Chapter 9 Psychology Lifespan
Development Questions with
Guaranteed Pass Solutions 2025-2026
Updated.
Germinal stage (0-2 weeks) - Answer - zygote: forms when sperm and ovum merge
Embryonic stage (2-8 weeks) - Answer the period following fertilization during which
significant growth occurs in the major organs and body systems (embryo)
Teratogens - Answer agents, such as chemicals and viruses, that can reach the fetus during
prenatal development and cause harm
Fetal Stage (8 weeks to birth) - Answer bones are formed and the baby is known as a fetus
Placenta - Answer organ that nourishes the fetus
What does GVAN stand for? - Answer gasses, viruses, alcohol, and nicotine
Rubella - Answer german measles; a mild viral infection marked by a pink macular rash
What can nicotine do to a baby? - Answer you double the risk that the baby will develop
pneumonia and other serious conditions (cardiovascular problems)
fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) - Answer a medical condition in which body deformation or
facial development or mental ability of a fetus is impaired because the mother drank alcohol
while pregnant
Tetracycline - Answer do NOT give to pregnant women or children before age 8 or damage to
tooth enamel occurs
Motor Development - Answer The change in motor skill behavior over time throughout the
lifespan
, Fine Motor Skills - Answer physical abilities involving small body movements, especially of
the hands and fingers, such as drawing and picking up a coin
Gross Motor Skills - Answer physical abilities involving large body movements, such as
walking and jumping
At 2 1/2 months babies can? - Answer roll over
At 6 months babies can? - Answer sit without support
At 12 months babies can? - Answer walk alone
At 20 months babies can? - Answer do physical activity such as kick a ball
Perceptual Development - Answer The process by which infants learn to make sense of the
sights, sounds, tastes, and other sensations to which they are exposed.
Newborn Eyesight - Answer 20/600
Newborn Hearing - Answer Hearing is low and preference is women's voices
Schema - Answer a mental file folder of different conceptions
Sensorimotor - Answer birth to 2 years, object permanence (world is experienced through
senses and actions)
Preoperational - Answer 2-7 years, egocentric (self-centered) -language is used
Concrete Operational - Answer 7-11 years; thinking logically
Formal Operational - Answer 11+, problem solvers
Development Questions with
Guaranteed Pass Solutions 2025-2026
Updated.
Germinal stage (0-2 weeks) - Answer - zygote: forms when sperm and ovum merge
Embryonic stage (2-8 weeks) - Answer the period following fertilization during which
significant growth occurs in the major organs and body systems (embryo)
Teratogens - Answer agents, such as chemicals and viruses, that can reach the fetus during
prenatal development and cause harm
Fetal Stage (8 weeks to birth) - Answer bones are formed and the baby is known as a fetus
Placenta - Answer organ that nourishes the fetus
What does GVAN stand for? - Answer gasses, viruses, alcohol, and nicotine
Rubella - Answer german measles; a mild viral infection marked by a pink macular rash
What can nicotine do to a baby? - Answer you double the risk that the baby will develop
pneumonia and other serious conditions (cardiovascular problems)
fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) - Answer a medical condition in which body deformation or
facial development or mental ability of a fetus is impaired because the mother drank alcohol
while pregnant
Tetracycline - Answer do NOT give to pregnant women or children before age 8 or damage to
tooth enamel occurs
Motor Development - Answer The change in motor skill behavior over time throughout the
lifespan
, Fine Motor Skills - Answer physical abilities involving small body movements, especially of
the hands and fingers, such as drawing and picking up a coin
Gross Motor Skills - Answer physical abilities involving large body movements, such as
walking and jumping
At 2 1/2 months babies can? - Answer roll over
At 6 months babies can? - Answer sit without support
At 12 months babies can? - Answer walk alone
At 20 months babies can? - Answer do physical activity such as kick a ball
Perceptual Development - Answer The process by which infants learn to make sense of the
sights, sounds, tastes, and other sensations to which they are exposed.
Newborn Eyesight - Answer 20/600
Newborn Hearing - Answer Hearing is low and preference is women's voices
Schema - Answer a mental file folder of different conceptions
Sensorimotor - Answer birth to 2 years, object permanence (world is experienced through
senses and actions)
Preoperational - Answer 2-7 years, egocentric (self-centered) -language is used
Concrete Operational - Answer 7-11 years; thinking logically
Formal Operational - Answer 11+, problem solvers
