chapter 8 part 2
Cindy is studying cognitive development during adulthood. She administers several memory and problem-solving tasks to a group of 20-year-olds, a group of 40-year-olds, and a group of 70-year-olds. Cindy is using a _____ research design.
cross-sectional
An intelligence test battery includes an assessment of short-term memory capacity. This assessment may be seen as a test of _____ intelligence.
fluid
Children of _____ parents tend to lack self-control, act impulsively, and show no respect for boundaries.
permissive
Brown eyes, curly hair, and a slim build are elements of Jarrod's:
phenotype.
the topic of maturation is MOST likely to arise in a conversation concerning _____ development.
physical
According to Erikson, the psychosocial crisis of intimacy versus isolation occurs during:
young adulthood
Monozygotic twins share _____% of their genetic material. Dizygotic twins share _____% of their genetic material.
100; 50
Deanna enjoys using Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. She is not alone: about _____ in 10 American adolescents have established identities on social media sites.
8
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 MOST likely titled:
Developmental Psychology
Preconventional moral reasoning is to conventional moral reasoning as _____ is to _____.
Self interest; social relationships
Baby Jacquie eats and sleeps on a regular schedule. She is quickly soothed when she cries. Jacquie appears to have a(n) _____ temperament.
easy
Mrs. Janssen is pregnant. Her baby's limbs and ears have just started to form. The baby is in the _____ stage of prenatal development.
embryonic
As young people move from adolescence to emerging adulthood, they move from the search for _____ to the search for _____.
identity; intimacy
Peek-a-boo games are compelling for babies because infants in the sensorimotor stage lack:
object permanence
Which language acquisition stage or phenomenon is matched with its definition?
telegraphic speech — two-word phrases