Exam 3: Developing Through the Life Span

Professor Conrad is a research specialist in the study of identity formation during adolescence.It is most likely that the professor is a ________ psychologist.

Compared with many Asian and African parents,today's Westernized parents are more likely to teach their children to value

Mr.and Mrs.Batson can't wait to begin toilet training their 1-year-old daughter.The Batsons most clearly need to be told about the importance of

Our earliest conscious memories seldom predate our fourth birthday.This best illustrates

A concept or framework that organizes and interprets information is called a(n)

The fact that many happy and well-adjusted adults were once poorly adjusted and unhappy adolescents is most relevant to the issue of

The ability of preschool children to understand their classmates' feelings of sadness illustrates that they have developed

A child's temperament is likely to be

When surrounded by men,a woman may become mindful of her gender because ________ often forms around one's distinctiveness.

Inherited genes most clearly contribute to individual differences in

Biological growth processes that are relatively uninfluenced by experience and that enable orderly changes in behavior are referred to as

Chloe can clearly sense when her sister's teasing is intended to be friendly fun or a hostile put-down.This best illustrates that Chloe has developed a(n)

The Harlows' studies of infant monkeys raised with artificial mothers suggest that contact comfort promotes

For children from impoverished environments,stimulating educational experiences during early childhood are most likely to

One-year-old Eunice is not overly fearful of strangers but she clearly prefers being held by her mother than by anyone else.Her behavior best illustrates

Three-year-old Madhur mistakenly thinks that blown-up balloons are always round.His idea best illustrates

Juanita suffers from a painful back condition.Smoking marijuana would reduce her pain,but she thinks it would be wrong to smoke marijuana because it is prohibited by the laws of her state.Juanita is demonstrating Kohlberg's ________ level of morality.

According to Kohlberg,postconventional morality involves

The enduring traditions,values,attitudes,and behaviors shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next define their

According to Piaget,people are first able to reason abstractly