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Human Development - HDFC

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1. In middle childhood - boys are not better than girls at...






2. During adolescence - the amount of time teens spend with their peers ___________ and the amount of time teens spend with their parents ___________.






3. Research on fathers suggests that...






4. Which approach does the idea that theory of mind develops from primitive theories of how the world works that are present at birth and modified through experience in the world follow?






5. Alfred Binet is known for creating...






6. Refers to the object-self and includes all of the things that people know about themselves - such as their social relationships and their traits






7. Children in middle childhood experience a significant increase in size and strength - but the increases occur more ______ than in infancy and early childhood.






8. A psychological process in which children try to look - act - feel - and be like significant people in their social environment is referred to as...






9. According to research on adolescent behavior - risk taking may be the consequence of...






10. According to Erikson - adolescents must accomplish _______ before they move on to adulthood; if they fail to do so - they will suffer from identity confusion.






11. A child who thinks that people cannot get any smarter than they already are holds...






12. The ability to classify according to multiple criteria can clearly be seen in a child's ability to...






13. In which stage of forming a sexual minority development would an individual who has had homosexual experiences and recognizes that they prefer sexual relations with members of their own sex but do not openly acknowledge their preference be?






14. Which of the following pairs best describes the cognitive development of children between the ages of 2 and 5?






15. Authoritative parents are...






16. Best describes society's attitude about adolescents throughout history?






17. The extent to which friends are similar to one another is referred to as...






18. Developmentalists refer to the ages 18 to 25 as...






19. On average - boys are not better than girls at...






20. Children whose BMI falls between the 85th and 95th percentile are considered to be...






21. Due to their cognitive immaturity - children do not recognize or internalize _________ seen on television.






22. When three-year-old children are told a story about a little boy who puts candy in a drawer - leaves the room - and doesn't see when his mother then moves the candy into the kitchen - they predict the boy will look for the candy in the...






23. Research on the use of interactive media suggests that boys who play computer games often spend _________ time with their friends outside of school than boys who spend little to no time playing on the computer.






24. In many western cultures - male stereotypes are __________ than female stereotypes






25. Reciprocal teaching incorporates...






26. During early childhood the growth rates of the body and brain are _________ than they were in infancy.






27. Using Bronfenbrenner's ecological model - in which ecosystem are daycare centers located?






28. The capacity to share in someone else's emotional experience and feel what that person is feeling is referred to as...






29. In Bronfenbrenner's ecological model of development - mass media is part of the...






30. The term gonads refers to...






31. Gardner and Rogoff used mazes to assess children's ability to...






32. Not a characteristic of a child who has recently entered Piaget's preoperational stage?






33. The fear - guilt - and conflict stirred up by a boy's desire to kill his father and live with his mother taking his father's place is known as...






34. Research has found that adolescents' developmental outcomes are most favorable when their parents use a(n) __________________ approach to parenting.






35. In their study of planning - Gardner and Rogoff found that

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36. Studies that compare 6-year-olds who have experienced formal schooling with 6-year-olds who have not yet experienced formal schooling use the...






37. Which type of aggression are preschool aged girls more likely to engage in than preschool boys?






38. Five-year-old Jacob is playing with his grandmother's buttons. He counts eight wooden buttons and three plastic buttons. When his grandmother asks Jacob if he has more wooden buttons or more buttons - he will most likely indicate that there are...






39. Not a way schooling differs from traditional apprenticeship training?

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40. During puberty - girls and boys may experience negative psychological consequences Which may be linked to...






41. Which of the following has the strongest effect on the quality of sibling relationships?






42. Aggression results from urges that build up over time until they are released in an explosion of violence.






43. Various studies of the influence of television violence on children's behavior have found...






44. According to Piaget - _____________ is an important source of cognitive conflict.






45. The 'known-answer question' is a type of question that is rare in everyday adult conversation but is commonly used in...






46. When family income and maternal employment are held constant - children whose families speak Spanish in the home are less likely...






47. Research on young children demonstrates that high levels of ______________ measured at the beginning of a year is associated with high levels of self-regulation when measured later in the same year.






48. A young child trying to climb into a doll's cradle is demonstrating...






49. having extended family involved in their lives.






50. In early childhood - a child's appetite usually...