Exam 10: B: Lifespan Development

Charmaine is interested in going to graduate school to gain expertise in the ways in which people experience physical,cognitive,social,and emotional changes over the course of their lives.The type of program that Charmaine should be applying to is __________ psychology.

Elizabeth is nursing her newborn daughter and holds the baby up to her breast.When she strokes her baby's cheek,the child turns her head toward the breast and finds her mother's nipple.This is a demonstration of the __________ reflex.

If an expectant mother wants to avoid her child being born with cognitive deficits,what should she avoid during pregnancy?

Which of the following terms is used to describe any substance,such as a drug,chemical,or virus,that can bring about a birth defect?

Greta's child has facial deformities,learning difficulties,and delayed growth.If these defects can be traced to a teratogen used by Greta when she was pregnant,which was she most likely abusing?

In a cross-sectional study,subjects from the same generation are referred to as

Which of the following memories is an older adult most likely to have difficulty remembering?

Which of the following types of changes are of interest to a developmental psychologist?

A child's ability to understand that others' thoughts,beliefs,and expectations can differ from his or her own is called theory of ___________.

Which of the following is the correct order for the phases of prenatal development?

Which of the following theories of attachment was effectively discredited by the work of Harry Harlow?

Developmental changes during childhood tend to occur

One important advantage of the kangaroo care intervention for preterm infants is that it

What are some of the common consequences to a child whose mother smoked while pregnant?

A(n)__________ refers to a group of people who lived during the same time period.

Piaget mistakenly believed that

Which ability may take up to 2 months after birth to develop?

A theory discussed in your textbook states that the deterioration of cognitive abilities associated with Alzheimer's disease is caused by

The first time Greta showed a toy panda to her infant son,he appeared very interested and stared at it for a long time.Over time,however,Greta has noticed that her son has become less interested in the toy and only looks at it briefly.This is an example of ___________.

Asking students to predict how the course of history may have changed if the first U.S.president were a woman would likely motivate students in which of Piaget's stages to answer thoroughly?