Exam 10: Life Span Development

A child's ability to understand that others' thoughts, beliefs, and expectations can differ from theirs is called theory of ___________.

According to Piaget, egocentrism and a lack of conservation ability are both qualities that are seen in the ________ stage of development.

Karla can speed on a certain stretch of the interstate without being ticketed, yet she decides not to speed because it is unlawful. Karla's reasoning reflects ________ reasoning.

The _______________, which is involved in impulse control, regulates mood, and facilitates planning, organizing, and reasoning, is still developing during adolescence.

A primary difference between someone who has "sociometric" popularity versus someone with "perceived" popularity is that:

What kind of animals did Harry Harlow and his colleagues use to discredit the most commonly accepted theory of attachment of the time?

__________ psychologists study how humans change over the course of the lifespan.

Which of the following is NOT a stage of development?

Infants who are insecurely attached may do which of the following when a parent leaves and then returns during the strange situation procedure?

In which stage of Piaget's theory of cognitive development do people begin to think logically about abstract concepts?

A disorder that is caused during pregnancy and is characterized by the child having facial defects, stunted growth, and cognitive impairments is __________.

Daniel is interested in studying how children's behavior changes when they grow up in high-risk environments. He enlists 500 children and their parents to take part in his research, and observes these children once a year for 20 years. Despite the fact that this research is very time consuming and expensive, it gives very good information about how the children age over time. This type of research is an example of a __________ study.

Which of the following memories is an older adult most likely to have difficulty remembering?

Alzheimer's is a neurodegenerative disease that is associated with the abnormal buildup of certain ______________ inside and outside of neurons in the brain.

At five years old, Sammy is better able to understand his friends' feelings as compared to when he was three years old. Sammy is acquiring a ___________.

Although newborn infants can be very difficult to study, researchers have learned a lot about how they perceive the world soon after birth. Describe some of what is known about newborns' ability to hear, see, and smell.

To study the effect of daycare programs on academic performance, a researcher follows the same 30 children who did or did not attend daycare programs as they go through kindergarten to sixth grade. Which type of design is the researcher using?

According to Piaget, the stage of cognitive development between two and seven years of age, in which the individual becomes able to use mental representations and language to describe, remember, and reason about the world, though only in an egocentric fashion, is the __________ stage. a. concrete operations b. preoperational c. sensorimotor d. formal operations

The highest levels of moral reasoning, called __________ morality, are based on internal principles that transcend society.

Research on newborns indicates that they have a sense of number and quantity. What does this finding suggest about Piaget's theory of cognitive development?