Alcohol is a teratogen that can slip through the ______________ and damage the fetus or embryo.

Even as newborns, we prefer sights and sounds that facilitate social responsiveness. This can be seen by a newborn’s preference for

As infants gain familiarity with repeated exposure to a visual stimulus, their interest wanes and they look away sooner. The decrease in an infant’s responsiveness is called

Which question expresses the developmental issue of stability and change?

What is the prenatal development sequence?

Some people think development occurs much in the way a tree grows, slowly and steadily adding one ring each year. Others think that there are rather abrupt developmental jumps, like the transformation of a tadpole into a frog. Which of the following issues would this difference of opinion relate to?

Which of the following is the longest prenatal stage?

As the infant’s brain develops, some neural pathways will decay if not used. This use-it-or-lose-it process is known as

Which of the following is true of the early formation of brain cells?

Neural networks grow more complex by

Your friend’s baby brother, Matt, loves to play with his pet cat. When he sees a puppy, he points and calls it “Mi Mi,” which is what he calls his cat. Matt is demonstrating Piaget’s process of

If you showed a 2-year-old that you’d hidden a toy behind the bed in a model of her bedroom, she would not be able to find the toy in her real bedroom because she lacks

Vygotsky called the space between what a child could learn with and without help the

Which of the following is a current belief of researchers that differs from Piaget’s original theories?

Which of the following cognitive abilities is possible only at the formal operational stage?

Which of the following identifies children’s difficulty seeing another’s perspective?

Which of the following would indicate that a child understood conservation?

An 18-month-old typically recognizes herself in a mirror. This self-awareness contributes to

In the attachment studies conducted with infant monkeys, what did the Harlows find?

What do we call an optimal window of opportunity for proper development?

Which of the following identifies the parenting style most likely to ground a teen who had missed a curfew—and to explain the rationale for doing so, after considering the teen’s reasons?

Which of the following would be considered a sign of secure attachment in a 1-year-old?

Who identified secure and insecure attachment?