Exam 9: Life-Span Development

The fastest growing segment of the U.S. population is comprised of people ________.

Explain Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's stages of acceptance of dying and death. What are some of the major criticisms of her theory?

Briefly describe at least five steps couples can take to constructively resolve conflicts.

A reflex crucial to an infant's survival is ________.

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

Babies' temperaments change dramatically as they get older.

A problem with longitudinal studies is that they ________.

Which of the following statements regarding people whose spouses have died is true?

According to Piaget, which of the following is crucial to cognitive development at the sensory-motor stage?

From the second week until the third month after conception, the developing organism is called a(n) ________.

The mother of a young child who didn't like to drink milk was trying to coax him to drink some. Taking the glass of milk, she poured it all into a smaller cup and said, "There! Now you won't have to drink so much." She would never have fooled the child if he had not been in the ________ stage.

The process by which young animals in nature develop a strong bond with the first moving object they see is called attachment.

Games like "Dungeons and Dragons," which involve active use of the imagination, have been popular among adolescents for some time. The game could not have risen to its high level of popularity if teenagers were not capable of ________.

The most important development of adolescence is the ________.

Piaget saw children as ________ motivated to explore their world.

A survey of teenagers in high school found that ________ percent of boys expressed the feeling that they should have waited until they were older before having sex.

Which of the following is not a major criticism of Kohlberg's theory?

Describe how the human brain changes neurologically during infancy and early childhood.

Socially prescribed ways of behaving that differ for boys and girls are called ________.

The tendency of the amygdala of shy infants to overreact to a novel stimulus or situation ________.