Exam 12: Development Over the Lifespan

All of the following are valid limitations or criticisms of Kübler-Ross's stages of coping with impending death,EXCEPT,some people may:

Studies of human and animal isolates suggest that infancy is a ___________ period where attachment forms most easily and facilitates later development.

Jean Piaget proposed that children's thinking changes in a ________ manner with age,and it differs from the way that adults think.

Lev Vygotsky proposed that the difference between what a child can do independently and what a child can do with assistance from adults or more advanced peers is called the zone of proximal development.

Infants understand their world primarily through sensory experiences and physical interactions with objects in the _________ stage.During this stage,________ is achieved.

Talwar at McGill and Kang Lee at the University of Toronto (2002)studied lying in Canadian three- to seven-year-olds.Which of the following statements is FALSE?

The psychologist Mary Ainsworth used ____________ to examine different types of infant attachment.

Kohlberg called the type of moral reasoning that is based on well thought out,general moral principles _________ moral reasoning.

Which one of the following statements is NOT true?

The term "proximodistal" is most consistent with which of the following?

John Bowlby's ____________ attachment behaviour phase typically begins around three months of age and,during this phase,the infant tends to direct its attachment behaviours toward _____________.

E.Mavis Hetherington and colleagues (1998)estimated that _________ of children in divorced families experience the "cluster" of problems including academic problems,troubled relationships with family members and peers,low self-esteem,and depression.

Whereas Piaget only investigated children's independent exploration of the physical world,Vygotsky investigated how:

Most studies of newlywed couples find that marital satisfaction typically __________ in the first few years after getting married.

The fertilized egg is called a zygote in the ____________ stage,whereas it is referred to as a fetus in the ___________ stage.

Contrary to popular belief,research indicates that rates of parent-teen conflict are relatively __________ in countries around the world.

In the study by Arnett (2001),when asked which characteristics "must be achieved before a person can be considered an adult":

The broad concept in developmental research that examines whether development is gradual and uninterrupted or progresses through qualitatively distinct stages is called:

Even though most adolescents get along relatively well with their parents,some parents and teenagers do appear to struggle with their relationships.Teens who report more conflict with parents are often more likely to have problems with school misconduct and antisocial behaviour.However,when interpreting this result,it is very important to remember that the:

Which of the following is most strongly associated with Jean Piaget's sensorimotor stage of cognitive development?