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Children who grow up in families with multiple risk factors are more at risk for disorders of development than children who have only a single risk factor.True Thirteen-year-old Ari is Bar Mitzvahed and gains the right to take part in public worship in his synagogue. Which of these terms would a psychologist use to describe Ari's Bar Mitzvah?initiation ceremony Since Mark was 5 years old, he has been helping his father maintain the family farm. Now, 30 years later, Mark owns the farm and is teaching his own son how to manage it. Based on your knowledge about the continuity of adolescence, how would you describe Mark's transition?continuous Bonnie is a preschooler whose father works outside the home and whose mother stays home with her. On learning that her friend's mother works outside the home, Bonnie is confused because she believes that only fathers work outside the home.
Piaget would say that Bonnie is in a state of:
Disequilibrium Jenny watches her big brother climb from the couch to the coffee table, a behavior she has never attempted herself. The next day, Jenny climbs up on the couch and
then over to the coffee table. Jenny's behavior is referred to as:
Deferred imitation In 2016, which of the following living arrangements was most common for Americans between the ages of 18 and 34?living in parent(s)' home 1 / 4
pg. 2 Which of the following was an outcome of the Industrial Revolution?a social movement to keep adolescents out of the workplace One widely implemented intervention for hospitalized newborns is based on the idea that _______ is an important part of a newborns life.touch What single factor increases risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) more than any other factor?sleeping on the stomach What Developmental Theme for this course is highlighted by fetal movement?Active child --is the stage of development that begins with puberty and ends when individuals make the transition into adult roles.Adolescence Which of the following best describes the flexibility of a cell's function during the embryonic and fetal periods, cells?cells are initially flexible and then become inflexible.Which statement is true about the process of synaptogenesis?It involves the formation of connections (synapses) between neurons Which factor is a direct contributor to a child's genotype?parents' genotype
The three main components of neurons are:
dendrites, cell bodies, and axons.
The frontal area of the cortex approaches maturity:
in early adulthood Experience-_____ plasticity relies on normal human experience for normal brain development, e.g., receiving visual stimulation during early infancy.expectant 2 / 4
pg. 3 Which of the following reflects the ability of the brain to adapt to different experiences during development?plasticity Which statement about gene expression is true?Some genes are expressed for only a short period of the cell's life.Epigenetics is MOST relevant to which relationship?child's environment‒child's genotype Which of the following statements about heritability estimates is true?Heritability estimates can differ dramatically for groups of people in very different environments.
Over the life span, the density of synapses in a particular cortical area:
continues to increase sharply after birth and shows some level of decrease with age.Research into the ability of juveniles to make competent legal decisions has found that about one-fifth of 14- and 15-year-olds are not competent to stand trial.In Western societies, adolescence has been redefined as a time of ______ rather than ______.preparation; participation Today, most people go through ______ earlier than they did 100 years ago, but they tend to stay in ______ longer puberty; school Before the Industrial Revolution, the term child referred to anyone under age 18 or 21.On average, the mental health and school performance of immigrant adolescents is better than their U.S.-born peers.The term adolescent became widely used at what time? 3 / 4
pg. 4 the 1800s In Werner's Kauai study, by the time the children were 10 years old, those who had
encountered prenatal and birth problems were:
more likely than other children to be impaired only if they also encounter environmental challenges.
Current views on the nature versus nurture debate mostly support:
the idea that all aspects of development are a result of both nature and nurture.Which statement describes a potential disadvantage of the interview method?Individuals may distort the way that events happened.Variables X and Y are negatively correlated, indicating that as the level of X increases, the level of Y _____, and as the level of X decreases, the level of Y
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decreases; increases In Siegler and Jenkins's examination of the development of the counting-on strategy, they followed children who were about to "discover" this strategy for 11 weeks. They gave them many math problems and video-recorded their answers so they could determine exactly when each child discovered the counting-on strategy.This is an example of a _____ design.microgenetic The ________ theme emphasizes how infants and young children contribute to their own development, whereas the ________ theme emphasizes how contexts (such as family, friends, schools, or culture) contribute to children's development Active Child, Sociocultural Context The Individual Differences theme suggests THAT children become different from each other due to a variety of factors including: their genes, their treatment by other people, and by how they interpret and act in their environment.
In contrast, Mechanisms of Development theme describes HOW changes occur due to complex interactions between genes, brain structure and function and life experiences.
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