Exam 9: Life-Span Development

Good nutrition is as important to fetuses as it is to children and adults.

Describe the factors affecting prenatal development and discuss the effects of those factors.

The most influential view of children's cognitive development is that of ________.

John makes his bed every morning before going to school because, when he does, his mother gives him a dollar to spend at school. John is at which stage of moral development, according to Kohlberg?

The average age for an infant to stand up while holding onto something is about ________ months.

Judy is 9 years old and is in the fourth grade. Erikson believes her main task is to develop a sense of ________.

Which of the following is the correct order for Piaget's four stages of cognitive development?

A disorder common in late adulthood that is characterized by losses in memory and cognition and changes in personality and that is believed to be caused by deterioration of the brain's structure and function is ________.

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

During the first years of life, the average baby grows about ________ inches in height and ________ pounds in weight.

Little Billy's language has continued to grow steadily in recent months. Lately his parents have noticed he is filling in his sentences from what used to be "Billy play" to "Billy goes out to play." He is also using past tense as well as present tense, and is beginning to ask "Why?" If Billy's language development is typical, he is about ________ years of age.

Newborns can sleep up to ________ hours per day.

The suicide rate among adolescents has increased about ________ percent since 1950.

The cessation of menstruation is called ________.

American children spend ________ hours per week watching television.

During the third year of life there is a(n) ________ of synaptic connections in the brain.

Erikson's theory of social development viewed the ages of 3 to 6, his third stage, as being characterized by the major challenge of ________.

Compare and contrast the major theories of language development in children. Which theory is supported by most psychologists today? Why?

What effects result from the arrival of children in a marriage? Finally, what is the typical reaction of most couples when their last child leaves home?

Homosexual couples ________ in dividing household duties.