Exam 9: Life-Span Development

Audrey is a normal, healthy 2-year-old. Her main task, according to Erikson, will be to develop a sense of ________.

According to Baumrind's research, authoritative parents are likely to have children who are ________.

The rising or lowering of pitch in a child's speech that allows adults to distinguish between questions and statements is called ________.

Researchers recently discovered a "murder" gene, which is a strong predictor of extremely violent behavior in adolescents.

A network of same-aged friends and acquaintances who give one another emotional and social support to each other is known as a ________.

When a child begins to leave his mother voluntarily, he is expressing a desire for ________.

Infants begin babbling at about ________ month(s) of age.

Kohlberg theorized that morality develops in stages.

Fetuses in the uterus can hear and will react to sounds from the outside world.

Once children leave home, many parents find ________.

Which of the following is likely to be most adept at hearing the difference between very similar speech sounds that are not distinguished in their native language?

Research on moral development in boys and girls has found that boys tend to base their moral judgments on ________.

Which of the following is not one of the three types of temperament described by Thomas and Chess?

The reflex that causes a newborn to turn its head toward something touching its cheek and grope around with its mouth is the ________ reflex.

Older people respond more ________ and are ________ sexually active than younger people.

On average, infants can walk unaided by about ________ months of age.

The development of formal operations in adolescence leads to ________.

Most psychologists believe that reinforcement explains the impressive speed and accuracy with which children learn to use language.

According to Piaget, children develop a sense of self-recognition and a sense of object permanence during the ________ stage.

Current estimates indicate that about ________ percent of people over age 85 suffer from Alzheimer's disease.