Exam 9: Section 3: Lifespan Development

Stem cells can divide indefinitely, renew themselves, and give rise to a variety of other types of cells.

With the exception of a few isolated societies, the practice of allowing an infant to sleep in the same bed as the parents is rare or nonexistent.

The term proximodistal trend refers to the tendency for infants to develop motor control from the center of their bodies outwards.

DNA can be damaged by environmental factors, such as exposure to ultraviolet light, radiation, or chemical toxins, and genes can mutate, or change spontaneously, from one generation to the next.

Insecure attachment may result when parents are insensitive or unresponsive to an infant's needs, moods, and behaviors.

On average, girls experience the physical changes associated with puberty about two years earlier than boys.

When presented with an array of images that include pictures of brightly colored objects and human faces, a newborn child will gaze the longest at the brightly colored objects.

Babies typically learn to sit up without support before they learn to roll over.

The term proximodistal trend refers to the fact that physical and motor skill development in infants tends to follow a "top-to-bottom" sequence.

Newborn infants are equipped with reflexes that enhance survival, such as the rooting reflex and the sucking reflex.

Each chromosome contains exactly 23 pairs of genes.

Menarche is a female's first menstrual period, which occurs during puberty.

Attitudes toward death in old age show the same diversity that is reflected in other aspects of adult development.

The correct order of Piaget's stages of cognitive development is: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational.

According to your textbook all the older adults who are in poor health are accepting of death.

Important limitations of Kohlberg's theory are: (1) moral reasoning doesn't always predict moral behavior, and (2) people don't necessarily respond to real-life dilemmas as they do to hypothetical dilemmas.

Excessive drinking during pregnancy can cause fetal alcohol syndrome which is characterized by physical and mental problems such as abnormal facial features or learning disabilities.

Centration during the concrete operational stage refers to the child's tendency to focus on several aspects of a situation rather than focus on the central aspect of the situation.

In Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning, the postconventional level is characterized by moral reasoning guided by conformity to social roles, rules, obligations, and expectations.

Environmental experiences have little impact on a child's basic temperamental qualities because those qualities are genetically determined.