Exam 11: Section 4: Development

Fetal alcohol syndrome is associated with distinctive facial features, but is not associated with cognitive deficits.

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Question 41

As the brain ages, the prefrontal cortex and its associated subcortical connections deteriorates more quickly than the other areas of the brain.

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Question 42

Young adults tend to underestimate the problems of old age.

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Question 43

Modern psychologists see development more as a continuous process than as a movement through discrete stages.

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Question 44

The language spoken by children's families impacts their ability to count beyond the number 10.

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Question 45

Egocentrism is the failure to understand that the world appears differently to different observers.

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Question 46

Older adults are less sensitive to pain than younger adults.

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Question 47

An 18-month-old infant can recognize and imitate the intended behavior of an adult model.

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Question 48

Children all over the world pass and fail the false-belief test at about the same age.

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Question 49

Years of experience often allow older people to develop strategies that can compensate for cognitive decline.

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Question 50

Teenagers tend to have very different value systems from their parents.

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Question 51

Sexual orientation is completely determined by genetics.

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Question 52

Infants learn to control their arms before they learn to control their legs.

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Question 53

If an adult model closes her eyes and turns her head in the direction of an object, a 3-month-old infant seated across from the model probably will look at the object.

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Question 54

Typical late-adolescent children spend considerably less time with same-sex peers as they did during early adolescence.

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Question 55

The fetal stage is the longest stage of prenatal development.

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Question 56

The concept of object permanence is grasped during the sensorimotor stage of cognitive development.

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Question 57

The quality of attachment between child and caregiver is dependent on both the caregiver's behavior and the child's temperament.

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Question 58

Young children who were securely attached infants tend to recall equally positive and negative events during memory tests.

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Question 59

Recent studies have suggested that infants acquire object permanence later than what Jean Piaget hypothesized.

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Exam 11: Section 4: Development

Fetal alcohol syndrome is associated with distinctive facial features, but is not associated with cognitive deficits.

As the brain ages, the prefrontal cortex and its associated subcortical connections deteriorates more quickly than the other areas of the brain.

Young adults tend to underestimate the problems of old age.

Modern psychologists see development more as a continuous process than as a movement through discrete stages.

The language spoken by children's families impacts their ability to count beyond the number 10.

Egocentrism is the failure to understand that the world appears differently to different observers.

Older adults are less sensitive to pain than younger adults.

An 18-month-old infant can recognize and imitate the intended behavior of an adult model.

Children all over the world pass and fail the false-belief test at about the same age.

Years of experience often allow older people to develop strategies that can compensate for cognitive decline.

Teenagers tend to have very different value systems from their parents.

Sexual orientation is completely determined by genetics.

Infants learn to control their arms before they learn to control their legs.

If an adult model closes her eyes and turns her head in the direction of an object, a 3-month-old infant seated across from the model probably will look at the object.

Typical late-adolescent children spend considerably less time with same-sex peers as they did during early adolescence.

The fetal stage is the longest stage of prenatal development.

The concept of object permanence is grasped during the sensorimotor stage of cognitive development.

The quality of attachment between child and caregiver is dependent on both the caregiver's behavior and the child's temperament.

Young children who were securely attached infants tend to recall equally positive and negative events during memory tests.

Recent studies have suggested that infants acquire object permanence later than what Jean Piaget hypothesized.

Section 1: Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 2: Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 3: Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 4 : Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 5: Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 6 : Psychology: Evolution of a Science

Section 1: Methods in Psychology

Section 2: Methods in Psychology

Section 3: Methods in Psychology

Section 4: Methods in Psychology

Section 5: Methods in Psychology

Section 6: Methods in Psychology

Section 1: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 2: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 3: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 4: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 5: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 6: Neuroscience and Behavior

Section 1 : Sensation and Perception

Section 2: Sensation and Perception

Section 3: Sensation and Perception

Section 4: Sensation and Perception

Section 5: Sensation and Perception

Section 6: Sensation and Perception

Section 1: Consciousness

Section 2: Consciousness

Section 3: Consciousness

Section 4: Consciousness

Section 5: Consciousness

Section 6: Consciousness

Section 1: Memory

Section 2: Memory

Section 3: Memory

Section 4: Memory

Section 5: Memory

Section 6: Memory

Section 1: Learning

Section 2: Learning

Section 3: Learning

Section 4: Learning

Section 5 : Learning

Section 6: Learning

Section 1: Emotion and Motivation

Section 2: Emotion and Motivation

Section 3: Emotion and Motivation

Section 4: Emotion and Motivation

Section 5: Emotion and Motivation

Section 6: Emotion and Motivation

Section 1: Language and Thought

Section 2: Language and Thought

Section 3: Language and Thought

Section 4: Language and Thought

Section 5: Language and Thought

Section 6: Language and Thought

Section 1: Intelligence

Section 2: Intelligence

Section 3: Intelligence

Section 4 : Intelligence

Section 5: Intelligence