Cognitive Development in Infancy and Childhood
When would a difference among cohorts be likely to influence a study's results?
In a cross-sectional study
This is known as the outcome of having explored various possible identities and then making one's own decisions
Identity achievement
The different activities that society expects of males and females is known as?
Gender roles
This is the stage of early childhood from 1 and a half to 2 years of age? (simple motor responses)
This is known as the state of accepting decisions without much thought?
Identity foreclosure
The tendency of certain types of person to drop out of a study is know as what?
Selective attrition
What is considered the main explanation for high risk taking in adolescents?
Adolescents have an increasing tendency to seek excitement and reward
Why is it that nearly all the best chess players are men?
Males are more likely to develop a strong interest in chess, on average.
Zygote
This theory is that we cope with our fear of death by avoiding it and focusing on self-esteem, hope, and value in life
Terror-management theory
Developing neurons that get too little input will self-destruct and is responsible for what?
fetal alcohol syndrome
In a society where almost everyone becomes a farmer, which of the following would be most common?
Identity foreclosure
Rice farming would be most common in what type of society?
Collectivist society
Why is it difficult to say when a child first shows fear of heights
This term is known as partial identification with two cultures
What has helped researchers to improve their estimates of the vision, hearing, and learning abilities of newborns and other infants?
improved behavioral measurements
The belief that what is true for others is not true for me, is known as?
The personal fable
Those who are warm and loving but undemanding are what type of parents?
Permissive parents
Research that follows a group individuals as they develop is known as?
longitudinal study
This parent style is where the parents emotionally more distant from the child and set rules without explaining them
Authoritarian parents
This is known as applying and old schema to new objects or problems
Feeling of closeness toward another person is known as?
attachment
What evidence suggests that parent behavior has little influence on their children's personality?
Parents personality correlates poorly with that of their adopted children
This is known as the distance between what a child can do alone and what is possible with help?
The zone of proximal development
This parent style is where parents set high standards and impose controls but are also warm and responsive to the child's communication