Exam 8: Development

Studies by DeCasper and his colleagues, in which women read the Cat in the Hat to their fetuses every day during the last six and a half weeks of pregnancy, suggest that

Which of the following is not true about fraternal twins?

According to Kohlberg all cultures progress through similar stages of moral development, but some cultures skip some stages.

The permissive parenting style is not associated with

Describe Kohlberg's three levels of moral reasoning?

Four-year-old Dimitri agrees that two rows of nickels, equally spaced, contain the same number of nickels. If the spacing increased between the nickels in one row, he thinks that row now has more nickels. Dimitri has not acquired the concept of

As part of a large research study examining many people, David, now 24 years old, has been weighed, measured, observed, and tested every two years since he was born. The study in which he is participating would be described as

The ability to apply logical reasoning in abstract situations characterizes Piaget's

How did Erikson's view human development?

The three parenting styles described by Diane Baumrind are autonomous, authoritative, and permissive.

Puberty is defined by

Little Kahlil calls all small, four-legged furry creatures "dogs." He is using the process Piaget called

Which of the following concepts has been suggested as an explanation for excessive risk-taking in adolescence?

Which of the following is not one of the successful resolutions of adult stages in Erikson's theory?

Piaget claimed that each developmental stage was marked by cognitive abilities and processes that are qualitatively different from those of the other stages.

According to Piaget, a child between the ages of 7 and 11 can reason or apply logical principles to

According to Ainsworth, the majority of infants are classified as

Jake watches as water is poured from a low, large glass, to a tall, thin glass. He says the tall, thin glass has more than the low large glass has. What has he done when watching the problem?

Negative influences such as drugs, illness, and environmental hazards cause the most devastating consequences during the

Little Nels has the concept that creatures that fly are "birds." Upon seeing a butterfly, he calls it a bird. His mother says, "No, that is a butterfly." She is trying to get Nels to engage in