Exam 5: A--Nature, Nurture, and Human Development

Genes located on the X chromosome are known as ____________________ genes.

Children during Piaget's preoperational stage of development have the concept of ____________________ but not the concept of ____________________.

According to ____________________ theory, we cope with our fear of death by avoiding thoughts about death and by affirming a worldview that provides self-esteem, hope, and value in life.

The Strange Situation was developed to measure the attachment style of infants.

Being born with a low birthweight causes impaired brain development, leading to academic and behavior problems as the child ages.

According to Vygotsky, every child has a ____________________, which is the distance between what a child can do alone and what the child can do with help.

According to Piaget, children in the ____________________ stage of cognitive development lack the concept of object permanence.

Piaget believed that his four stages represented distinct levels of development, with major changes in thinking from stage to stage. After several decades of research, the vast majority of developmental psychologists would agree with this view.

Both Piaget and Vygotsky implied that we start with infant cognition and eventually attain adult thinking, which we practice from then on.