Exam 8: Development Across the Life Span

Most young adolescents,especially those who receive a formal high school education,are at the level of thinking that Piaget described as:

Many Canadian researchers and scientists caution that the availability of personal genomes may:

The most likely cause for miscarriage during the first three months of pregnancy is:

Dizygotic twins develop when a fertilized egg divides into two parts that develop into separate embryos.

Marisa is at a point in her pregnancy when the zygote is moving down her uterus,and the placenta and umbilical cord are beginning to form.Which period of prenatal development is Marisa currently experiencing?

Most people's vision and hearing remain at peak functioning until around age 50.

Which of the following neurotransmitters are associated with alcohol?

Juan and Carlos are identical twins.Juan was raised by his father and mother,and Carlos was accidentally placed with another family after a "mix up" at the hospital.At the age of 15,both boys met each other for the first time and noticed how they appeared to be "mirror images" of each other.Although they are identical twins,however,they differed significantly in their grades and in their attitude toward school.What likely accounts for the differences in their academic performance and attitudes?

Interpretation of the ________ content of a dream is expected to reveal the ________ content.

Tinotenda and Tinashe Mufuka are ___________ twins.

Brandon has blue eyes,even though both his mother and father have brown eyes.What do we know about Brandon's parents?

A gene that actively controls the expression of a trait is called a ______ gene.

Reflexes help infants to survive until they are capable of learning more complex means of interaction.

Sue sees her mother knitting a sweater.Later,Sue takes out a ball of yarn and some knitting needles from her mother's supplies and tries to do the same.This is a good example of the ____________ theory of gender development.

According to research,if an older person wants to adjust more positively to aging,he or she should:

Vygotsky defines __________ as the difference between what a child can do alone and what that child can do with help.

A gene that only influences the expression of a trait when paired with an identical gene is called:

Which of the following theories sees aging as a process whereby cells are assumed to have a limitation on the number of times they can reproduce to repair damage?

Conjoined twins are:

What is the sequence of stages of moral development as identified by Lawrence Kohlberg?