Exam 12: Development

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:

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

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 engage in the process of life review in the _____ stage.

_____ is the positive emotional bond that develops between a child and a particular individual.

Mrs.Weston asks Colin if he wants his sandwich in one piece,or cut into two pieces.Colin tells her to keep it in one piece because he isn't hungry enough to eat two pieces.In the context of Piaget's theory,Colin's answer suggests that he does not:

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

While investigating the influence of culture on children's play,it was observed that:

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

The "strange situation" experiment is associated with _____; it helps classify the attachment behavior of _____.

In the _____ stage of development,the developing individual is less than an inch long and has developed a rudimentary beating heart,a brain,an intestinal tract,and a number of other organs that are at a primitive stage of development.

Under the skillful guidance of her English teacher,Daisy gains a deeper understanding of Shakespeare's plays than she could have developed on her own.Vygotsky used the term _____to refer to the type of assistance Daisy's teacher is providing.

An infant can survive on its own if it is born at least 22 weeks following conception.This is called the age of _____.

The longest part of a pregnancy,from the 8th week through to birth,is the _____ period.

Some Western legal systems denote either 7 or 8 as the age at which a child attains reason.Is such a designation defensible from a Piagetian standpoint?

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

Which of the following chromosomal combination is present in a typical male child?

Unlearned automatic responses to particular stimuli are called_____ .

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