Quiz Chapter 4
The embryonic period lasts about:
6 weeks
What is the approximate age range of the operational stage of development?
7-12 years
Which of the following is NOT a teratogen?
All of the above are teratogens
Which of the following is NOT a teratogen?
All of the above are teratogens. Aspirin, Nicotine, X-ray radiation and Caffeine.
Which of the following is not a teratogen?
All of the above are teratogens. Aspirin, Nicotine, X-ray radiation and Caffeine.
Which of the following is the field which studies the relationship between genes and behavior?
All of the above.
Which of the following is a teratogen?
All of the above. Lead, Syphilis, Rubella and Alcohol.
Nature refers to:
Any biological trait
Nurture refers to:
Any environmental stimulus
During which period does the brain develop at its fastest rate?
Fetal period
When is the most likely time for a miscarriage during pregnancy?
First three months
An after school program might try to get this Piagetian age group to discuss the environmental impact of the U.S.-Soviet cold war.
Formal operational
n this Piagetian stage of development a child will learn that moral values may not fit a one-size-fits-all process.
Formal operational stage
Which of the following children come from two completely separate fertilized eggs?
Fraternal twins
Genes are located in:
Genes reside in all cells
Which reflects the largest unit of analysis?
Genome
Which of the following is the name for the basic "eating reflex" that is present at birth?
Rooting
What is the name given to Piaget's concept that a child has mental concepts formed through its experiences with the world?
Scheme
The name of chemical or biological substances that may cause birth defects.
Teratogen
Weeks 3 to 8 of development are especially sensitive to:
Teratogens
When two variables change at the same time in an experiment it is called a:
Confound
The ability to think in terms of three dimensions, especially with regard to liquid.
Conservation
The development of walking, stranger anxiety and separation anxiety at about 1-year of age leads to the following
Crying near any stranger or during any period in which the caregiver is out of sight
Your father always tells you the same story about when he grew up:
Crystallized intelligence
A period which constitutes especial levels of sensitivity to some forms of input.
critical period
Harlow's monkey experiments identified a(n) _____ during the development of attachment in monkey social behavior.
critical period
Genes are used only once during development and then reside dormant inside your cells.
False
Menopause marks a period of depression in mid-life for women.
False
On average, human children are born ____ weeks after conception.
38 weeks
About what percentage of pregnancies end in miscarriage?
15%
Telegraphic speech is related to which age range?
2 years
When was the Human Genome Project completed?
2003
Now that all the genes in the human genome are identified scientists can immediately identify which gene has which function.
False
The inability to view a situation from another's perspective.
Egocentrism
This stage encompasses the organogenesis period.
Embryonic period
Which of the following is the MOST common measure of infant cognitive abilities?
Habituation to stimuli
Which of the following is LEAST LIKELY to fall into a study by a behavior geneticist?
Learning styles
A type of experimental design used by developmental psychologists which measures the same group of people over time. This design will have a cohort confound.
Longitudinal design
Which of the following is NOT a disease inherited through two recessive genes?
Malarial meningitis
Which of the following BEST identifies where your genes located?
Nucleus
Kohlberg's stage of development in which the individual is concerned with concrete rewards and punishments is called:
Preconventional
In which stage of Kohlberg's model do people become concerned with concrete rewards and punishments?
Preconventional stage
If a child shows a declining response to the same stimulus then it is safe to suggest that the child is:
Remembering the stimulus
What does the general rule of thumb suggest that most children should be speaking by age three?
Three or more word sentences
Newborn infants show a preference for looking at human faces over all other visual stimuli.
True
Two parents with brown eyes can produce a child with blue eyes.
True
Which of the following does NOT represent the typical chimera?
Two eggs are fertilized by sperm from two different men
The time during which humans can learn proper social behavior or language is called a:
sensitive period
Any factor that can cause a birth defect.
teratogen
Heritability means:
the likelihood of inheriting a genetic trait