Chapter 9 Development: Module 27

Question 1

Developmental psychology

Answer 1

The branch of psychology that studies the patterns of growth and change that occur throughout life.

Question 2

Nature-nurture issue

Answer 2

The viewpoint that weighs the degree which environment and heredity influence behavior.

Question 3

Identical twins

Answer 3

Twins who are genetically identical.

Question 4

Cross-sectional research

Answer 4

A research method that compares people of different ages at the same point in time.

Question 5

Cohort

Answer 5

A group of people who grow up at similar times, in similar places, and in similar conditions.

Question 6

Longitudinal research

Answer 6

A research method that investigates behavior are participants age.

Question 7

Sequential research

Answer 7

A research method that combines cross-sectional and longitudinal research by considering a number of different age groups and examining them at several points in time.

Question 8

Chromosomes

Answer 8

Rod-shaped structures that contain all basic hereditary information.

Question 9

Genes

Answer 9

The parts of chromosomes through which genetic information is transmitted.

Question 10

Zygote

Answer 10

The new cell formed by the union of an egg and a sperm.

Question 11

Embryo

Answer 11

A developed zygote that has a heart, a brain, and other organs.

Question 12

Fetus

Answer 12

A developing individual, from eight weeks after conception until birth.

Question 13

Age of availability

Answer 13

The point at which a fetus can survive if born prematurely.

Question 14

Teratogens

Answer 14

Environmental agents such as a drug, chemical, virus, or other factor that produce a birth defect.