Exam 13: Development Over the Life Span

Most parents and their adolescents go through periods of time in which there are strong rifts.

Piaget underestimated the cognitive skills of young children and overestimated the cognitive skills of adults.

Psychologists use the terms sex and gender interchangeably.

The sensory abilities of newborn infants:

Erik Erikson wrote that:

Analyze the statement made by the textbook authors that "the Sphinx was the first life-span theorist."

Ruth's parents frequently slap and spank her when she misbehaves.When they want her to do something,instead of asking her nicely,they bully her into doing it.Ruth is most likely to:

The process by which children learn the abilities,interests,personality traits,and behaviours associated with being masculine or feminine in their culture is called:

Piaget proposed that children's errors in solving problems are as interesting as their correct responses.

The adolescent brain undergoes a major pruning of synapses.These changes occur primarily in the ________,which is responsible for ________.

Timmy is a grade 1 pupil whose mother and father are both physicians.Given what you've read about gender schema,when playing with other grade 1 children it is most likely that Timmy will insist that:

Once implantation is complete,the ________ stage begins.

Explain Vygotsky's concept of private speech.

Describe four harmful influences to a growing embryo or fetus that can cross the placental barrier and that therefore should be avoided during pregnancy.

________ is the capacity for deductive reasoning and the ability to use new information to solve problems.

Fill in the blanks with the names of Piaget's stages and list one major accomplishment in each stage.

The research by Margaret and Harry Harlow demonstrated a need for ________ in young rhesus monkeys.

About two-thirds of all children become securely attached despite the fact that they are being raised according to a wide range of parental practices.Describe some of the diverse cultural child-rearing practices typical in various parts of the world that lead to healthy attachment relationships.

Match the accomplishments with the stage in which they occur. -abstract reasoning

What is meant by parentese? What seems to be its purpose? What have researchers discovered when they have observed parent-infant language throughout the world?