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The first two weeks of prenatal development, the period of the _____, is a time of rapid cell division. The period of the ____ lasts from 9 weeks after conception until birth.
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-Zygote; fetus
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2. Teratogens are agents that pass through the placenta's screen and my harm an embryo or fetus. Which of the following is known teratogen?
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-sugar
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3. From the very first weeks of life, some infants are intense and anxious, while others are easygoing and relaxed. These differences are usually explained as differences in
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-temperament
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5. In seeking to understand genetic influences on personality, adoption studies
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-Evaluate whether adopted children's traits more closely resemble those their adopted parents or those of their biological parents
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6. Development psychologist tend to focus on three major issues. Which of the following is NOT one of those issues?
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-reflexes and unlearned behaviors
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7. The orderly biological growth process called maturation explains why
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-most children begin walking by about 12 to 15 months
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8. Researches raised some rats in an enriched environment and others in a deprived environment with no objects or activities to stimulate them. At the end of the experiment
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-the brains of the rates living in the enriched environment developed a heavier, denser cortex
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9. As an infant's muscles and nervous system mature, more complicated skills emerge. Which of the following is true of motor skill development?
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-The sequence is universal
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10.During Piaget's preoperational stage , the young child's thinking is
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-egocentric
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11. The principle of conversation explains why a pint of milk remains a pint, wheather we pour in into a tall, thin pitcher or a short, wide one. Children gain the mental ability to understand conversation during
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-concrete operational stage
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12.Piaget's theory of cognitive development has enriched our understanding of how children think. However, many researchers believe that
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-development is more continuous than Piaget realized
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13.After about 8 months of age, infants show distress when faced with a new baby sitter. Their response is an example of
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-stranger anxiety
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14.In a series of experiments, the Harlows found that monkeys raised with artificial mothers tended, when afraid to cling to
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-the cloth mother who offered comfortable contact
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15. Parents who use ____ the parenting style tend to have children with high self esteem, self reliance, and social competence
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-authoritative
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16. Adolescence is marked by the onset of
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puberty
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17. Puberty us the time of maturing sexually. Girls begin puberty at about the age of ___, boys at about the age of ____
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11, 13
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18. According to Piaget, the ability to think abstractly indicated
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-formal operational thought
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19. According to Kohlberg, preconventional morality focuses on ___; conventional morality is more concerned with ____
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-self interest; upholding laws and social rules
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20. Erikson contended that each stage of life has its own special psychosocial task or challenge. The primary task during adolescence is to
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-search for an identity
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21. Studies comparing personalities of parents and their adopted children show that childrens personality differences are mainly due to
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-heredity
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22. Some western developmental psychologist refer to the time period when a person has not yet reached the full independence of adulthood as
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-emerging adulthood
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23. Our physical abilities tend to peak by our
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mid twenties
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24. By age 65, a person would be most likely t experience a decline in the ability to
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-recall and name all the items on a grocery list
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25. Freud defined the healthy adult as one who is able to love and work. Erikson agree, observing that the adult struggles to attain intimacy and
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-generativity
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26.Most older adult report
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-satisfaction levels comparable to those of younger people
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27.Which statement is true about stability and change throughout the lifespan?
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-Our temperament takes a while to develop as learn through experience
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