psych - ch 3 - development through the lifespan

this is a framework that organizes and interprets information

the best way to separate the effects of genes and the environment is to study

Before Piaget, people were more likely to believe that

Which is the correct order of stages of prenatal development?

A person's accumulation of stored information, called ____ intelligence, generally ___with age

Adolescence is marked by the onset of

Unlike__twins, who develop from 1 fertilized egg,__twins develop from separate fertilized eggs.

What was true about a child’s mind according to Piaget?

The Harlows' studies of attachment in monkeys showed that

The human genome is best defined as

according to Kohlberg, conventional morality is focused on

Piaget held that egocentrism is characteristic of the

The theorist who suggested that securely attached children develop an attitude of basic trust

parent who use the __ style of parenting tend to have children that are aggressive and imature

What is a teratogen? 

Whose stage theory of moral development was based on how people reasoned about ethical dilemmas

monkeys raised w/ fake mothers suggest emotional bonds are mainly from what type of interaction

the ability to think abstractly is called __ intelligence. This ability generally __ with age.

Which is the correct sequence of stages in Piaget's theory of cognitive development?

Chromosomes are composed of small segments of

Which lobe of the brain lags behind other lobes during adolescence?

Stranger anxiety develops soon after

this is people's ideas about their own and others' mental states

Research shows adolescents are most likely to beinfluenced by their parents with respect to

parents who use the ___ style of parenting tend to have children with high self esteem

Temperament refers to a person's characteristic

In pre-conventional morality, the person

According to Erikson, teens who suffer role confusion have not yet done what?

conservation is learned by children during this stage

According to Piaget, the ability to reason abstractly is characteristic of the stage of

after about 8 months, infants show distress with a new baby sitter. this is an example of

our physical abilities tend to peak by our

Newborns have been observed to show the greatest visual interest in type of image?

Which of Kohlbergs levels of morality is basedon avoiding punishment & gaining concrete rewards

During which stage of cognitive development do children begin to show object permanence?

according to Erikson, the primary task of adolescence is

parent who use the __ style of parenting 

in Piaget's theory, this is the  child's difficulty in taking another's point of view

if a pregnant woman used artificial sweetners that harm the fetus, what would the sweetner be

most older adults report