Child-rearing practices by child development research

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1. During Eriksons stage of _____________, a person is acquiring new physical and mental skills, setting goals, and enjoying newfound talents, but must learn to control impulses.

Initiative versus guilt

Generativity versus stagnation

Autonomy versus shame and doubt

Ego integrity versus despair

2. As people move into old age, the speed of cognitive processing ______________.

Slows significantly

Increases for those who take vitamins

Slows rapidly

Does not change at all

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the child-rearing practices suggested by child development research?

Set high expectations that are appropriate to the childs age

Allow children to express their disagreements about rules

Encourage empathy by showing how fighting hurts and disrupts others

Always punish behavior that violates family rules

4. The spinal cord is actually an extension of the _______________.

Bodys visceral organs

Skeletal nervous system

Brain

Sensory nerves

5. Which is one function of the myelin sheath?

To form cranial nerves

To speed up neural transmission

To create interference among neural signals

To release neurotransmitters

6. Which hormones are involved in emotion and stress?

Estrogen

Melatonin

Adrenal hormones

Progesterone

7. The outer part of each adrenal gland produces _____________, which increases blood-sugar levels and boosts energy.

Estrogen

Androgen

Cortisol

Melatonin

8. Which structure of the brain is called the gateway to memory?

Amygdala

Hippocampus

Cerebellum

Thalamus

9. ______________ area is responsible for language comprehension and is located in the left ________ lobe.

Brocas; temporal

Wernickes; temporal

Brocas; frontal

Wernickes; frontal

10. According to the text, what is the primary nervous system stimulus that informs the biological clock?

Visual

Taste

Smell

Balance

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