psyc 2070 final

which factor is an environmental variable that may influence the intelligence of a child

Sandra calls Willow names, doesnt include her in games, and makes fun of her. This is an example of _____.

By the end of adolescence, power and influence between a parent and child becomes ____.

In a research study, you collect data from groups of 6 yo, 16 yo, 26 yo, and 46 yo. what type of research is this?

Conflict between law and conscience, following your conscience despite the personal risk. _______ morality

Vygotsky said, __ establish the institutions that promote development by providing opportunities for cognitive growth.

Which statement is true about the grieving process?

In the months spanning their 3rd bday, children combining words to form sentences, known as ____, doubles each month

baby fusses when parent enters the room bc theyre hungry see parents as __ selfdirected beings who respond to requests

how children behave rather than what they do or why they do it.

According to ______, language development comes about through a combination nature and nurture

Which thinker argued for the nativist approach to understanding language development?

Psychologist James Marcia proposed that adolescent identity can be seen in terms of 2 characteristics, which are _____

K. Warner Schaie’s investigations of intelligence in older people found that, in general, as people age __________.

_______ is the process by which information initially recorded in a form usable memory.

One factor in the increased rate of C-sections in the US is _____.

repetition of information until you can recite it from memory is an example of _______.

Children develop the ability to link dif. stimuli simultaneously, developing an understanding of concepts. this is _____

listening what your camp leader says, even though your peers didnt because you believe that good behaviors get rewarded

Gifted and talented program that allows students to move at their own pace. These programs use the _____ approach.

Researchers generally believe that, compared to memory processing in adults, memory processing in young children is ____

The qualities people see as the most desirable and important

mom using short simple phrase in a high-pitched voice

Ava believes child development is continuous change, tom thinks its discontinuous. Who is right?

Dying people who feel deep sadness over FUTURE losses are experiencing ____ depression.

Which term refers to an individual’s understanding of the processes that underlie memory?

Members of American Indian tribes see death as _____.

Longitudinal research investigating giftedness found that gifted people tended to be ______ than their non-gifted peers.

In infant-directed speech, parents tend to use 2x as many ____ with their female children than with their male children.

Parents have a greater _____ in keeping close ties with children than children have with parents.

Stress can produce direct physiological effects, such as

During middle childhood, children begin to apply __________ to solve concrete problems.

By the time children reach age ____, their proportions are similar to those of adults

perspective that considers relationship between individuals and their physical, cognitive, personality, and social world

The nearly universal decline in vision near middle adulthood is called _____.

Which statement summarizes the key principle of information processing theories of development?

Which characteristic applies to many students prone to committing school violence.

Recent memory research comparing infants, children, and adults shows that __________.

Freud's final stage of development (12-18 months- 3 years) coincides with Eriksons __ stage of psychosocial development.

Which hormones play important roles in the onset of puberty?

Which behavior represents a critical thinking skill?

A baby who has not been birthed 2 weeks after the due date is considered a _____ infant.

young infants who are breastfed are better at distinguishing their mothers through sense of ____ than bottle-fed infants

Which statement directed toward an older person applying for a job is an example of age discrimination?

Sasha watches cleo hit Owen because he takes too long to respond. the next day sasha hits Trish because she didnt share.

legal document designating what medical treatments people want or dont if they cant express their wishes themselves

Which theoretical perspective emphasizes how people internally represent and think about the world?

What is the most frequent cause of death in adolescents

More than ____ americans say they left the religion they were raised with and became affiliated with another.

Women age 65+ are almost twice as likely to ____ as men of the same age.

Most traits are governed by a combination of gene pairs. This process is called ______.

___ approaches to moral development focus on how the environment produces moral behavior

According to Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, people who have made peace with their impending death are in the ___ stage.

A persons __ defined as patterns of arousal and emotionality strong genetic influence, but can be environ. influenced

During the ___ stage of prenatal development, the zygote attaches itself to the uterine wall

Moving to a bigger town to get greater access to social services, better shcools, more entertainment.

Compared with younger workers, middle-aged workers are more interested in __________.

Which symptom of menopause is common, although far from universally experienced?

In Fowler's ___ stage of faith development, older adults develop broad, inclusive view of religion and all humanity.

language shapes and may even determine the ways people in a particular culture perceive and understand

__________ is one example of 14-month-old infants’ social interactions with peers.

If an interrogator wanted to influence a childs recollection of witnessing an accident, which question would work best

Girls’ generally higher levels of depression in adolescence may reflect gender differences in coping with __________.

According to Erik Erikson, adolescents are in the __________ stage of development.

kylie smoked cigarettes and drank alcohol daily during her pregnancy which led to birth defects. these are called __

Period of late adulthood during which the focus is on tasks that have personal meaning

Which statement about immigrants in the United States is true?

The legal definition of death in the US

groups of 2-12 people whose members have frequent social interaction with each other

Piaget believed that the basic building blocks of understanding the world are mental structures for organization called

Recent research shows that the progress of cognitive development cannot be understood without considering a child’s ___.

The most common biological causes of intellectual disability are __________.

two children playing at the same time, but not interacting with each other

When a cluster of cells in the ovum splits off within the first 2 weeks after fertilization, causing 2 identical zygotes

The Type B behavior pattern is characterized by __________.

___ relates to a persons cultural background, nationality, religion, and language

Which factor plays a substantial role in adults choice of friends

__________ is an educational approach that teaches English language learners solely in English.

exceptional children are taught in regular classrooms except when their exceptionality wld affect their learning

in substage 4 of sensorimotor period, infants begin to use ___ combining multiple schema for one action to problem solve

what effect does exercise have on the bones?

Average cost of a funeral and burial in the US

At the end of preschool years, most children show ____ (preference for using one hand over the other)

Care for the dying that is provided in facilities specifically for terminally ill patients is called _____ care.

Dying people who feel deep sadness over FUTURE losses are experiencing ____ depression.

Adequate exercise can help to reduce_______, a condition in which the bones become brittle, fragile, and thin in old age

the point reached by young adults where intelligence is applied to specific situations based on long term goals

During middle childhood, self-esteem becomes more __________.

Attachment style in which infants appear indifferent to their caregiver's behavior

The chromosomal pattern associated with being a female is

emotional expressions conducted with mothers of 1 mo infants indicates that most mothers thought ________________.

Erikson’s psychosocial development suggest that developmental change occurs throughout life in ________ distinct stages

Humans have approximately ____ genes.

Stage of grief where people accept the death of a loved one and begins to construct new identities

Preschoolers facing conflicts btwn desire to be independent and guilt that comes from consequence. Eriksons ___ step.

which best represents the current view of most developmentalists

According to the 3-system model, it is in _______ that thoughtful, deliberate information takes place.

During middle childhood, _______.

____ allows established neurons to build more elaborate communication networks with other neurons.

Most research suggests that kids raised in homosexual homes ____ when compared with kids riased in heterosexual homes

children come to accept the universality and finality of death around age ____

Most informative way that researchers can learn about the different affects of nature vs nurture is through the study of

An assessment of a student’s knowledge of the Spanish language is an example of a(n) __________ test.

Which outcome is a risk for children raised in poverty?

child obesity is defined as _______.

what statement about breastfeeding is true?

According to Robert Peck, which activity is one of the developmental tasks of late adulthood?

sever and early loss of hearing can impair _____ thinking.

Cross-cultural studies of infants say that the timing of the development of self-recognition is strongly influenced by

Lev Vygotsky viewed cognitive development as the product of __________.

Compared to the others, which aspect of a child’s self-concept develops first?

which 66yo woman illustrates an environmental factor that may affect her susceptibility to serious illness ahead?

Parents are firm, set clear/consistent limits, but reason with children, give explanations for why they should be good

Noam Chomsky’s analysis suggests that all the world’s languages share a similar underlying structure that he calls _____

If a student is killed or commits suicide, it is common for schools to provide _____ education.

most common STI, human papillomavirus (HPV) can produce _______

Distortion and denial of the seriousness of a potentially stressful situation to prevent feeling the effects

_____ is the main reason that young adults become boomerang children.

_____ are stimuli (words, images, smells, sounds) that people use to locate information stored in long term memory

Close to _____ of families with children live with only their mother.

Children recall events with confidence and situations that never happened when repeatedly questioned, this is called:

attention-getting stimuli are ______, whereas attention-holding stimuli ______

It is estimated that between __________ percent of people do not have adequate nutrition in late adulthood.

"can I go outside" "idk can you?" person 2 is ignoring the ____ of the sentence to make a point about grammar

One educational trend that appears to be contributing to increased stress among school-age children is

3 major contexts that influence moral reasoning at any given time according to the social domain approach are ________

Critics of Piaget argues that his timeline of both _____ was too long, and children actually master these skills earlier

After Martin and Lewis' son left for college, they felt unhappy, lonely, and depressed. They are experiencing _________.

Lev Vygotsky’s work had the greatest impact on developmentalists __________.

Research participants are given enough information about a study to make a decision about if they want to participate.

Which theoretical perspective argues that people have natural capacity to make their own decisions about their life?

compared w/ code-based approaches to reading instruction, whole-language approaches focus more on ______.

When the baby hears a loud sound, his arms fling out, back arches, and fingers spread. These actions are aspects of

Which factor impacts the ultimate consequences for children living in a single-parent household?

One clear advantage of info processing approaches over the approaches proposed by Jean Piaget and Vygotsky is its ______

When 2-year-old Ida Claire says, “My socks on,” rather than “I put on my socks,” she is using __________.

__________ is the positive emotional bond that develops between a child and a particular individual.

Vygotsky thinks cognitive development occurs when new info is presented by an adult or skilled peer within a childs ____

Young adults reach a stage called ______, in which they focus on their professional achievements.

the degree of awareness an infant has to both internal and external stimulation, is known as an infant’s __________.

Which outcome is an important legacy left by Alfred Binet’s work on intelligence testing?

What psychological coping strategy is similar to "putting a positive spin" on a bad situation

lifespan developmentalist drawing on several different theoretical perspectives at the same time is using a____approach.

Which of the following is an advantage of group-administered tests, when compared to individually administered tests?

By the age of 4 months, infants use __________ to interpret others’ facial expressions.

1 problem with using cross-sectional studies to see intelligence across dif ages is that results may be skewed by ____

__________ is reasoning that allows adolescents to use abstract logic in the absence of concrete examples.

Which is not a big 5 personality dimension?

Each human parent usually contributes ___ to the developing zygote

which theoretical perspective seeks to identify behavior that is a result of genetic inheritance.

popular adolescents generally possess ______.

According to Richard Lazarus and Susan Folkman, the primary appraisal stage of dealing with stress focuses on ______

what would be the most effective way for a 6 yo to wait patiently for 2 candies instead of taking one right away?

Minority members who draw on their own culture while integrating themselves into the dominant culture are examples of

The noninvasive prenatal testing procedure commonly used to determine size and shape of baby and monitor development

Rigid ranking of group members among boys

Unlike Benjamin Lee Whorf, Jean Piaget believed that __________.

Which statement BEST summarizes the difference btwn classical and operant conditioning

During the preschool years, ___ is completed in the hippocampus, an area of the brain associated with memory.

Lev Vygotsky referred to the assistance or structuring provided by parents, teachers, or skilled peers as __________.

Bilingual speakers show __________ than students who speak only one language.

The correct sequence of the 5 stages of grief by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

Man has an extra X chromosome in his genetic pattern. This is _____, a disorder with genetic abnormalities(XXY)

___ is a childbirth technique based on the principle that giving birth should be as natural as possible, no medications

___ is a particularly useful ability, helping babies as young as 6 mo acknowledge heights an avoid falls.

An institution that provides care for older adults over the rest of their lives, separate apartments, full-time

which strategy is an effective way to help a child cope with grief

As childrens brains mature, they develop ____, as they become more insightful about reasons behind peoples behavior

John Holland’s personality type theory, people who are risk-takers and have good leadership skills are described as ____

A ____ percentage of children who are raised in abusive households become abusive parents

In the _____ an oral test children are asked questions about their everyday activities or asked to copy complex figures

People who study death and dying

__________ is a progressive brain disorder that produces loss of memory and confusion.

In social learning theory, the ____ proposes that family aggression is transferred from one generation to another.

During adolescence, self-concept becomes increasingly accurate. What effect does this have on adolescents’ self-esteem?

Harry(91) lives independently, no major illnesses, and takes daily walks to the grocery store. whats his funtional age

When it comes to intelligence, some say there is no substitute for experience. what idea reflects this perspective?

according to the peripheral slowing hypothesis, the increased reaction time in older people is due to changes in the __

Erik Erikson's ____ was created as an alternative psychodynamic view that emphasized social interaction with others.

Prosocial behavior tends to be most often exhibited by children raised in cultures that _____.

ability to distinguish the views of others from ones own views in defining identities usuallt begins to develop during

IQ in the range below 20-25 is a ________ intellectual disability.

A study that examines the stability of shyness across the lifespan is focused on _____ development.

Which chronic disease often begins to affect people in middle adulthood?

______ are the rules governing the meaning of words and sentences

Violent tv shows at age 8 are related to _____ by age 30.