Deck 7: C: Development Across the Lifespan

Question 1

Infant reflexes are______.

A)innate involuntary behavior patterns
B)voluntary behavior patterns
C)learned
D)not used as a means for survival

Answer 1

innate involuntary behavior patterns

Question 2

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

A)denial,anger,bargaining,depression,and acceptance
B)denial,anger,bargaining,acceptance,and depression
C)anger,denial,bargaining,acceptance,and depression
D)anger,denial,bargaining,depression,and acceptance

Answer 2

denial,anger,bargaining,depression,and acceptance

Question 3

A baby's language that consists of repetition of consonant-vowel combinations is called ______.

A)cooing
B)holophrasing
C)telegraphic speech
D)babbling

Answer 3

babbling

Question 4

________refers to heredity and __________ refers to environmental influences.

A)Nature;nurture
B)Cognition;emotion
C)Nurture;behavioral genetics
D)Cross-sectional;longitudinal

Question 5

The period of five to ten years during which a woman's reproductive system begins to decline is called_______.

A)climacteric
B)perimenopause
C)menopause
D)postmenopause

Question 6

Which of Erik Erikson's psychosocial crises revolves around the child's learning to direct his or her own behavior?

A)trust versus mistrust
B)initiative versus guilt
C)industry versus inferiority
D)autonomy versus shame and doubt

Question 7

The theory of aging that suggests that human cells are limited in the number of times they can reproduce to repair damage is the __________.

A)activity theory
B)wear-and-tear theory
C)disengagement theory
D)cellular clock theory

Question 8

Which of the following statements concerning vaccinations is TRUE?

A)Children who are given an immunization can get the disease from it.
B)There is no reason to immunize one's own child if all of the other children in school are immunized.
C)The side effects of vaccines are more harmful than the effects of the diseases they prevent.
D)Vaccines are one of the most effective ways to prevent the transmission of the diseases they treat.

Question 9

Obedience to rules because of the fear of punishment is a characteristic of__________.

A)conventional morality
B)preconventional morality
C)principled morality
D)postconventional morality

Question 10

Abby and Brittany Hensel ________.

A)share one body from the waist down
B)share one upper body
C)share a heart
D)share a stomach