Exam 5: Nature, Nurture, and Human Development

According to Piaget, how could we determine whether a child's thinking is egocentric?

In which kind of study does an investigator study different groups of people, of different ages, at the same time?

Under which of the following circumstances is a child most likely to show signs of emotional distress?

In pairs of twins where one baby was born much heavier than the other, which baby is at greater risk for developmental problems, such as mental retardation?

What do children do in the formal-operations stage that they do not do in the concrete-operations stage?

What did Vygotsky mean by the term "the zone of proximal development"?

According to Erik Erikson, the principal conflict of adolescence is

An investigator who wishes to determine whether a child understands the concept of conservation would be most likely to do which of the following?

What is the evidence that a newborn infant prefers the sound of his/her own mother's voice to that of other women?

Each egg and sperm cell has

Occasionally someone claims that "if some behavioral condition is controlled by genes, then there is nothing we can do to change it." Which of the following phenomena provides the strongest, clearest evidence against that claim?

Children who show self-reliance and self-control, cooperate with others, and generally do well in school are most characteristic of children whose parents have a/an __________ parenting style.

When children begin to show self-recognition they will typically also begin to show

If an immigrant to the United States is able to alternate between his native culture and that of the United States, he is showing

A small head, malformed face, heart, and ears, seizures, hyperactivity, and learning disabilities are all associated with