Exam 8: Development Across the Life Span

Klinefelter's syndrome is a chromosome disorder resulting from an XXY pattern of the 23rd chromosomes, causing reduced male characteristics and obesity.

The study of psychological and physical changes from conception to death is ________ psychology.

Which of the following sequences of Piagetian stages is the correct order?

In which of Piaget's stages does the child develop conservation?

Unlike other types of research, a cross-sequential design allows researchers to ________.

Which statement about maturation is true?

According to Thomas and Chess, a child that is very irregular in his or her schedule, resists change, and tends to be loud is labeled a(n) _______ child.

Your little sister picks up objects, feels every part of them, and then puts them in her mouth. What stage of Jean Piaget's model of cognitive development does this behavior suggest she is in?

________ develop when two eggs each get fertilized by different sperm cells, resulting in two zygotes in the uterus at the same time.

In a ________ design, one group of participants is followed and assessed as the group ages.

Marisa is at a point in her pregnancy when the zygote is moving down to her uterus, and the placenta and umbilical cord are beginning to form. Which period of prenatal development is Marisa currently experiencing?

By what age do infants develop a preference for salty tastes?

Drugs that can distort the prenatal organism's physical development are called ________.

Larry, a ten-year old, first sees two identical glasses with water at the same level; then, the water from one of the short, wide glasses is poured into a taller, thinner glass. Larry will likely conclude that ________.

________ refers to heredity and ________ refers to environmental influences.

The concept of a personal fable is when an adolescent believes he or she is unique and cannot be harmed.

The specialized organ that provides nourishment and filters away waste products from the developing baby is called the ________.

What is the most noticeable cognitive change in middle-aged adults?

Toxic substances such as alcohol and nicotine that cross the placenta and may result in birth defects are called ________.

Reasoning out what one should do in posed moral dilemmas based on abstract principles of right and wrong and justice illustrates the ________ level of moral development.