Module 10 practice quiz

Dr. Grove studies how obesity rates change from childhood through old age. Dr. Grove is MOST likely a _____ psychologist.

Developmental

Dr. Murphy studies a group of schoolchildren and follows their progress through college. Dr. Murphy is MOST likely a _____ psychologist.

Developmental

The study of continuity and change over the life span is the subject of the field of _____ psychology.

Developmental

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

Developmental Psychology

Norma lost her baby during her eighth week of pregnancy. During which stage of prenatal development did she have the miscarriage?

Embryo

Each time Mrs. Fari puts her finger on her baby's palms, the baby clutches the finger tightly, a response called the _____ reflex.

Grapsing

What do developmental psychologists seek to understand?

Growth and change across the lifespan

When an infant gazes more intently at a new stimulus, researchers conclude that the infant recognizes that stimulus as different. It follows that the infant has:

Remembered the original stimulus, making a new stimulus seem different.

Every time Mrs. Thomas touches her baby's left cheek, the baby turns that cheek toward her mother and opens her mouth. The reflex that is triggered by the mother's touch is known as the _____ reflex.

Rooting

_____ are agents, such as chemicals or viruses, that can reach the embryo or fetus and do it harm.

Teratogens

Another term for nurture is:

experience