Lifespan Development
These perspectives seek to identify behavior in today’s humans that is the result of our genetic inheritance from our ancestors.
Evolutionary
Twins who are genetically identical; form when a cluster of cells in the ovum splits off within the first two weeks following fertilization are known as this.
Monozygotic twins
According to Piaget, infants are in the _____ stage of cognitive development.
Sensorimotor
The cessation of menstruation that occurs during middle age is known as this.
Menopause
"Julia is better at math than I am.” This would be an example of this type of comparision.
Upward
This approach to lifespan development emphasizes intellectual abilities, including learning, memory, problem solving, and Intelligence.
Cognitive
There are _____ (how many) stages of labor.
3
Unlearned, organized, involuntary responses that occur automatically in the presence of certain stimuli are known as these.
Reflexes
When parents experience feelings of unhappiness, worry, loneliness, and depression resulting from their children’s departure from home, this syndrome is known as what?
Empty Nest Syndrome
A severe disorder where individuals refuse to eat is known as this.
Anorexia Nervosa
This type of research seeks to identify whether an association or relationship between two factors exists.
Correlational Research
The new cell formed by the process of fertilization is known as a _____.
Zygote
__________ parents who provide lax and inconsistent feedback and require little of their children.
Permissive
This type of intelligence reflects information processing capabilities, reasoning, and memory.
Fluid Intelligence
A highly organized worker whose strong sense of responsibility causes her never to miss a deadline is likely to be high in which personality trait?
Conscientiouness
The lifespan approach proposed by Erikson that encompasses changes in our interactions with and understandings of one another, as well as in our knowledge and understanding of ourselves as members of society is known as this.
Psychosocial
Ted and Rosa rushed to the hospital, ready to welcome their new baby soon. But within a few hours, they were driving home again. It turns out they were fooled by Rosa's __________ contractions.
Braxton-Hicks
When a child sees a flying squirrel at the zoo and calls it a bird this is an example of _____
Assimilation
Societal norms that push men to marry women who are younger, smaller, and lower in status than themselves is known as this.
Marriage Gradient
Developmental researchers agree that in adolescence, people begin to think abstractly. Piaget called this the __________ stage of cognitive development.
Formal Operational
This type of study/research is where a group of people chosen to represent some larger population is asked questions about their attitudes, behavior, or thinking on a given topic.
Survey Research
The __________ scale is a standard measurement system designed to assess five basic qualities in a newborn: appearance (color), pulse (heart rate), grimace (reflex irritability), activity (muscle tone), and respiration (respiratory effort).
APGAR
Which sensory capability is least developed in the newborn?
Seeing
The theory that abuse and neglect of children leads them to be predisposed to abusiveness as adults is known as the Cycle of this.
Violence
This part of the brain undergoes significant development during adolescence.
Prefrontal Cortex