Cat 1
The three major issues that interest developmental psychologists are: ________/__________.
Continuity/Stages
A small segment of DNA is referred to as a ________.
Gene
Monozygotic Twins are ___________.
Identical (1 egg splitting in two)
Dizygotic Twins are _________.
Fraternal Twins (2 Eggs)
Stroke a newborns cheek and the infant will root for food. This illustrates a ________.
A. Reflex
B. Preference
C. Continuity
Reflex
Although Development is lifelong, there is stability of personality overtime. For example,
A. Most Personality traits emerge in infancy and persist throughout life.
B. Temperament tends to remain stable throughout life.
C. People never change after adolescence.
B. Temperament tends to remain stable throughout life.
Threadlike structures made largely of DNA
Chromosomes
___________ Twins share the same DNA.
Identical
Eight month old infant who reacts to a new babysitter by crying and clinging to his father's shoulder is showing _______ _______.
Stranger Anxiety
We can't consciously recall how or when we learned to walk when we were infants because we do not have conscious memory of most events before what age?
4 years old
_______ Studies explore how experiences put molecular marks on genes that trigger or block their expression
Epigenetic
Differences in infants' characteristic emotional reactions are usually explained as differences in ________.
Temperament
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Adolescence is marked by the onset of
A) and identity crisis
B) puberty
C) separation anxiety
D) parent-child conflict
B. Puberty
a specific time in development when certain skills or abilities are most easily learned is called:
Critical Period
How do cross-sectional and longitudinal studies differ?
Cross-sectional: compares people of different ages
Longitudinal: re-study the same people over a long period of time
Between ages three and six, the human brain experiences the greatest growth in the ________ lobes, which we use for rational planning and which aid memory.
Frontal
Body organs first begin to form and function during the period of the __________; within 6 months, during the period of the ___________, The organs are sufficiently functional to allow a good chance to survive and thrive.
A. Zygote, Embryo
B. Zygote, Fetus
C. Embryo, Fetus
D. Placenta, Fetus
C. Embryo, Fetus
a child's realization that an object exists even when he or she cannot see or touch it is called:
object permanence
Who developed eight psychosocial stages of development: theory shows how people evolve through the life span. Each stage is marked by a psychological crisis.
Erik Erikson
By age 65, a person would be most likely to experience a cognitive decline in the ability to
A) recall and the list all the important terms and concepts in a chapter
B) selected the correct definition in a multiple-choice question
C) recall their own birthday
D) practice a well learned skill such as knitting
A) recall and the list all the important terms and concepts in a chapter
In Erickson's stages, The primary task during adolescence is
A) attaining formal operations
B) forging an identity
C) developing a sense of intimacy with another person
D) living independent of parents
B) forging an identity
Although Piaget's stage theory continues to inform our understanding of children's thinking, many researchers believe that
A) Piaget's stages begin earlier and development is more continuous then he realized
B) children do not progress as rapidly as Piaget predicted
C) few children progress to the concrete operational stage
D) there is no way of testing much of Piaget's theoretical work
A) Piaget's stages begin earlier and development is more continuous then he realized
Adoption studies seek to understand genetic influences of personality. They do this mainly by:
A. Comparing adopted children with non adopted children
B. Evaluating whether adopted children's personalities more closely resemble those of their bio parents or their adoptive parents.
C. Studying the effect of children' age of their adoption
B. Evaluating whether adopted children's personalities more closely resemble those of their bio parents or their adoptive parents.
Chemicals that the placenta is not able to screen out that may cause harm to an embryo or fetus are called ____________.
Teratogens