Exam 6: Developing Through the Life Span

A use-it-or-lose-it pruning process shuts down some ________ and strengthens others.

Critics have noted that Kohlberg's ________ level of moral reasoning is culturally limited,appearing mostly among people who prize individualism.

Many of the outer cells of the zygote become the

In general,children cannot be trained to walk before they are 10 months old.This best illustrates the importance of

Compared with 1965 fathers,today's co-parenting fathers spend ________ weekly hours with their children.Couples that share housework and child care are ________ in their relationships than couples who do not share these responsibilities.

The association between authoritative parenting and the social competence of children might result from an underlying third factor such as shared genes.This best reminds us that

A fertilized egg is called a(n)

When surrounded by men,a woman may become mindful of her gender because ________ often forms around one's distinctiveness.

Vincent's ability to reason hypothetically in his geometry class indicates that he is in the ________ stage of development.

In Erikson's theory,the sense of integrity achieved in late adulthood refers to the feeling that

Four-year-old Karen can't remember anything of the first few months of her life.This is best explained by the fact that

Claims that adult personality traits are completely determined by childhood experiences are most clearly disputed by the ________ perspective.

Object permanence is the understanding that

Emotional instability has been found to be

Evidence that easy,relaxed infants develop secure attachments more readily than difficult,emotionally intense babies would illustrate the importance of

Which theory would most likely suggest that children often take turns passing and shooting a basketball because they want to avoid having others angry at them,whereas adolescents often do so because they want to play the game the way it's supposed to be played?

Researchers have sneakily dabbed a colored spot on young children's noses in order to study the developmental beginnings of

Erik Erikson suggested that children with a secure attachment to their parents are especially likely to experience

Even young infants will at least temporarily look for a toy where they saw it hidden a moment before.This suggests that Piaget

When asked to recall the one or two most important events over the last half century,older adults tend to name events that occurred when they were in their