RC 6 (RV)

What does nurture refer to in the nature vs. nurture debate? biology environment and culture genetics sexual preference

environment and culture

Children in the ________ stage can use abstract thinking to problem solve, look at alternative solutions, and test these solutions. concrete operational formal operational preoperational sensorimotor

formal operational

During Jean Piaget's ________ stage, the world is experienced through senses and actions. concrete operational formal operational preoperational sensorimotor

sensorimotor

Which of the following is a developmental issue children face during the sensorimotor stage? egocentrism fine motor skills development pretend play stranger anxiety

stranger anxiety

Stage theories hold that the sequence of development is ________. culturally specific dramatic related to language acquisition universal

universal

Which concept refers to the persistent difference in grades, test scores, and graduation rates that exist among students of different ethnicities, races, and sexes? achievement gap Bell curve attrition racism

achievement gap

Who developed the psychosocial theory of development? Abraham Maslow Erik Erikson Jean Piaget Lawrence Kohlberg

Erik Erikson

Who called the stages of development psychosexual stages? Erik Erikson Jean Piaget Lawrence Kohlberg Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud

What does the normative approach ask regarding the lifespan? What do people think about development? What is biological about development? What is normal development? Who decided what constituted normal development?

What is normal development?

Children whose parents have an authoritarian parenting style can be ________. anxious, withdrawn, and unhappy creative, moody, and flexible disorganized, undisciplined, and sloppy quiet, shy, humble

anxious, withdrawn, and unhappy

Late maturing boys are ________. at a higher risk of depression less likely to experience conflict with parents less likely to participate in high school athletics more likely to participate in extracurricular activities

at a higher risk of depression

Early maturing girls are ________. at a higher risk of depression, substance abuse, and eating disorders less likely to drop out of high school more confident more likely to go to college

at a higher risk of depression, substance abuse, and eating disorders

________ is a long-standing connection or bond with others. attachment nourishment regard security

attachment

The continuous development approach views development as a ________. biological imperative cumulative process series of accidents unique progress

cumulative process

What is the primary psychosocial milestone of childhood? confirming one's sexual orientation controlling the id developing a positive sense of self developing a secure attachment to a caregiver

developing a positive sense of self

Specific normative events are also called ________. age-related standards averages benchmarks developmental milestones

developmental milestones

Theorists who view development as ________ believe that development takes place in unique stages. continuous discontinuous progressive regressive

discontinuous

Sigmund Freud believed that personality develops ________. during early childhood during puberty in late adolescence in utero

during early childhood

What does nature refer to in the nature vs. nurture debate? cognitive capacity environment and culture genes and biology language acquisition

genes and biology

Balancing, running, and jumping are all examples of ________ motor skills. fine gross moving physical

gross

Madeline is seven months old. Her mother is eating a cookie and Madeline wants some. Her mother hides the cookie under a napkin, but Madeline is not fooled. She knows the cookie is still there. What does this exemplify? egocentrism object permanence reversibility stranger anxiety

object permanence

When children develop theory-of-mind (TOM), they can recognize that ________. a pound of feathers weighs the same as a pound of dirt hidden objects are still there others have false beliefs what goes up must come down

others have false beliefs

Ego identity is our ________. early personality nature primary character sense of self

sense of self

A(an) ________ begins as a one-cell structure that is created when a sperm and egg merge. embryo placenta protean zygote

zygote