Deck 10: C: Human Development

Question 1

A teenager is most likely functioning in Piaget's ____.

Answer 1

formal operational stage

Question 2

Environmental factors that can exert a negative impact on prenatal development are termed ____.

Answer 2

teratogens

Question 3

A baby cheetah follows a zookeeper's every move because the zookeeper was the first person observed by the cheetah after birth.This behaviour is called ____.

Answer 3

imprinting

Question 4

If a five-year-old is unable to see others' perspectives and thinks that everyone experiences things as she does,she is demonstrating ____.

Question 5

During Piaget's ____ stage of development,children begin to gain proficiency with mathematical functions,including division and multiplication.

Question 6

____ is the start of menstruation.

Question 7

The termination of menstruation,signalling the end of a woman's reproductive potential,is termed ____.

Question 8

Erikson's ____ developmental theory focuses on social and emotional changes experienced by people throughout their lifespan.

Question 9

The inability to see events from others' perspectives during Piaget's preoperational stage is called ____.

Question 10

During Piaget's ____ stage of development,infants learn about objects by physically handling them.

Question 11

The period of transition between childhood and young adulthood is called ____.

Question 12

According to Vygotsky,the provision of assistance to those who cannot perform activities alone is called ____.

Question 13

The ____ style of parenting is associated with strict discipline,punishment,and limited displays of affection.

Question 14

The ____ style of parenting is associated with the best social and emotional outcomes for children and the lowest levels of behaviour problems.

Question 15

A nine-year-old who is unable to multiply and divide is delayed in reaching Piaget's ____.

Question 16

Children in Piaget's sensorimotor stage lack ____,the understanding that objects continue to exist even when out of view.

Question 17

Piaget's ____ developmental theory focuses on ways in which children learn,think,reason,and remember.

Question 18

The most common type of attachment formed between infants and primary caregivers is the ____ attachment.

Question 19

The reproductive organs and genitals that distinguish the sexes are called ____.

Question 20

A child who is able to demonstrate hypothetical reasoning resides cognitively in Piaget's stage of ____.

Question 21

The crisis of adulthood characterized by emotional distress about the aging process is called the ____.

Question 22

The belief that you should not steal because you could go to jail represents reasoning associated with Kohlberg's ____ level.

Question 23

Erikson suggests that the crisis of ego ____ versus ____ is faced during old age.

Question 24

Believing that you should smoke cigarettes because others would think you are "cool" represents Kohlberg's ____ level of reasoning.

Question 25

Kohlberg's ____ developmental theory focuses on how people reason about right and wrong behaviours.

Question 26

The major crisis facing young adults,according to Erikson,involves the crisis of ____ versus ____.