PSY 1010 Chapter 9

The placenta:

Acts as a medium for the passage of nutrients from the mother to the embryo.

According to Ainsworth's strange situation method, upon reunion with their mothers after separation, infants with resistant attachment:

Alternately cling to and push their mother away.

_____ are male sex hormones that masculinize the sex organs in the embryonic stage of prenatal development.

Androgens.

According to Erik Erikson's stages of psychosocial development, toddlers through about the age of three are said to be in the stage of:

Autonomy versus shame and doubt.

According to Piaget's theory of cognitive development, decentration in the concreate operational stage refers to children being able to:

Center on two dimensions of a problem at once.

Which of the following is a feature of Erikson's intimacy versus isolation stage?

Establishment of close relationships.

According to Arnett, which of the following is most likely a part of the emerging adulthood stage?

Experiments with career possibilities.

Vygotsky's sociocultural theory focuses on the:

Influence of teachers on children's cognitive development.

Which of the following is true of the placenta?

It is connected to the mother by blood vessels in the uterine wall.

Which of the following is a feature of a child's motor development?

It is dependent on brain maturation of the child.

Which of the following is true of crystallized intelligence?

It is shown more generally by vocabulary.

According to Ainsworth, securely attached children:

Seek interaction with their mother upon reunion after separation.

Which of Jeffrey Arnett's five features of emerging adulthood is characterized by people having an optimistic belief that the world lies open before them?

The age of possibilities.

According to a research by Kohlberg, children at the preconventional level base their moral judgments on _____.

The consequences of behavior.

Which of the following is a feature of Erikson's trust versus mistrust stage of psychosocial development in children?

They are dependent on their primary caregivers.