Chapter 8 Practice Quiz

In a _____ design, different age groups are tested at the same time.

cross-sectional

In a _____ research design, the same group of participants is tested repeatedly.

longitudinal

Brown eyes, curly hair, and a slim build are elements of Jarrod's:

phenotype

Osman is a developmental psychologist. While conducting a study, Osman records information about his participants' observable traits, otherwise known as their _____.

phenotypes

On average, babies typically experience the greatest amount of separation anxiety around _____ months.

13

Danielle is consulting her college's course catalog. The description of an upper-level psychology course begins, "This course surveys growth and change across the life span in physical, cognitive, and social domains." This course is likely titled:

Developmental Psychology.

Sixteen-year-old Michael begins growing a marijuana plant in a corner of his family's garden. His stepfather asks him to remove it because it is illegal. In Kohlberg's terms, Michael's stepfather is demonstrating _____ reasoning.

conventional

Jacob is nearly 3 months old. He is likely in the _____ stage of language development.

cooing

John and Linda are twins but they only share 50% of their genetic material. This makes them _____ twins.

dizygotic

Baby Jacquie eats and sleeps on a regular schedule. She is quickly soothed when she cries. Jacquie appears to have a(n) _____ temperament.

easy

Fifteen-year-old Autumn has gone through many phases in the past 2 years. She has started and dropped many different hobbies and extracurricular activities and has cycled through several different cliques. In Erikson's terms, Autumn is engaged in an adolescent search for:

identity

Kohlberg called children's moral reasoning:

preconventional