5 Written Questions

1. the awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived
2. the fertilized egg; it enters a 2-week period of rapid cell division and develops into an embyro
3. a branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span
4. the period of sexual maturation, during which a person becomes capable of reproducing
5. the first menstrual period

5 Matching Questions

1. social clock
2. teratogens
3. formal operational stage
4. primary sex characteristics
5. adolescence

1. a agents, such as chemicals and viruses, that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm
2. b the transition period from childhood to adulthood, extending from puberty to independence
3. c the culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage, parenthood, and retirement
4. d in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development (normally beginning about age 12) during which people being to think logically about abstract concepts
5. e the body structures (ovaries, testes, and external genitalia) that make sexual reproduction possible

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. adapting one's current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information
   1. habituation
   2. cognition
   3. assimulation
   4. accomodation
2. all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating
   1. cognition
   2. accomodation
   3. conservation
   4. identity
3. nonreproductive sexual characteristics, such as female breasts and hips, male voice quality, and body hair
   1. primary sex characteristics
   2. secondary sex characteristics
   3. concrete operational stage
   4. sensorimotor stage
4. a study in which people of different ages are compared with one another
   1. preoperational stage
   2. cross-sectional study
   3. longitudinal study
   4. formal operational stage
5. an optimal period shortly after birth when an organism's exposure to certain stimuli or experiences produces proper development
   1. cognition
   2. rooting reflex
   3. critical period
   4. basic trust

5 True/False Questions

1. sensorimotor stage → in Piaget's theory, the stage (from birth to about 2 years of age) during which infants know the world mostly in terms of their sensory impressions and motor activities

   True        False

2. schema → a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information

   True        False

3. crystallized intelligence → one's accumulated knowledge and verbal skills;tends to increase with age

   True        False

4. autism → the developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth

   True        False

5. identity → in Erikson's theory, the ability to form close, loving relationships; a primary developmental task in late adolescence and early adulthood

   True        False