Exam 8: Development Across the Life Span

Which of the following is a limitation on the cognitive life of children in Piaget's preoperational stage?

A characteristic that first shows up in the formal operational stage is:

Ryan has cystic fibrosis.This means that his mother is a carrier for the cystic fibrosis gene,while his father:

The MMR vaccine has mistakenly been suspected of causing:

In simple terms,an organisms complete set of DNA is called its:

Piaget's term for the knowledge that an object exists even when it is out of sight is:

The average age of menopause is:

________ refers to heredity and __________ refers to environmental influences.

In a study of girls who had been exposed to androgens in the womb,it was found that early on they preferred masculine activities but later preferred feminine ones.Such studies make it difficult:

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

According to Piaget,the ability to understand that simply changing the appearance of an object does not change the object's nature is known as:

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

Which term has the most negative connotation in our culture?

Times when certain internal and external influences have a major impact on development are called ______ periods.

Megan just turned 32.She is keenly aware of biological changes that occur as she gets older.What's more,she measures the sensitivity of her senses and other physical characteristics by using sophisticated testing equipment.In which of the following areas is she likely to find some decline?

According to Vygotsky,which of these is a key factor in a child's cognitive development?

Dr.Barton observes significant differences in computer skills between a group of 30-year-olds and a group of 80-year-olds.Rather than being due to developmental changes,these differences are likely due to:

According to Erikson,if a middle-aged person is unable to focus outward and is still dealing with issues of intimacy or even identity,that person is experiencing:

The theory in which aging is attributed to our bodies' organs and cell tissues simply wearing out with repeated use and abuse is called _________ theory.

A researcher who selects a sample of people of varying ages and studies them at one point in time is,by definition,using the ______ design method.