Exam 9: Development

Walter's parents strongly believe that Walter should make his own decisions,so they set very few rules regarding homework,bedtime,and household chores.Since they believe that freedom and responsibility are important,they patiently tolerate all of Walter's behavior,whether childish or mature.The parenting style adopted by Walter's parents is called:

Which of the following figures best approximates the percentage of married women with school-age children who work outside the home?

Based on Harlow's research with monkeys,identify which of the following would prove to be most effective in comforting a frightened infant or child?

Mrs.Bartlett is in her late 70s.She is revisiting the experiences of her life and evaluating the decisions she had made along the way.Mrs.Bartlett is engaged in the process of .

Barney's mother gave birth to him when she was 25 years old.She drank heavily during her pregnancy.As a result,Barney is short.He also has learning disorders and displays some facial abnormalities.Which of the following condition is Barney most likely suffering from?

An infant is considered preterm if it is born before week _____.

Which technique of developmental researchers requires a significant expenditure of time as the researcher waits for the participants to get older?

Which of the following primarily studies the patterns of growth and change that occur throughout life?

The difference between cross-sectional research methods and longitudinal research methods is that:

Max is a graduate student who wants to find a relation between identity formation and the influence of the environment.For this purpose,he interviews a group of 5-year-olds,a group of 10-year-olds,and a group of 15-year-olds,and asks them what they plan to be when they finish school.In this example,Mark is using a _____ research method.

Arrange the following genetic materials in increasing order of their size based on the way they occur naturally.

Harry Harlow completed a number of studies in which baby rhesus monkeys were raised with two artificial mothers.One of the mothers was made of wire and delivered food;the other was made of cloth and provided no food.Harlow found that when the infant monkeys were startled or frightened,they:

Which of the following describes a risk associated with cross-sectional research on IQ?

The primary criticism of Kohlberg's theory of moral development is:

According to Erikson,adolescents are primarily engaged in resolving the psychosocial crisis of:

_____ are rod-shaped structures that contain all basic hereditary information.

"Age-related declines in memory and cognition are largely a matter of nature." "Age-related declines in memory and cognition are largely a matter of nurture." Support either of these propositions and provide strong evidence in support of your answer.

Which of the following is TRUE about longitudinal research?

Each chromosome contains thousands of ,smaller units through which genetic information is transmitted.

According to Erikson's theory,children between the age group of six to twelve are generally in the stage.