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Changes in thoughts, feelings, and behaviors regarding the principles and values that guide what people should do are apart of _______ development. |
Moral |
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______ Is Piaget’s term for the crucial accomplishment of understanding that objects and events continue to exist even when they cannot directly be seen, heard, or touched. |
Object Permanence |
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In which of the following stages of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development does a child coordinate sensations with movements? |
Sensorimotor |
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Which of the following regions of the brain is concerned with emotions? |
Amygdala |
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Which of the following is a difference between older and younger adults |
Older adults tend to not do as well as younger adults in most aspects of memory |
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Ina cross-sectional study related to developmental psychology: |
Different age groups are tested at the same time |
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Which of the following statements is true of Vygotsky’s sociocultural cognitive theory? |
Children enter a level of cognitive sophistication by learning important aspects of their culture. |
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Puberty marks the onset of: |
Adolescence |
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Which of the following statements is true of the adolescent brain? |
The prefrontal cortex continues to mature into early adulthood |
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Adolescents are required to take algebra because cognitive development theory indicates that they are ready to learn this subject. Some of Piaget’s critics would respond to this statement by point out that: |
Piaget overestimated the cognitive abilities of adolescents. |
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During the fetal period of prenatal development |
The fetus starts to move around |
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Which of the following statements is true of Piaget’s preoperational stage? |
The symbolic thinking of children in this stage is limited |
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Which of the following statements best describes moral reasoning at the postconventional level? |
"What I did was illegal, but it saved somebody’s life, which is more important" |
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According to Jeffry Arnett, an emerging adult who considers himself neither an adolescent nor a full-fledged adult is associated with the _____ feature or emerging adulthood. |
Feeling "in between" |
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According to Erickson, during the later year of life of an adult, evaluating his or her life is characteristic of the ____ stage. |
Integrity versus despair |
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Authoritative parents are likely to have children who: |
Are socially competent are self-reliant |
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Recent research on prosocial behavior in children has found that: |
A supportive parenting style is related to increase in prosocial behavior among children |
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Which of the following statements is true of an individual’s genotype? |
Environemental precautions can change the phenotype associated with a genotype. |
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Children whose parents follow _____ tend to be less competent socially, to handle independence poorly, and to show poor self-control. |
Neglectful Parenting |
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Assimilation allows that person to enjoy a feeling of meaning because: |
Experiences fit into this or her perexisting schemas. |
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Which of the following is a symptom of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD)? |
Below-average intelligence |
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The neural tube is formed during the _____ period. |
Embryonic |
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Which of the following statements is true of the development of the brain in humans? |
The process of myelination begins at the prenatal stages. |
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Which of the following Piaget’s stages of cognitive development is characterized by egocentric thought in children? |
Preoperational |
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The ability to multiply two number together falls under _____ development |
Cognitive |
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Children whose parents follow_____ tend to be less competent socially, to handle independence poorly, and to show poor self-control |
Neglectful Parenting |
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According to Erickson’s theory of socioemtional development, preschoolers who do not develop a sense of taking responsibility |
Feel Guilty |
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Which of the following is likely to be a teratogen? |
Alchol |
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Which of the following statements would a life-span developmentalist most likely state? |
Childhood experiences are not necessarily more influential than later experiences. |
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During the course of successful prenatal development, a human organism begins as a |
Zygote and finally develops into a fetus |
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Adolescents may lack the cognitive skills to control their impulses effectively because of the relatively slow development of the _____ |
Prefrontal Cortex |
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In a cross-sectional study related to developmental psychology: |
Different age groups are tested at the same time |
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Which of the following statements is true of Piaget’s preoperational Stage? |
The symbolic thinking of children in this stage is limited. |
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Which of the following best defines teratogen? |
It is any agent that causes a birth defect |
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Which of the following regions of the brain is concerned with reasoning and decisions making? |
Amygdala |
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The nativist approach proposes that children as young as three months old: |
Possess expectancies about objects and events in the world that are less dependent on experiences. |
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