If you are doing a quick study check, you may be able to answer many of these questions using just a few words. To sharpen your writing skills, write a longer essay expanding on the points in your short answer.

1			Studies in developmental psychology typically follow a cross-sectional, longitudinal, or sequential design. Compare and contrast these designs, and list some advantages and shortcomings of each.
2			List the three prenatal stages and describe each one from the viewpoint of the pregnant woman, the developing baby, and the health care provider.
3			Information processing improves with age throughout childhood. How and why does this occur?
4			Describe the importance of peers during the adolescent years.
5			Your text notes that information-processing speed decreases in late adulthood. Define wisdom and explain how it compensates for this loss of information-processing speed.