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During the fetal period the major developmental task for the fetus is: |
growth in size and refinement of the features that already exist |
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The longitudinal method allows developmental psychologists to examine ________ while the cross-sectional method allows them to examine ________. |
changes over time; current differences |
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Why, although the data show that parenting styles influence the behaviors children develop, is it that researchers are hesitant to claim that parenting style causes particular behavior patterns in children? |
The data are correlational data and cannot describe cause and effect relationships |
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In the absence of ________ sex hormones during prenatal development, the external sex organs will be ________. |
male; female |
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When the concordance is higher for a particular trait among identical twins than it is among fraternal twins, we can assume that: |
the trait has a strong genetic basis |
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Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development is an example of a: |
stage theory of development. discontinuous theory of development. quantitative theory of development. *not c. |
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Piaget believed that children can first think hypothetically in the: |
formal operational stage |
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A chart in which photographs of an individual's chromosomes are arranged according to size and structure is known as a/an: |
karyotype |
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Recent evidence suggests that hemispheric specialization begins: |
early during infancy |
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Abstract, symbolic thought is characteristic of the ________ stage of Piaget's theory |
formal operational |
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Genes are composed of large, complex molecules of: |
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). |
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A child who indicates that the taller of two glasses, both of which hold and equal amount, has more in it is demonstrating ________ according to Piaget. |
centration |
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Mothers of securely attached infants tend to: |
be more inclined to cuddle their children |
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Children raised in orphanages that lack ________ often develop physical diseases, show retarded physical and motor development and impaired emotional and social development. |
close nurturing relationships |
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A highly selective attachment often displayed by human infants between six and eighteen months old when separation from parents produces distress is called: |
specific attachment |
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The most common chromosomal disorder is: |
Down syndrome |
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Ainsworth studied infants' attachment to their mothers by using the ________ procedure. |
authoritative |
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Ainsworth studied infants' attachment to their mothers by using the ________ procedure. |
strange situation |
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A method of examining and detecting abnormal genes and chromosomes by sampling the fluid from the amniotic sac is called: |
amniocentesis. |
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Most theorists believe that gender roles result largely from: |
socialization of children as male or female |