Psychology - Module 13

Meena and several classmates are participating in a debate concerning continuity versus stages in development. Meena's task is to support stage theories. Which of these points is Meena LEAST likely to make in the debate?

Most contemporary developmental psychologists are stage theorists.

A teratogen is:

an environmental agent that can produce a birth defect.

Jean Piaget proposed a stage theory of _____ development.

cognitive

An introductory psychology student expresses an interest in growth and change during childhood and adolescence. Which psychology course should the student consider taking next semester?

developmental psychology

The second and third trimesters of pregnancy occur entirely within the _____ period of prenatal development.

fetal

Dr. Towne believes that genetics is primarily responsible for personality traits. Dr. West believes that experiences are primarily responsible for personality traits. The two psychologists are on different sides of the _____ debate.

nature and nurture

Gabriel recently signed up for a website that reunites one with former classmates from elementary school. He is curious to see if many of his former classmates still look and act the same. Research on stability and change would predict:

that some things about his classmates will be the same, whereas other aspects will be quite different.

Within the first week after conception, the cells of the zygote begin to _____. In other words, the cells begin to specialize in structure and function.

differentiate

Nature is to nurture as _____ is to _____.

genes; experience

Research involving face-like patterns of red light shows that the preference among infants for facial stimuli begins:

in the fetal stage of prenatal development.

When Mary puts her finger onto her newborn daughter's mouth, the baby pulls Mary's finger into her mouth. The baby is demonstrating the _____ reflex.

sucking

Nine months after conception, a baby girl named Tracy is born. The stages of her prenatal development, from first to last, were:

zygote, embryo, and fetus.