life span chpt 1 and 2
a teratogen is any agent from the environment that can cause:
birth defects
observing behavior in real-world settings and making no effort to manipulate or control the situation is called____ observation
naturalistic
which of the following is the Apgar Scale especially good at determining?
The newborn's ability to respond to stress of delivery.
Development can be defined as the pattern of movement or change that:
begins at conception and continues through the human life span.
Changes in motor skills, nutrition, exercise, the hormonal changes of puberty, and cardiovascular decline are all examples of _____ processes that affect development.
biological
the younger the person's ____ age, the longer the person is expected to live, regardless of chronological age.
biological
a recessive gene exerts its influence only if:
both genes in a pair are recessive
in ____ research, the goal is to describe the strength of the relationship between two or more events or characteristics.
correlational
a child was born with ___. the doctor tells his parents that this genetic disorder occurred because he has an extra copy of chromosome 21.
down syndrome
Erik Erikson's developmental theory consists of ___ stages that last from the first year of life to:
eight; late adulthood
a woman is at the fifth month of her pregnancy. Her unborn child is now referred to as an :
fetus
which of the following maternal diseases carries the risk of delivering very large infants, weighing 10 pounds or more?
gestational diabetes
the cross-sectional approach to developmental research compares:
individuals of different ages
red blood cells take on a hook shape instead of the normal disk shape
sickle-cell anemia
the longitudinal method of research consists of studying:
the same individuals over a long period of time
According to Freud, our adult personality is determined by
the way we resolve conflicts between sources of pleasure at each stage and the demands of reality
First Stage of Erikson's Theory is:
trust vs mistrust
