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​Which two perspectives share the common feature of drawing attention to the role of aging and its unique influences in the broader context of human development?

​Sally steps on her bathroom scale, and it tells her that she weighs 145 pounds. When she steps on it again after her shower, she gets the same result. In fact, it has told her that her weight is stable at 145 pounds for several days now. This is very distressing to Sally, because she knows she actually only weighs around 127 pounds. Based on her observations, what can more accurately be said about the measurements provided by Sally’s scale?

​The _______________ issue asks whether developmental phenomena represent a smooth progression through the life span or a series of abrupt shifts.

​According to Erikson’s concept of ____, different life periods are associated with different psychosocial strengths. 

​While observing brain activity, Dr. Smith proclaims, “This brain is definitely experiencing a downsizing in the number of connections between neurons.” This indicates that the brain Dr. Smith is studying is undergoing

​Why would a person be naturally concerned about undergoing an amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling during their pregnancy?

​Research has found that when parents use a(n) ____ style to help their children expand on their descriptions of events, they will have earlier memories of childhood when they reach adolescence.

Piaget hypothesized that children use two complementary processes to allow their experiences and schemes to work with each other. They are _______________ and _______________.

​In which type of prenatal testing is a grainy picture of the fetus generated that allows for identification of the child’s position and, at a certain point, its sex?

​Infants as early as four months of age will attend more to a face depicting a negative emotional expression than to a face depicting a positive one.