Exam 8: Development Across the Life Span

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

According to Thomas and Chess,a child that is very irregular in sleeping and eating,resists change,and tends to be loud is labeled a(n)_____________ child.

________refers to heredity and __________ refers to environmental influences.

What is the difference between a dominant and recessive gene?

Explain the terms climacteric,perimenopause,and menopause.

Humans have a total of _______chromosomes in normal developmental cases.

At what stage of moral development is moral thought guided by principles that have been decided upon by the individual and may be in disagreement with accepted social norms?

According to Piaget,the stage of cognitive development between 2 and 7 years of age,in which the child learns to use language as a means of exploring the world,is the ______ stage.

Which type of attachment style is characterized by babies who do not seem to care very much whether the mother is present or absent,and are equally comfortable with her and a stranger?

The correct sequence of the five stages of death and dying postulated by Kübler-Ross is ______.

The period of life from about age 13 to the early twenties,during which a young person is no longer physically a child but is not yet an independent,self-supporting adult,is called ________.

To summarize the research on "nature versus nurture," All that people are,and all that people become,is the product of an interaction between nature and nurture.

In _________ syndrome the 23^rd pair of chromosomes is missing an X,resulting in short,infertile females.

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross identified exactly three stages of dying: anger,depression,and acceptance.

If a child is exposed to the "Strange Situation," then he or she ________.

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 ________.

Mothers who were unresponsive,insensitive,and coldly rejecting were associated with ___________ attached infants.

Conflicts between adolescents and their parents tend to be over ______.

In the process of fertilization the ________ and _________ unite,resulting in a single cell.

Sheila was born a female with only one X chromosome on the 23^rd pair.As a result she is very short,infertile,and sexually underdeveloped.With which disorder is she likely to be diagnosed?