Exam 9: Development

Preschoolers can hold only two or three chunks of information in short-term memory,5-year-olds can hold four,and 7-year-olds can hold _____.

A _____ reflex prompts babies to clear their throat.

According to Piaget's theory,understanding the principle of marks the transition from preoperational to concrete operational thought.

Which of the following statements is TRUE about the degree of cognitive sophistication among children in Piaget's preoperational stage of development?

The realization that objects continue to exist even when they are out of sight is termed as in Piaget's theory.

A condition in which children show some but not all of the effects of fetal alcohol syndrome is called .

Clarissa's mother was 38 years old when she gave birth to her.Clarissa suffers from an intellectual disability and doctors have diagnosed that her condition was due to the extra chromosome that she had received at the time of conception.Identify the condition afflicting Clarissa.

From the late teens into the mid-20s,individuals are in a transitional phase that developmental psychologists call _____ adulthood.

List and describe the various stages cited by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross regarding people facing impending death.

Which age range below is incorrectly labeled with its Piagetian stage?

Animal ethologist _____ conducted classic studies of imprinting among newborn goslings.

Normal prenatal development occurs in 95% to 98% of all pregnancies.Identify two genetic or chromosomal abnormalities and two teratogens associated with birth defects in the remaining 2-5% of pregnancies.Describe the nature of their effects on development.

Which of the following accurately reflects a positive aspect of Erikson's theory of psychosocial development?

Which of the following is a disadvantage associated with longitudinal research?

Cross-sectional research techniques provide information about age _____ in development between different age groups.Longitudinal research techniques provide information concerning _____ in behavior over time.

Two weeks after conception,the developing fertilized egg is called a(n)_____.

Select either (a)Baumrind's four parenting styles or (b)the four Eriksonian stages of psychosocial development occurring during childhood.Name each style or stage and provide a brief vignette or "case study" of a child exhibiting each style or stage.

According to Erikson,people enter the generativity-versus-stagnation stage during _____.

Jay complains to his father that he wants more juice.His father takes the juice Jay has in his glass and pours it into a taller but narrower glass.Jay is now content that he has more juice.Jay has failed to grasp the concept of:

Skills relating to intelligence remain steady during late adulthood and in some cases also improve.