Which of the following is commonly referred to as the father of developmental psychology?

A. G. stanley hall
B. Sigmund freud
C. Erik erikson
D. William james

The method of study compares children at various ages simultaneously. It is the ____________ method?

A. Longitudinal
B. Clinical
C. Naturalistic
D. Cross-sectional

Experiments with children have suggested that the point at which a child begins to walk is primarily a function of ______________?

A. Learning
B. Environment
C. Modeling
D. Maturation

If an individual is facing the psychological crisis of identity versus role confusion, according to Erik Erikson’s model, that individual is most likely ____________?

A. A preadolescent
B. An adolescent
C. A young adult
D. A middle-aged adult

The first two years after birth are critical _________________?

A. To self-concept formation
B. To sensory formation
C. To aptitude formation
D. To formation of secondary sexual characteristics

In gamete development, the fact that each mature egg or sperm contains only one chromosome from each pair is attributable to a process known as ______________?

A. Fertilization
B. Immunization
C. Reduction division
D. Zygotic division

DNA refers to the ____________________?

A. Molecular configuration making up chromosomes
B. Germ-cell configurations in genes
C. Atom structure in genes
D. Neural structure in cell bodies

Severe anoxia at birth will result in damage to the ______________?

A. Brain
B. Lungs
C. Heart
D. Liver

Socially the young child can only attend to one dimension at a time. In cognitive terms this is called ______________?

A. Accommodation
B. Egocentrism
C. Assimilation
D. Reversibility

That the upper part of the body develops earlier than the lower part is termed ________________?

A. Proximodorsal
B. Cephalocaudal
C. Corticodistal
D. General to specific