Exam 12: Development Over the Lifespan

A researcher who explains a child's poor performance on a cognitive task as being due to the child's inefficient search strategies and the child's lack of awareness of his own cognitive processes would best be described as taking a(n)_______________ approach to cognitive development.

An adult who is reviewing and reflecting on how he handled the major life events he has encountered in his life is most likely in Erik Erikson's _____________ stage of psychosocial development.

A biologically based predisposition to react to the environment in specific behavioural and emotional ways is defined as __________.

Erik Erikson is best known for his work with:

Which of the following would be most representative of a child in Jean Piaget's preoperational stage of development?

If a zygote receives a Y chromosome from its father,this means that the resulting baby:

Research by Pea and colleagues on the relationship between social media and well-being indicates that:

Which of Jean Piaget's stages of cognitive development is thought to be attained during adolescence?

Which of the following statements concerning divorce is most accurate?

North American motor-scale norms illustrate that:

For approximately the first two weeks of development,beginning when a sperm fertilizes an egg,the fertilized egg is called a(n):

Boys who reach puberty early tend to experience more positive outcomes than early-maturing girls do.

Puberty marks the beginning of adolescence and is characterized by the fact that the person is now capable of ____________.

Questions such as "Who am I?" and "How do I want to live my life?" are most likely to be addressed in which of Erik Erikson's psychosocial stages of development?

A developmental psychologist using a(n)____________ research design would compare people of different ages at the same point in time.

Individuals tend to experience a turbulent mid-life transition between the ages of 40 and 45 known as the mid-life crisis.

Louise,who is at a middle-income socio-economically,has carefully chosen high-quality afterschool care for her child.She knows that overall,out-of home care will not hurt her attachment with her child.In fact,Louise learns that:

Research by Resnick and colleagues using an MRI to measure loss of brain tissue in older adults found a decrease of brain tissue over a four year period,particularly in what area of the brain?

Recent research on Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development has concluded all of the following EXCEPT:

Which of the following types of have been demonstrated with newborns?