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The study of development begins at this time and ends at this time.
What are conception and death.
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Observations, surveys, and experiments are all methods developmental researchers use to collect this.
What is data?
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The life expectancy in the United States is currently
What is 78 years?
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This is a period of time in development in which certain things need to happen or a specific type of development will not take place.
What is critical period?
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This is a group of people who are born at a similar point in history and share similar experiences.
What is a cohort?
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Amir is 18 months old. According to Piaget, he is in which stage of cognitive development?
What is sensorimotor?
200
The cross-sectional approach to developmental research compares individuals of what?
What is different ages?
200
The longitudinal method of research consists of studying this.
What is the same individuals over a long period of time?
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Konrad Lorenz performed research with goslings and found that many, upon hatching, identified him as their mother. He coined this form of attachment _________.
What is imprinting?
200
This is the first stage in Erik Erikson's psychosocial theory of development.
What is trust vs. mistrust?
300
According to APA's guidelines, after the study has been completed, participants should be informed of its purpose and the methods that were used. This is known as what?
What is debriefing?
300
This means the capacity for change.
What is plasticity?
300
The _____ period is the time from conception to birth.
What is prenatal?
300
Maria is 92 years old. She would most likely be characterized as: a) young-old, b) old-old, c) oldest old, d) late-old.
What is old-old?
300
This encompasses the behavior patterns, beliefs, and all other products of a particular group of people that are passed on from generation to generation.
What is culture?
400
The ability to control certain factors when observing behavior is reflective of research done in the ______ setting.
What is laboratory?
400
B.F. Skinner was a behaviorist. He argues that the most important things that shape development are _________ and ________.
What are rewards and punishments?
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Dr. Tepper believes that life-span development cannot be studied without considering biological, socioemotional, and cognitive dimensions. Dr. Tepper believes that development is: a) lifelong, b) contextual, c) multidimensional, d) plastic.
What is multidimensional?
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Changes in motor skills, nutrition, exercise, the hormonal changes of puberty, and cardiovascular decline are all examples of ______ processes that affect development.
What is biological?
400
The question of whether the Son of Sam was born a killer or was turned into one by life's experiences is the focus of which developmental issue?
What is nature vs. nurture?
500
The younger the person's _____ age, the longer the person is expected to live, regardless of chronological age.
What is biological?
500
These are biological processes such as puberty and menopause. They also include sociocultural, environmental processes such as beginning formal education and retirement.
What are normative age-graded influences?
500
Psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, neuroscientists, and medical researchers all share an interest in unlocking the mysteries of development through the life span. This indicates how development is: (starts with an m)
What is multidimensional?
500
According to research, the ____ you are, the happier you are.
What is older?
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These are influences that generally affect a generation - for example, the effect of the Great Depression.
What are nonnormative age-graded?
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