Exam 9: Lifespan Development

With the exception of the reproductive cells, every cell in a person's body contains:

According to the In Focus box, the term casual sex refers to:

According to the Focus on Neuroscience box on the adolescent brain, the most likely explanation for impulsive and erratic behavior in adolescence is:

Between the ages of 5 and 8 months, infants are able to:

Matt is awaiting his baby's first words. Matt can expect his baby to say his first word when the baby is around:

Explain how the brain develops from childhood through adolescence to full maturity in adulthood.

During the concrete operational stage, the child acquires the ability to think systematically and logically when dealing with abstract concepts.

An experiment found that newborn rats who were genetically predisposed to be calm and stress-resistant grew up to be nervous, high-strung, and easily stressed adult rats when raised by genetically unrelated, inattentive mothers. These results showed that:

According to Erikson's theory, the psychosocial conflict that needs to be resolved during adolescence is:

The rooting, sucking, and grasping reflexes:

Which of the following represents the correct sequence of development of language production from birth to about age two?

Ten-year-old Ben helped his five-year-old sister Hannah learn how to tie her shoelaces. This example illustrates which concept?

Research has found that anxiety about death tends to peak in middle adulthood, and then tends to decrease during late adulthood.

According to In Focus: Hooking Up on Campus, alcohol use precedes ______of hook-ups.

Twelve-year-old Andrea has been wearing a bra for over a year. She had her first menstrual period when she was 10 years old and is taller than most of her classmates. Compared to late-maturing girls, Andrea is likely to have had:

The nature of intimate relationships and family structures varies widely in the United States. For example, adult social development does not always follow a predictable pattern such as the "traditional" path of finding a mate, getting married, and starting and raising a family.

As toddlers and young children, girls play just as actively as boys.

Permissive-_____ parents are responsive to their children but do not exert much control over them. Permissive- _____ parents do not impose rules on their children and are also not very responsive to them.

Placido always drives at the posted speed limit because the speeding laws were established by the authorities and should be obeyed. In terms of Kohlberg's theory, Placido is at the postconventional level of moral reasoning.

Several studies have found that girls raised in homes in which the biological father is absent tend to experience puberty earlier than girls raised in homes with intact families.