lifespan development pre-test
After posing a question, a researcher using the scientific method .
a. draws conclusions
b. develops a hypothesis
c. selects a group of participants
d. runs an experiment correct answersb
A person observes the actions of others and copies them. Social
learning theorists would call this an example of .
e. modeling
f. classical conditioning
g. cognition
h. operant conditioning correct answersa
Consultation and testing by trained experts that enable individuals to learn
about their genetic heritage, including harmful conditions they might pass
along to any children they may conceive, is referred to as .
i. individual counseling
j. couples counseling
k. marriage counseling
l. genetic counseling correct answersd
During the germinal period of prenatal development, some cells become
part of the brain, some become part of the leg, and some become part of
the stomach, etc. The term for this process is:
m.division
n. duplication
o. specialization
p. differentiation correct answersd
Pruning is the process by which .
q. the left hemisphere specializes for language processing
r. brain centers are rewired following localized brain damage
s. the frontal lobe disengages from the prefrontal cortex
t. unused connections between neurons are eliminated correct answersd
At approximately what age will a child begin to utter her first two word
sentences?
u. 10 months
v. 21 months
w.12 months
x. 16 months correct answersb
After posing a question, a researcher using the scientific method .
a. draws conclusions
b. develops a hypothesis
c. selects a group of participants
d. runs an experiment correct answersb
A person observes the actions of others and copies them. Social
learning theorists would call this an example of .
e. modeling
f. classical conditioning
g. cognition
h. operant conditioning correct answersa
Consultation and testing by trained experts that enable individuals to learn
about their genetic heritage, including harmful conditions they might pass
along to any children they may conceive, is referred to as .
i. individual counseling
j. couples counseling
k. marriage counseling
l. genetic counseling correct answersd
During the germinal period of prenatal development, some cells become
part of the brain, some become part of the leg, and some become part of
the stomach, etc. The term for this process is:
m.division
n. duplication
o. specialization
p. differentiation correct answersd
Pruning is the process by which .
q. the left hemisphere specializes for language processing
r. brain centers are rewired following localized brain damage
s. the frontal lobe disengages from the prefrontal cortex
t. unused connections between neurons are eliminated correct answersd
At approximately what age will a child begin to utter her first two word
sentences?
u. 10 months
v. 21 months
w.12 months
x. 16 months correct answersb
