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Three assumptions made by lifespan developmentalists are - Answer -1. focus on
human development, 2. understanding of stability in addition to growth and change and
3. perception that development persists throughout our entire lives
the time when children utter their first complete sentence is an example of - Answer -
age graded influence
grady believes that human development occurs in small measurable amounts. His sister
Andrea disagrees and suggests that human development is more distinct and steplike.
Their argument is most reflective of the ________________________ issue - Answer -
continuous vs discontinuous
A _____________ is a specific time during development when a particular event has its
greatest consequence - Answer -critical period
__________ are organized explanations and predictions concerning phenomena of
interest and provide frameworks for understanding the relationships across variables -
Answer -Theories
The __________________ perspective suggests that the key to understanding one's
actions involves observation of those actions and the outside stimuli in the environment
- Answer -behavioral
Bronfenbrenner's bioecological approach and Vygotsky's sociocultural theory fall under
the category of the __________ perspective - Answer -contextual
the researcher most closely associated with the evolutionary perspective
is_____________ - Answer -Konrad Lorenz
To make a prediction in such a way that permits it to be tested, one must make a
____________. - Answer -Hypothesis
A researcher stands near an intersection and writes down the time it takes for the lead
driver to start up after the light turns green. The researcher records the gender and
approximate age of the driver. This researcher is most likely engaged in - Answer -
Naturalistic Observatiion
, In a(n) ______________, an investigator devises two conditions (treatment or control)
and compares the outcomes of the participants exposed to those two different
conditions in order to see how behavior is affected. - Answer -Experiment
In a__________ research study, researchers are interested in measuring change in a
single group of subjects over time - Answer -Longitudinal
Sex cells (ova and sperm) are different from other cells because they: - Answer -Each
has half of the 46 chromosomes so that when they combine the new zygote will have all
the genetic information necessary
According to Mendel, when competing traits are both present, only one trait, also known
as the____________ trait can be expressed - Answer -Dominant
Most behavioral traits are a product of genetic influence and environmental factors. This
is also known as _______________ - Answer -Multifactorial Transmission
According to psychologist Jerome Kagan, differences in temperament between Chinese
and American children suggest that cultures philosophical outlook may be related
to__________- factors - Answer -Genetic
The fertility treatment in which fertilization is induced inside the mother's body is known
as ______________. - Answer -Artificial Insemination
Fertilization that occurs outside the mother's body is know as __________. - Answer -In
Vitro Fertilization
Match the following descriptions of prenatal development to their appropriate labels:
germinal, embryonic, and fetal.
A. This stage lasts from 8 weeks until birth and involves the differentiation of major
organs.
B. Form 2 to 8 weeks following fertilization, when the major organs and basic anatomy
begin developing.
C. The first and shortest stage, where the zygote begins to divide and grow in
complexity during the first 2 weeks following conception. - Answer -A. fetal
B. embryonic
C. germinal
A __________ is an environmental agent such as a drug, chemical, virus, or other
factor that produces a birth defect - Answer -Teratogen
Labor proceeds in three stages. The longest stage of labor is ___________. - Answer -
The first stage
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