Exam 11: Section 2: Development

The view that moral judgments do not cause emotional reactions but rather are the consequences of emotional reactions is called the moral _____ perspective.

The bodily structures that are directly involved in reproduction are known as _____ sex characteristics.

Due to differences in the regularity of the counting system, children in _____ can most easily deconstruct two-digit numbers.

As children watched, Dr. Vallance poured the same amount of juice into two identical glasses. Then she poured the juice from one of those glasses into a taller, narrower glass. When asked which glass now has more juice, children in the concrete operational stage say that:

The view that cognitive development is largely the result of the child's interaction with members of her or his culture instead of interaction with objects was proposed by:

Yasmin is able to sit without support. She is probably at least _____ month(s) old.

During the embryonic stage, which event occurs?

Which statement about adolescents is FALSE?

Rosemary is a typical 70-year-old woman. Most probably, she spends her free time:

Babies whose mothers smoke tobacco during pregnancy are more likely to have all of these EXCEPT:

Billy was told by his mother that hitting is not acceptable. When Billy is told by his father to protect himself against a bully in school, Billy responds with the statement "Hitting is not allowed." Billy is demonstrating which concept?

How are the brains of older adults and younger adults different as it relates to older adults maintaining their cognitive functioning?

The _____ is the single fertilized cell that contains chromosomes from both the sperm and the egg.

From the earliest moments of life, some infants are more prone to feel insecure when their primary caregiver leaves the room and be inconsolable when the caregiver returns due to a highly reactive:

Research using the Strange Situation has demonstrated that a majority of American infants display a(n):

As we age, the _____ deteriorates more quickly than other areas of the brain.

Formal operational thinking is characterized by the ability to:

Three-month-old Shantel has not yet acquired object permanence and, as a result, she will:

Most children ultimately come to understand that different people understand the world in different ways. Once they understand this concept, they are said to have acquired:

The development of neurons in the _____ lobe continues to increase through age 20.