Unit 9: Developmental Psychology

During the course of successful prenatal development, a human organism begins as a(n)

1 yr old sam is not fearful of strangers but she prefers being held by her mom than anyone else

Who am I? I just dyed my hair jet black and changed my mind AGAIN about college.  

Tom frowns when son cries but hugs daughter when she cries. Tom's contribution to gender typing

The term puberty refers to the period of

Research on brain development suggests that repeated learning experiences seem to

Newborn infants typically prefer their mother's voice over their father's voice because

Compared to children raised in Westernized cultures, children in Asian cultures

Harlow's monkey experiments suggests that attachment is based on

Autism is a disorder characterized by deficient social interaction and an impaired

Jenny's mom behaves more like an equal and allows Jenny make up her own rules.

Adults of varying age were tested for their memory of a learned list of words, the older adults

Eddie doesn't want to be alone so he's willing to do the hard work that a relationship requires

Joe's dad believes that children should follow instructions and not question the parent.

The process of taking in new information into our already existing schemas is known as 

Piaget. Barry thought tomatoes were vegetables which changed his schema. Example of _____.

Gender identity refers to

When a child believes there's more liquid in a tall glass vs. a small glass, they have not

Which of the following is the order of the five stages of dealing with grief by Kubler-Ross

Current research on cognitive development indicates that

Society does not have the right to destroy human life, no matter what the situation is.

The process by which birds form attachments during a critical period early in life is called

The term menarche refers to the

Prejudice or discrimination on the basis of a person's age.

Study of how an individual's physical, social, emotional, moral and intellect occur thru life.

When an object placed in an infant's hand, the fingers will close around it. 

Piaget's developed the theory of

Critics of Kohlberg's theory have suggested that postconventional morality

A baby girl receives a(n)

Compared with others their own age, children who form a positive self-concept are more likely

Baby Jacob turned his head in the direction that his mother touched his cheek. Example of:

Stage? You leave the party because alcohol is being served to minors which is against the law. 

Who noted that talking to themselves enables children to control their behaviors and emotions?

According to Piaget, children in the preoperational stage are able to

The ability to learn a new computer software program is to __ as knowledge of capitals is to __

The child says there is the same amount of liquid after pouring it into tall, skinny glass

A cross-sectional study is one in which

Abstract reasoning involves flexible thinking, creativity, judgment, & logical problem solving

Relaxed infants show secure attachments more than emotional babies would illustrate the

Research on the perceptual abilities of newborns indicates that they

Do human infants have well-defined critical periods for the formation of attachment.

He used stories involving moral dilemmas that required a choice to be made.

The realization that physical objects continue to exist even when they are removed from view. 

Children tend to organize their worlds into male and female categories. This best illustrates

Suzie knows she can talk with her parents about issues but ultimately mom & dad will decide.

It has been suggested that our sensitivity to peer influence is genetically predisposed.

Stage? A helpless infant attains this as a result of parents consistently meeting its needs. 

An early sign of Alzheimer's disease would most likely be

A substance that can cross the placental barrier and harm an unborn child.

After 10 days, a fertilized egg attaches to the uterine wall. What stage of development is this

The immaturity of an infant's nervous system is best demonstrated by its limited

A powerful survival impulse that leads infants to seek closeness to their caregivers is called

According to Piaget, the ability to think logically about events first develops during the

Adolescence extends from the beginning

Male self-identity is to ________ as female self-identity is to ________.

In child language development, "mama", "baba", "dada" is best referred to as 

Which of the following is not one of the three major concerns of developmental psychology?

At about 8 months, children will likely react to newcomers with tears. This best illustrates

In which research method are the same people retested over a period of years?

Luke loves his job but his main satisfaction is his ability to provide and care for his family 

The symptoms of fetal alcohol syndrome are most likely to include

Biological growth processes that are relatively uninfluenced by experience.

Categories of knowledge that help us to interpret and understand the world.

Menopause refers to

Gender role refers to

The acquisition of a traditional masculine or feminine role is called

Piaget claimed that children understand the world by observing their actions on people/objects.

Darlene smoked during the entire 9 months of pregnancy. Her newborn baby will most likely be

I really need that scholarship so I’m going to cheat on the exam and try not to get caught

Around age 2, babies start saying "more milk", "mommy here", "daddy go". This is known as: 

Who is likely to be the most popular student in the fifth-grade class?

Theory that we face a conflict which may or may not be successfully resolved within that stage.

The lack of neural connections in the association areas at birth most likely contributes to

Frank liked the pretty new babysitter so much that he gave her his toy truck. Example of:

Decreasing responsiveness to a stimulus to which one is repeatedly exposed.