If a woman has German measles during early pregnancy, her child may be born with heart defects, cataracts, or hearing loss. If she has German measles later in her pregnancy, the child would escape without damage. This illustrates the importance of which of the following within the intrauterine environment?
a. sensitive periods
b. biological stages of development
c. maturational milestones
d. biopsychosocial crises
A
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The theory that explains motor development as being the result of muscle development, perceptual skills, motivation, and stimulation from the environment is known as __________.
A. Piaget's theory of cognitive development B. dynamic systems theory C. Erikson's psychosocial theory D. motor development theory
According to Freud, either orderliness or messiness suggests fixation at which stage?
a. Genital b. Anal c. Latent d. Oral
In guided participation, a snake phobia can be eliminated by:
a. positively reinforcing subjects for touching snakes. b. encouraging subjects to handle the snake in the absence of an observable model. c. having subjects observe a live model, then actually handle the snake. d. instructing subjects to imagine a model coping with a feared or threatening situation.
Which perspective seeks to identify behavior that is the result of our genetic inheritance from our ancestors?
a) evolutionary b) cognitive neuroscience c) bioecological d) humanistic