Exam 6: Developing Through the Life Span

By a week after birth,infants are able to distinguish between their mothers' ________ and that of another nursing mother.

Compared with others their own age,children who form a positive self-concept are more likely to be

People experience rapid physical development and sexual maturation

Which psychologist was most influential in shaping our understanding of cognitive development?

Research on teen social relationships indicates that most adolescents

In an experiment,children saw a doll named Sally leave her ball in a red cupboard and go away.They then observed another doll,Anne,move the ball to a different location.In asking children where Sally will look for the ball upon her return,the investigators were testing the children's

Parent-child conflict during the transition to adolescence tends to be ________ with first-born rather than second-born children.The conflict tends to be ________ between children and their mothers than between children and their fathers.

Physical exercise in later life promotes ________ in the hippocampus,a brain region that is important for memory.

Human females begin forming all the eggs they will ever have during

The awareness that things continue to exist even when they are not perceived is known as

If a child realizes that others may have false beliefs,we can probably say that the child is not completely

Jessica acts so differently with her parents than with her girlfriends that she often thinks her personality is completely phony.Erik Erikson would have suggested that Jessica is experiencing

When tethered to a mobile,infants learned the association between

A mother who is consistently sensitive and responsive to her infant's cries for care and protection is most likely to encourage

The concept of maturation is most relevant to understanding the absence of

Research on teen social relationships indicates that most adolescents

Two closed,pyramid-shaped beakers containing clearly identical amounts of a liquid are judged by a child to hold different amounts after one of the beakers is inverted.The child apparently lacks a

Mrs.Carmichael secretly dabs some lipstick on the nose of her 2-year-old son and then allows him to see his face in a mirror.The child is most likely to

Among employed women,the task of raising children is especially likely to be associated with ________ marital satisfaction.The departure of mature children from the home is typically associated with ________ marital satisfaction.

As people progress through late adulthood,they typically experience a slight