Exam 9: Life-Span Development

Allison is immature, disrespectful, impulsive, and out of control. If Baumrind's research is correct, her parents were ________.

American children spend ________ hours per week watching television.

Research on Kohlberg's view of moral development suggests that most people never progress beyond the ________ level of moral thinking.

Which of the following statements is true?

Kohlberg theorized that morality develops in stages.

Among children, watching a lot of television is associated with ________.

Over time, unisex cliques and mixed-sex groups dissolve and are replaced by ________.

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

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

Homosexual couples ________ in dividing household duties.

Today, the average American woman can expect to live about ________ the average American male.

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?

Infants may recognize commonly used words, such as their own names by the age of ________ months.

Which of the following people can expect to live the longest, on average?

A condition characterized by facial deformities, heart defects, stunted growth, and cognitive impairments, is called ________ spectrum disorder.

Menopause signals to men that their active reproductive years are ended.

Infants begin to be wary of strangers at approximately ________ months of age.

The acquisition of skills involving movement, such as grasping, crawling, and walking is known as ________ development.

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

Jack is 24 years old. His major task, according to Erikson, is to develop a sense of ________.