Exam 11: Development

About 60% of preindustrial societies do not have a word for adolescence because:

Seven-month-old José is given a kind of cracker that he has never eaten before.He promptly puts it into his mouth and eats it.According to Piaget,he is demonstrating:

Research has shown that fluctuations in the hormonal levels of adolescents:

A.J.believes that people shouldn't steal because it is against the law.Kohlberg would say that A.J.is at the _____ level of moral development.

As we age,the _____ deteriorates more quickly than do other areas of the brain.

The theories of Lev Vygotsky emphasized the role played by _____ in cognitive development.

Infants learn to control their heads before they learn to control their arms,illustrating the _____ rule.

Jake has learned to walk well by himself.He MOST likely learned this skill at _____ months old.

A stage of moral development in which the morality of an action is determined by a set of general principles that reflect core values is called the _____ stage.

Harry Harlow found that rhesus monkeys raised in isolation suffered emotional,but not cognitive,deficits as adults.

Research using the Strange Situation has demonstrated that a majority of Canadian infants display a(n)_____ attachment style.

A _____ brain shows _____ bilateral _____.

Developmental psychology is a branch of psychology that focuses on the:

Current university-age Canadians will have,on average,_____ children.

A psychologist tells children a story in which a puppet named Maxi puts a ball in one cupboard and then leaves the room.While she is gone,another puppet moves the ball to another cupboard.Then Maxi comes back.At this point,the psychologist asks the children in which cupboard will Maxi look for the ball.Most 6-year-olds probably will say the _____ cupboard,and most 8-year-olds will say the _____ cupboard.

Infants learn to control their elbows and knees before their hands and feet,which illustrates the _____ rule.

The bodily structures that are directly involved in reproduction are known as _____ sex characteristics.

Children in the preoperational stage usually grasp the notion of conservation.

For most people,cognitive abilities are at their SHARPEST in:

_____ refers to the bodies that we are born with.