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