonemes are:

Name one developmental disorder.

Which structure in the neural tube will later develop into the two brain hemispheres?

The __________ direction involves the development from head to feet, while the __________ describes how body control start in the core of the body and develops towards the __________.

Waddington captured the complexity of cellular development in what he called the ____________.

Developmental dyslexia can manifest for the first time in adulthood as well as in childhood.

Which of the following is not an executive function?

Our perceptions of the world are:

What theoretical position integrates the empiricist and the nativist positions by claiming that both nature and nurture influence development?

___________ measure the effects of a particular training regime on cognitive development.

Which of the following traditions places a stronger emphasis on the role of nurture on development?

According to the scientist __________, childhood is a period of fantasy and imagination.

Which of the following is a famous case of longitudinal study?

Name three different types of teratogens.

The developmental psychologist ___________ proposed that development proceeds through differentiation.

__________ are eye movements following a moving object.

Name a famous false-belief task which involves the use of two dolls.

Which of the following terms BEST describes newborn babies' movements?

What is the best method to use in order to study the role of environment and inheritance on development?

Which of the following psychology debates are twin studies MOST interested to address?