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QUESTION 1

Which refers to development governed by automatic, genetically predetermined signals?

		Elaboration
		Natural progression
		Maturation
		Tabula rasa

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QUESTION 2

_____ research studies several groups of individuals at various ages, at one point in time, and provides information regarding _____.

		Longitudinal; age differences
		Cross-sectional; age differences
		Longitudinal; age changes
		Cross-sectional; age changes

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QUESTION 3

Differences in age groups that reflect factors unique to a specific age group, rather than being due to developmental changes, are called _____ effects.

		generational
		social environmental
		operational
		cohort

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QUESTION 4

Which of the following behaviors is NOT influenced by culture?

		Fifteen-year-old Chou is cooperative and respectful toward his grandparents.
		Five-year-old Kim believes that her father is just showing his love and concern when he beats her with a switch for not completing her chores.
		Sixteen-year-old Brant enjoys lively debates with his history teacher.
		Seventeen-month-old Zahra tried to climb the stairs and fell off the first step.

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QUESTION 5

The germinal period _____.

		begins with fetal weight gain
		begins with implantation
		is the time it takes to germinate your answer to this question
		begins at fertilization and ends with implantation

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QUESTION 6

Which of the following is CORRECT regarding brain development?

		The weight of an infant s brain is half that of an adult s and it reaches full adult weight by age 16.
		The number of neurons in the infant brain at birth is about one-eighth the number in the adult brain.
		Axon and dendrite connections increase.
		Myelination peaks at age 12.

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QUESTION 7

Because myelination of the brain continues until early adulthood, _____ continues to increase as well.

		neuron generation
		the speed of neural impulses
		teratogenesis
		the blood-brain barrier

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QUESTION 8

This refers to biological changes during adolescence that lead to an adult-sized body and sexual maturity.

		the age of fertility
		adolescence
		puberty
		the adolescent climacteric

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QUESTION 9

Pubic hair, breasts, facial hair, and deepening of the voice are called _____.

		signs of puberty
		sexual maturation
		secondary sex characteristics
		primary sex characteristics

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QUESTION 10

This is NOT a normal consequence of aging.

		Widespread death of neurons
		A decline in the speed of recall and retrieval
		A decline in visual and auditory acuity
		A decline in depth perception

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QUESTION 11

The Hayflick limit refers to the _____.

		maximum human life span
		amount of damage the human heart can sustain
		genetically controlled maximum number of cell divisions
		maximum number of times a given immune cell can perform its function

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QUESTION 12

Accommodation occurs when new information _____.

		is used as is
		fits into an existing schema
		results in adjusting old or creating new schemas
		is taken in and used

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QUESTION 13

The four stages of Piaget s cognitive development model are _____.

		assimilation, accommodation, adaptation, and association
		sensorimotor, concrete operational, preoperational, and formal
		sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational
		sensorimotor, precognitive, operational, and abstract operational

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QUESTION 14

When five-month-old Jessica learns that mommy continues to exist even when she is quietly resting in another room, Jessica has developed _____.

		sensory permanence
		perceptual constancy
		perceptual permanence
		object permanence

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QUESTION 15

The personal fable of adolescence is a result of _____ differentiation from others, while the imaginary audience of adolescence is a result of _____ differentiation from others.

		too much; too little
		too little; too much
		overt; covert
		covert; overt

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QUESTION 16

Critics have suggested that Piaget underestimated _____.

		the cognitive abilities of infants and young children
		environmental influences on cognition
		the effect of cultural experiences on cognition
		all of these options

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QUESTION 17

_____ is an innate form of learning within a critical period that involves attachment to the first large moving object seen.

		Separation anxiety
		Imprinting
		Love
		Bonding

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QUESTION 18

According to Harlow and Zimmerman s research with cloth and wire surrogate mothers, _____ is the most important variable for attachment.

		availability of food
		contact comfort
		sharing a genetic bond
		imprinting

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QUESTION 19

Thornton is easily upset, moody, and aggressive. He does not communicate well with peers or adults. According to Baumrind, it is MOST likely that his parents are engaged in _____ parenting.

		abusive
		authoritarian
		authoritative
		permissive

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QUESTION 20

Which of the following supports the idea that infants can use memory?

		6-month-old infants will remember to kick a mobile that an adult showed them how to kick 2 weeks earlier
		6-month-old infants will not remember to kick a mobile that an adult showed them how to kick 2 weeks earlier
		18-month-olds but not 6-month-olds remember to kick a mobile that an adult showed them how to kick 2 weeks earlier
		None of the above

Answer 1

The answer to a question 1 is maturation. Maturation refers to the development that is automatic and the result of genetically predetermined signals.

The answer to question 2 is cross-sectional; age differences. Cross sectional studies are conducted during a particular time slot and involves having participants of different age groups to make comparisons between them.

The answer to question 3 is cohort. This reflects factors unique to a particular age group.

The answer to question 4 is the case of seventeen-month-old Zahra who tried to climb the stairs and fell off the first step. This is because the initial period of walking is purely maturational.

Please post the other questions separately.