Exam 9: Human Development

Over the course of the last several decades,research on child development has suggested that:

Research on brain differences at birth in males and females demonstrates that:

Alex is happily married.He is likely to ________ than his single friend Joe.

Empathy is ________ while sympathy is ________.

What is the name of the developmental stage that occurs from approximately 2 weeks after conception to approximately 2 months of prenatal development?

Comparisons across cultures regarding when children achieve particular developmental milestones indicate that:

What is the difference between the auditory abilities of a newborn infant and a 6-month-old infant?

According to Kohlberg,in which stage of moral reasoning are moral judgments based on how well they conform to rules of law and order or focus on others' disapproval?

Your nephew shows you his cool new Pokémon cards,proudly telling you that he knows that Charmander and Ponyta are both "fire type" because of the picture of the flame on the top of the card,and they're both red.When you see him play,he plans out his attacks in a logical way,but he doesn't predict what his opponent's counter-attacks might be.Piaget would place him in the ________ stage of development.

Marisa's parents immigrated to the United States from India before she was born.Marisa constantly fights with her mother because she wants more freedom like the rest of her friends.However,Marisa is also not comfortable wearing as revealing clothes as many of her American friends.According to Erikson,Marisa is struggling with the ________ psychosocial crisis.

According to your textbook,one of the limitations of Piaget's analysis of child development is that it:

The New York Longitudinal Study of social development found that the most important variable affecting a child's development is:

What cognitive limitation is the tendency of individuals to view the world through their own experiences?

Theory of mind is important to social development because:

What have psychologists discovered concerning the relationship between having children and marital happiness?

The research on the relationship between marriage,parenting,and happiness can be confusing.What is the take-away message?

Joan has recently noted that her husband,Herb,has begun to forget little things,like where he put his keys and the steps of his morning routine.Herb has also called Joan by his mother's name several times.Herb is likely suffering from:

According to Bowlby's theory of attachment:

Synaptic pruning is:

The embryonic stage of development ends at approximately ________ weeks of prenatal development.