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The unique effect of the Great Depression can be characterized as - a cohort effect
The difference between a continuous and a discontinuous view of development is the following: -
the former views development as an increase in size while the latter treats it as a change in quality.
As Warren loo...
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The unique effect of the Great Depression can be characterized as - ✔✔a cohort effect
The difference between a continuous and a discontinuous view of development is the following: -
✔✔the former views development as an increase in size while the latter treats it as a change in quality.
As Warren looks back over his long life, he feels a sense of unity in his life's accomplishments. He can be
said to be in Erikson's ________ stage of psychosocial development. - ✔✔ego integrity vs. despair
Freud believed that the ego operates on the - ✔✔reality principle.
Alice's symptoms of menopause include hot flashes and cessation of her monthly menstrual cycle. Alice's
doctor tells her she is experiencing a(n) - ✔✔age-graded influence.
A child spent the first 5 years of his life isolated from the outside world and as a result never learned to
speak. This is an example of _________________________________. - ✔✔a critical period concept
Piaget's view assumes that thinking undergoes ________ advances, but the information-processing
approach assumes that development is marked by ________ advantages. - ✔✔qualitative; quantitative
A professor wants to examine the effectiveness of a new teaching approach. Her 9:00 a.m. class will be
exposed to the new method of viewing teaching tapes, while her 10:00 a.m. class will be exposed to
traditional lectures. Students will be able to choose which tapes they want to view. What method is the
professor using to conduct her experiment? - ✔✔scientific
Alice used to do her math homework regularly and studied hard for tests although she continued to have
difficulty getting passing grades; disheartened, Alice began to put less effort into her math homework,
and eventually she failed math. This is an example of what type of behavior? - ✔✔punishment
,What do Freud's psychoanalytic and Erikson's psychosocial theories have in common? - ✔✔They imply
that development is marked by certain sensitive periods.
Due to neglect when she was a child, Dana had a lack of certain early social experiences. Recent research
suggests that - ✔✔she can use later experiences to overcome this deficit.
The evolutionary perspective draws from the field of ethology, which examines the ways in which our
biological makeup influences our behavior. Who is/was a primary proponent of ethology? - ✔✔Lorenz
Kimberly is a young woman who has a fear of relationships with others. She can be said to have had a
negative outcome in Erikson's ________ stage of psychosocial development. - ✔✔intimacy vs. isolation
Roger likes to buy lottery tickets regularly, and he occasionally wins. This is an example of ________ -
✔✔positive reinforcement.
Choose one best answer: Prenatal, infancy, toddlerhood, preschool age, middle childhood, adolescence,
young adulthood, middle adulthood and late adulthood ________________________________ - ✔✔are
acceptable markers of developmental changes; However, their timing and even the existence of some of
the life stages can still be questionable. For example, people mature at different rate and some periods
don't have clear biological markers.
_______ research is designed to discover causal relationships between various factors. -
✔✔Experimental
In an experiment where researchers manipulate the ______, the variable that the researchers measure
to see if it changes is the ______. - ✔✔independent variable; dependent variable
Biological and environmental influences that are similar for individuals in a particular age group,
regardless of where they are raised, are called ______influences. - ✔✔age-graded
,Which type of approach grew out of the development of computers, where even complex behavior such
as learning, remembering, categorizing, and thinking can be broken down into a series of individual,
specific steps? - ✔✔information processing
People who lived in New York City during the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center
experienced shared challenges due to the attack that are called ________ effects. - ✔✔cohort
The attending nurse tells the expectant mother that her contractions are approximately 5 minutes apart.
What hormones are high enough in the mother to cause the uterus to begin periodic contractions? -
✔✔oxytocin
During the final part of the first stage of labor, the contractions increase to their greatest intensity; this is
known as - ✔✔transition
Which of the following best describes the "age of viability"? - ✔✔the point at which an infant can survive
prematurely, about 22 weeks
Keeping a neonate in the hospital to gain weight is important to help the baby - ✔✔build fat layers to
prevent chilling and help the baby regulate body temperature.
Research indicates that the following types of care, with the exception of one, appear to be effective in
helping preterm infants develop. Identify the exception. - ✔✔almost constant use of an incubator
Jason and Justin are twins and are genetically identical. They are ________ twins. - ✔✔monozygotic
A trait within an organism that is present but not expressed is called - ✔✔recessive.
When a child receives different forms of a certain gene from his/her parents, he or she is said to be -
✔✔heterozygous.
Which procedure can identify a variety of genetic defects with nearly 100 % accuracy? -
✔✔amniocentesis
, What is the term when the mother voluntarily terminates a pregnancy? - ✔✔abortion
Many of the reflexes that infants are born with have ________ value. - ✔✔survival
Knowing what we know about the link between genetics, environment and intelligence, what is the best
answer for the following question:" If you had a pair of dizygotic twins in your classroom, would you
teach them any differently than if they were two siblings students?" - ✔✔Genetically, they are as similar
as other siblings. So, no, I would assume that their intellectual abilities are somewhat different.
Knowing what we know about the link between genetics, environment and intelligence, what would be
your expectations if you were a teacher and you had a pair of monozygotic twins in your classroom?"
a. I would not be surprised if at least one of them received an A in my class.
b. I would be surprised if they both failed my class.
c. I would expect them to perform similar.
d. I would not have any expectations about how similar or different their performance in the class might
be. - ✔✔? its not d.
Choose the best answer: A pregnant mother eats high fat foods, which then influences her child's
behavior for life time is an example of ________________. - ✔✔epigenetics
An article in the Global Post gives advice to parents on how to make their child a dancer: "To become a
professional dancer, dance instructor or choreographer, your child will need your time, nurturing and
support from an early age. " http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/make-child-dancer-13138.html (Links to
an external site.)Links to an external site. (retrieved on 8/12/15). From a multifactorial transmission
perspective, is this a good advice? - ✔✔It's misleading. All mentioned environmental influences are
important but will not be enough if the child's genotype isn't what it needs to be to become a
dancer/instructor/choreographer.
Epigenetics refers to a mechanism - ✔✔by which our environment affects our genetics
The purpose of cross-fostering the pups in the study by Meaney (so that mothers of high maternal care
fostered pups of low maternal care mothers and vice versa) was
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