The concept of _______ is characteristic of _____ theories. correct answers stage; discontinuous
A researcher had planned to examine children's memories from traumatic events by showing his participents a video tape of a violent crime, but his project was rejected by his universities ethics comm...
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The concept of _______ is characteristic of _____ theories. correct answers stage; discontinuous
A researcher had planned to examine children's memories from traumatic events by showing his
participents a video tape of a violent crime, but his project was rejected by his universities ethics
committee. The committee MOST likely rejected this study because it violated which of the
following research rights? correct answers Protection from harm
Which of the following research methods can be used to test a cause-effect relationship b/w 2
variables? correct answers experiments
At the microsystem level in Bronfernbrenner's egological systems theory, one might examine
the.... correct answers interactions between a mother and her kids
In a study examining the development of pretend play, Professor Tomy observes 2-, 3-, 4- and 5-
year-olds on one occation is a specially designed playroom. The design of this study is... correct
answers cross-sectional
According to research on resiliency, which of the following factors is associated with protection
against the damaging effects of stressful life or abusive conditions? correct answers social
support outside the immediate family
2 year old Victoria hugs an upset classmate in the same way her parents do at home when she is
upset. According to social learning theory, Victoria likely learned this response to her classmates
distress through correct answers modeling
The 3 major domains of development that operate through-out the life span are correct answers
physical, cognitive and social
Theroists who emphasize that children everywhere follow the same course of development most
likely believe that development correct answers occurs in stages
What could one deternind about a person whose 23rd pair of chromosomes is XY? correct
answers The person is male
Jim and Joan are brother and sister, 2 years apart in age; Lois and Louis are fraternal twins.
Which pair is genetically more similar? correct answers They are equally the same
_______ are more likely than _____ to be effected by X-linked diseases? correct answers Males;
Females
Down-syndrome is most likely caused by correct answers failure of the 21st pair of chromoses to
separate at birth
, Of all Western countries, ________ has the highest % of poor children. correct answers the
United States
A concordance rate of 50% indicates that correct answers if one twin has the trait the other one
will have it half the time
The period of the zygote lasts about ______, beginning with _______. correct answers 2 weeks,
fertilization
The placenta is correct answers the organ that permits food and O2 into the developing organism
The most rapid prenatal changes occur during the period of the _______, where as the rate of
body growth is greatest during the period of the _______. correct answers embryo; fetus
The age of viability is the point at which correct answers the fetus can first survive if born early
A _________ refers to any environmental agent that causes damage during the prenatal period.
correct answers teratogen
Following a high does of cocaine during pregnancy correct answers O2 deleiverd to the
developing organism falls dramatically
The most well-known smoking effect during the prenatal period is correct answers low birth
weight
Alcohol use during pregnancy adversely effects the prenatal organism by correct answers
interfering with brain development and drawing away O2 that the developing organism needs to
metabolize the alcohol
At the end of the second trimester nearly all the brains _____ are in place. However the brains
_______ continue to increase at a rapid rate throughout pregenacny and after birth. correct
answers neurons; glial cells
______ supplementation around the time of conception greatly reduces abnormalities of the
neural tube such as spina bifida and anencephaly. correct answers Folic Acid
Teenage mothers are at greater risk then older mothers for prenatal compliacaions because
correct answers many pregnant teenagers do not receive prenatal care
The exiting of the placenta takes place during the ______ stage of labor. correct answers 3rd
The Apgar scale rates characteristics of newborns including the babies_______. correct answers
heart rate, color and muscle tone
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