Deck 10: A: Lifespan Development

Question 1

Older adults who exercise their brains with challenging activities have a better chance of preserving their cognitive ability than those who do not.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

For adults,positive emotions decline with age while negative emotions increase.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Habituation refers to the formation of new habits and reflexes.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Adolescents are more likely to engage in risky behaviour when they are in the presence of other adolescents.

Question 5

Maternal use of cigarettes during pregnancy causes damage to the placenta but not to the baby itself.

Question 6

Babies become attached to their mothers because their mothers provide them with food and warmth.

Question 7

There is no scientific evidence that vaccines can cause autism.

Question 8

Recent research has confirmed Piaget's belief that children are egocentric through the entire preoperational stage.

Question 9

At birth,the newborn has an estimated 100 billion neurons.