Organogensis is the

Maria is a social drinker.  She wants to have a baby, however, and has vowed that as soon as she finds out she is pregnant she will stop drinking completely.  Maria is forgetting that

Which philosophical view assumes that the child’s mind at birth is a “blank tablet”?

The traditional and life-span perspectives are contrasting views of developmental change.  According to the life-span perspective, when do developmental changes occur?

Most researchers draw from a variety of theoretical perspectives, rather than following one theory exclusively.  This is called

Ethnocentrism refers to

A graduate student is almost done with his dissertation when he is informed that twenty years ago someone did a similar project and already demonstrated what he had hoped to be the first to discover. What basic step of the scientific method should have saved him from this problem?

Researcher Victoria Leto DeFrancisco studied the conversations of heterosexual couples in their homes to determine how power is created and maintained through day-to-day interactions. Which type of approach is she using in this research?

The theory of positivism states that an individual’s sense of perception is the only valid source of reality. What was August Comte’s purpose for developing this theory?

A student at a university explains that he doesn’t want to join a fraternity because he believes they create negative in-group and out-group dynamics. What perspective best describes his views?