Exam 8: Development

______________ parents give their children relaxed or inconsistent direction,and although warm,require little of them.

Theories that suggest that human cells have a built-in time limit to their reproduction,and that after a certain time they are no longer able to divide,are called the ______________ theories of aging.

______________ development is the process by which a child's understanding of the world changes as a function of age and experience.

Research that traces the behavior of one or more participants as the participants age is known as ___________ research.

The process by which people examine and evaluate their lives is called _________.

The interactionist approach to the nature-nurture issues states that it is a combination of both environment and heredity that influence development.

In the nature via nurture issue,nature refers to ___________________.

When an egg becomes fertilized by sperm,the resulting one-celled entity is called a ___________.

Describe the different methods employed by developmental researchers to measure behavioral changes across different ages.

Theories that suggest that the mechanical functions of the body simply stop working efficiently are called the _____________ theories of aging.

_____________ parents are firm,setting limits for their children.As the children get older,these parents try to reason and explain things to them.

A disease that gets its name from the abnormally shaped red blood cells it causes,and that creates episodes of pain,yellowish eyes,stunted growth,and vision problems,is known as ____________.

Research that compares people of different ages at the same point in time is known as ____________ research.

A neonate is a perfectly formed fetus before it is born.

______________ development is the process by which a child's understanding of the world changes as a function of age and experience.

Each chromosome contains thousands of genes,by which genetic information is transmitted.

_____________ disease is a progressive brain disorder that leads to a gradual and irreversible decline in cognitive abilities.

Mothers often play verbal games with their children,whereas fathers often play roughly with their children.

Explain at least four reflexes described in the textbook that neonates are born with.

Largely because of the various cognitive limitations that Piaget described,preadolescent children tend to think in terms of concrete,unvarying rules.