9.5 Review Questions

QuestionAnswer
The view that development is a cumulative process, gradually adding to the same type of skills is known as ________.
continuous development
nature
nurture
discontinuous development
Developmental psychologists study human growth and development across three domains. Which of the following is not one of these domains?
psychological
cognitive
physical
psychosocial
How is lifespan development defined?
The study of how we grow and change from conception to death.
The study of how we grow and change in infancy and childhood.
The study of physical, cognitive, and psychosocial growth in children.
The study of emotions, personality, and social relationships.
The idea that even if something is out of sight, it still exists is called ________.
object permanence
egocentrism
conservation
reversibility
Which theorist proposed that moral thinking proceeds through a series of stages?
Lawrence Kohlberg
Sigmund Freud
Erik Erikson
John Watson
According to Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development, what is the main task of the adolescent?
forming an identity
developing autonomy
feeling competent
forming intimate relationships
Which of the following is the correct order of prenatal development?
zygote, embryo, fetus
zygote, fetus, embryo
fetus, embryo zygote
fetus, zygote, embryo
The time during fetal growth when specific parts or organs develop is known as ________.
critical period
mitosis
conception
pregnancy
What begins as a single-cell structure that is created when a sperm and egg merge at conception?
zygote
embryo
fetus
infant
Using scissors to cut out paper shapes is an example of ________.
fine motor skills
gross motor skills
large motor skills
small motor skills
The child uses the parent as a base from which to explore her world in which attachment style?
secure
insecure avoidant
insecure ambivalent-resistant
disorganized
The frontal lobes become fully developed ________.
by 25 years old
at birth
at the beginning of adolescence
at the end of adolescence
Who created the very first modern hospice?
Cicely Saunders
Elizabeth Kübler-Ross
Florence Wald
Florence Nightingale
Which of the following is the order of stages in Kübler-Ross’s five-stage model of grief?
denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance
denial, bargaining, anger, depression, acceptance
anger, depression, bargaining, acceptance, denial
anger, acceptance, denial, depression, bargaining

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