Topic Test Answers

All of the following are environmental factors that affect human development except __________.

Kohlberg believed that human moral development is strongly based on the fact that we all have a desire for justice and a(n) __________.

The goodness of fit is when caregivers recognize their child’s temperament and work with it in order to raise a well-adjusted child.

Although heredity lays down the __________ of who we are, environment helps build who we will become.

A caregiver who makes few demands of one’s children and is not responsive or nurturing is displaying __________ parenting.

__________ is an important factor in the process of maturation because it provides a biological framework of how much one is capable of accomplishing.

Which of the following statements does not represent assumptions that stage theories share?

Vygotsky's theory of cognitive development best represents a stage theory of development.

__________ are agents in the __________ that can reach the fetus through the mother and cause harm.

Which of the following occurs during the embryonic stage?

Piaget believed that language helped foster cognitive development.

Vygotsky believed that learning primarily occurred through __________.

The average ages at which an individual displays certain abilities are known as __________.

Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development emphasizes that development occurs by overcoming an emotional crisis in each of the eight stages of one’s lifetime.

One who believes that wrong behavior is the behaviors that are punished is in the ___________ of moral reasoning.

__________ who have been raised apart are typically more similar in intelligence level than biological siblings raised together because they have been born with the same genetic code.

The __________ stage is the third stage of development and lasts from two months through birth.

In which prenatal stage is a fetus' genitalia clearly male or female?

Which of the following choices is an accurate example of how the use of cultural tools is important in the development of one’s cognitive developmental process?

The __________ approach to moral development consists of identifying different ways one can behave in situations that will benefit oneself without harming others.