Developmental Review

Developmental psychologists study physical, cognitive, and _________ changes throughout the human life span

• zygotic

• embryonic

• genetic

• social

Dr. Birkin's major research interest is the devlopment of motor skills in children. It is most likely that Dr. Birkin is a _________ psychologist.

• cognitive

• developmental

• biological

• psychodynamic

Efforts to identify the interactive influences of inherited personality traits and culturally prescribed educational practices on the intellectual development of children is most central to the major issue of

• stability and change

• extraversion and introversion

• continuity and stages

• nature and nurture

One of the three major concerns of developmental psychology involves a focus on

• conception and prenatal development

• continuity and stages

• maturation and object permanence

• conservation and egocentrism

Distinguishing between very gradual and very abupt developmental changes over the life span is most central to the major issue of

• prenatal and postnatal developmental

• stability and changes

• continuity and stages

• nature and nurture

Psychologists who view the developmental process as a sequence of distict stages generally believe that ______ is (are) the same for everyone.

• both the order and the timing of the stages

• the order but not the timing of the stages

• the timing but not the order of the stages

• neither the order nor the timing of the stages

Theories of human development have been most likely to be criticized for overemphasizing

• clear-cut age-linked stages

• the interactiong of nature and nurture

• maturation during adolescent development

• cognitive changes during adult development

A belief that adult personality is completely determined in early childhood would be most relevant to the issue of

• stability and change

• nature and nurture

• cognition and morality

• conception and prenatal development

A child's temperament is likely to be

• difficult to observe

• stable over time

• a product of parenting style

• a reflection of his or her thinking

The fact that many happy and well-adjusted adults were once poorly adjusted and unhappy adolescents is most relevant to the issue of

• continuity and stages

• egocentrism and conservation

• stability and change

• object permanence and stranger anxiety