Developmental Psychology Questions
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In a Dutch study, mothers who pressured their child to eat were more likely to have ______ (under/over/healthy) weight children.
Low-cost supplements of __________ substantially reduce the incidence of severe and prolonged diarrhea.
The leading cause of childhood mortality in industrialized nations is __________.
This area of the brain is responsible for processing of novel and emotional information.
Children lack ______, the ability to grasp that an object's physical characteristics remain the same, even when appearance changes
The most extensive U.S. federal program for early intervention with at-risk preschoolers is known as _____.
Piaget believed that through __________, young children practice and strengthen newly acquired representational schemes.
Piaget did not believe pre-operational children had the ability to organize objects into classes and subclasses based on similarities and differences (more flowers or more red flowers?
what events in ages mark the beginning and end of the fetal period? What is the age of viability? What are the greatest obstacles to survival.
List what chromosomal miscounts might result in and having a child
unstable oxygen molecules within cells damage DNA
Rapid processing of information and memory to problem solve which decreases with age
parenting style characterized by emotional warmth, high standards for behavior, explanation and consistent enforcement of rules, and inclusion of children in decision making
A parenting style in which the parents are demanding, expect unquestioned obedience
style of parenting in which parent makes few, if any demands on a child's behavior
our accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; tends to increase with age
an enduring sexual attraction toward members of either one's own sex (homosexual orientation) or the other sex (heterosexual orientation)
cells are limited in the number of times they can reproduce to repair damage
Giving just enough help to a learner for them to understand
belief that inanimate objects have human feelings