QUIZ 5- 3/27/2025 PT.2

Question 1

A method of studying developmental changes by com- paring people of different ages at about the same time.

Answer 1

Cross-sectional study

Question 2

A group of people born during the same period in historical time.

Answer 2

Cohort

Question 3

A method of studying developmental changes by evaluating the same people at different points in their lives.

Answer 3

Longitudinal study

Question 4

A method of studying developmental changes by reconstructing people’s past through interviews and inferring the effects of past events on current behaviors.

Answer 4

Biographical (or retrospective) study

Question 5

Development from conception to birth.

Answer 5

Prenatal development

Question 6

A developing human between 2 weeks and 3 months after conception.

Answer 6

Embryo

Question 7

A developing human BETWEEN 3 months after conception and birth.

Answer 7

Fetus

Question 8

The organ by which an embryo or fetus is attached to its mother’s uterus and that nourishes it during prenatal development.

Answer 8

Placenta

Question 9

Toxic substances such as alcohol or nicotine that cross the placenta and may result in birth defects.

Answer 9

Teratogens

Question 10

A time when certain internal and external influences have a major effect on development; at other periods, the same influences will have little or no effect.

Answer 10

Critical period

Question 11

A disorder that occurs in children of women who drink alcohol during pregnancy that is characterized by facial deformities, heart defects, stunted growth, and cognitive impairments.

Answer 11

Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)

Question 12

Newborn babies.

Answer 12

Neonates