Exam 12: Development Over the Lifespan

According to Jean Piaget,___________ involves the process by which new experiences cause existing schemas to change.

When placed in the strange situation test,Erica is distressed when her mother leaves the room,and happily greats her when she returns.When mom is around she explores the playroom and does not seem distressed when a stranger enters.Erica would most likely be classified as

A researcher is interested in examining the development and effects of shyness.To do this,she identifies a group of 100 shy children-50 eight-year-olds and 50 ten-year-olds.She takes various measures of shyness and compares the two groups.This design is best described as

A graduate student decides to replicate the famous Harlow experiment with infant monkeys.The monkeys are isolated from birth and are raised with either a cloth surrogate mother or a wire surrogate mother that provides nourishment.The student predicts that the infant monkeys will be attached to the cloth surrogate mother.This prediction is based on the concept of

According to Piaget,young children who show egocentrism are in the

Some people believe that if a person has not learned a second language in childhood,learning a second language as an adult,while possible,is a much more difficult task.This belief would support a(n)_________ view of bilingualism.

In his model of psychosocial development,Erik Erikson proposed that personality is

Mia is having trouble with the concept of "odd and even numbers." Her teacher helps Mia by getting her to count to 10.The teacher notes that she started with an odd number (1),then went to an even number (2),and then alternated,odd,even,odd,even until she hit the number 10.Mia finally gets it.According to Vygotsky and his work on social context,Mia understood because the teacher moved Mia into

According to Lawrence Kohlberg's model of moral development,all of the following should be true,EXCEPT

An adolescent is going through a search for identity.She wants to establish an identity and is currently experiencing a crisis,but it has not been resolved.According to Marcia's work on identity status,this adolescent is in the stage of

A researcher is interested in examining the development and effects of shyness.To do this,she identifies a group of 100 shy children at age 10,and then follows them for the next 10 years,checking in periodically to gather additional information.This design is best described as

A child shows object permanence,but fails on a conservation problem.According to Piaget,this child is in the

Which of the below statements about newborn visual preferences is NOT true?

Though he previously showed no problems with strangers,little Joey has become more apprehensive around them when he is upset,and he frequently is inconsolable until his mother or father picks him up.Bowlby would most likely classify Joey as being in the _____________ attachment behaviour phase.

Which of the following is FALSE regarding information processing and aging?

Parents often like to dress little girls in pink clothes and little boys in blue clothes.While seemingly inconsequential,this actually is a clear example of

Reaching puberty earlier than fellow peers is associated with

When placed in the strange situation,Eric shows no distress at all when his mother leaves the room,and by the same token,he is not very excited when she returns.Overall,he doesn't appear to be very attached to his mother,but he doesn't resist when she picks him up to give him a kiss.Eric would most likely be classified as

Which of the following statements regarding the sex of a child is true?

Based on the results of studies examining parenting and marital satisfaction,during which of the following times would you predict that marital satisfaction would be highest?