Exam 13: Development Over the Life Span

Describe,in detail,the process of language acquisition beginning in the first months of life and extending to the age of two years.In your essay,include the developmental changes in the baby's language as well as the characteristics of adult language addressed to the baby.

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Question 61

Sam is playing with a ball when it rolls under a piece of furniture and out of sight.When this happens,he acts as if it no longer exists and makes no attempt to find it.According to Piaget,Sam would be in the ________ period of development.

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Question 62

Piaget said that in the first few months of life,infants seem to follow the motto "out of sight,out of mind."

(True/False)

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Question 63

Emotional attachment is a universal capacity of all primates.

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Question 64

For adolescents in Western societies,quarrels with parents signify a:

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Question 65

According to Lawrence Kohlberg,your moral stage can be determined by:

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Question 66

Match each name with the appropriate concept or theory. -Margaret and Harry Harlow

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Question 67

Researchers have found that:

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Question 68

What characteristics tend to promote resilience in a child?

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Question 69

By the age of nine months,most babies can distinguish male faces from female faces.

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Question 70

Deanna is in her twenties and has successfully resolved each life crisis as it has occurred throughout her development.According to Erikson,Deanna now must resolve the crisis of ________.

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Question 71

Which of the following is NOT related to resilience in children?

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Question 72

Explain the ways in which a baby learns about the world during the sensorimotor stage.What are the major cognitive accomplishments of this stage?

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Question 73

Children who have internalized a sense of right and wrong would be most likely to have parents who:

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Question 74

What strategies would encourage the development of empathy in a child? Illustrate one of the strategies with a specific example.

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Question 75

Mary Ainsworth observed that securely attached infants:

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Question 76

By the time a baby speaks her first word,she already has some mental concepts for familiar people and objects.

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Question 77

According to Piaget,________ represents the beginning of the child's capacity to use mental imagery and other symbolic systems.

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Question 78

Match each name with the appropriate concept or theory. -Jean Piaget

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Question 79

An adolescent has just experienced menarche.This means that:

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Describe,in detail,the process of language acquisition beginning in the first months of life and extending to the age of two years.In your essay,include the developmental changes in the baby's language as well as the characteristics of adult language addressed to the baby.

Sam is playing with a ball when it rolls under a piece of furniture and out of sight.When this happens,he acts as if it no longer exists and makes no attempt to find it.According to Piaget,Sam would be in the ________ period of development.

Piaget said that in the first few months of life,infants seem to follow the motto "out of sight,out of mind."

Emotional attachment is a universal capacity of all primates.

For adolescents in Western societies,quarrels with parents signify a:

According to Lawrence Kohlberg,your moral stage can be determined by:

Match each name with the appropriate concept or theory. -Margaret and Harry Harlow

Researchers have found that:

What characteristics tend to promote resilience in a child?

By the age of nine months,most babies can distinguish male faces from female faces.

Deanna is in her twenties and has successfully resolved each life crisis as it has occurred throughout her development.According to Erikson,Deanna now must resolve the crisis of ________.

Which of the following is NOT related to resilience in children?

Explain the ways in which a baby learns about the world during the sensorimotor stage.What are the major cognitive accomplishments of this stage?

Children who have internalized a sense of right and wrong would be most likely to have parents who:

What strategies would encourage the development of empathy in a child? Illustrate one of the strategies with a specific example.

Mary Ainsworth observed that securely attached infants:

By the time a baby speaks her first word,she already has some mental concepts for familiar people and objects.

According to Piaget,________ represents the beginning of the child's capacity to use mental imagery and other symbolic systems.

Match each name with the appropriate concept or theory. -Jean Piaget

An adolescent has just experienced menarche.This means that:

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