What is a change in the structure of a gene that causes minor or major changes in an organism’s physical make-up called?
Correct answer A. Mutation
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In Erikson’s developmental theory, which crisis belongs to the stage of maturity (late adulthood)?
Correct answer C. integrity vs. despair
Which behaviour does the palmar reflex in newborns refer to?
Correct answer C. Hand grasping
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According to Roger Brown and other psycholinguists, how do children refine the way they apply grammatical rules?
Correct answer A. Experience and self-correction
Stroking a newborn’s cheek makes the baby begin sucking movements. Which reflex is this?
Correct answer B. rooting
Which of the following is not a characteristic of infantile autism?
Correct answer D. Brain lesions
Which reflex is triggered by stroking the sole of a baby’s foot?
Correct answer C. Babinski reflex
According to Kohlberg, what would someone at the conventional level of morality be most concerned with?
Correct answer D. gaining approval
If frustration and anxiety about moving to the next developmental stage become too great, development may halt. What is the individual then said to be?
Correct answer D. Fixated
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Which type of rule determines word order in a sentence?
Correct answer D. Syntax
Which is the last stage of Erikson’s psychosocial development, in which a person reflects on their life?
Correct answer A. integrity vs despair
According to Erikson, which stage of development is a child aged four to six in?
Correct answer C. Locomotor-genital stage
A child who understands that reversible changes in an object’s appearance do not alter properties such as number, width and volume has achieved what?
Correct answer D. Conservation
Which parenting style did Diana Baumrind find produced the best-adjusted children?
Correct answer D. Authoritative
What type of study compares different subjects who are at different developmental levels at the same time?
Correct answer D. Cross-sectional study
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Which term refers to the biological differences between males and females present at birth?
Correct answer D. Sex
Which problems are associated with low birth weight?
Correct answer D. all of these
Water is poured from a tall, narrow beaker into a wide one and reaches a lower level. In which of Piaget’s stages does a child realise the volume is unchanged?
Correct answer C. Concrete operational
Mr Farid has no meaningful goals and has changed college several times. According to Erikson, what does he lack?
Correct answer C. Identity
In which stage do children understand the world mainly by observing how their own actions affect people, objects and events?
Correct answer B. sensorimotor