Exam 1: Introduction

Brent has a son diagnosed with ADHD and believes that this is primarily due to genetics, given that his father had ADHD as well. Brent most likely believes that ADHD is primarily influenced by

Infants raised in orphanages may not develop a positive and secure attachment to a caregiver in their first year of life. According to John Bowlby, what might the consequences of this be?

The process by which some organisms become attached to the first moving object they see is called

Of special consideration for social policy intervention are children who grow up

An eclectic theoretical orientation assumes that

Briefly discuss the stability-change issue.

The fact that I use e-mail virtually every day and my mother has never sent or received an e-mail is an example of a difference in

Dr. Lewis wants to determine the physical effects of ADHD medication dosages on children aged 8 to 15. What kind of study will he most likely conduct?

Normative age-graded influences, normative history-graded influences, and nonnormative life events are all ways in which development can be classified as

At age 3, Jillian is beginning to engage her imagination. This is the _______ process of Jillian's life-span development.

Amy will be having her first child soon. She insists that she be the first to see and hold her baby after delivery in order to foster bonding. Her belief is consistent with which theory?

Identify and briefly describe the four ways that age has been conceptualized.

Ben has repressed his sexual urges and has started to develop social and intellectual skills. Ben is in the psychosexual stage called the _____ stage.

Which of the following statements is NOT true of a theory?

Someone with an extremely rare psychological disorder would most likely be studied using what method?

At which of the following ages did the highest percentage of people (in the United States) report that they were happy?

The capacity for acquiring second and third languages decreases after early childhood, whereas experiential wisdom increases with age. This is an example of how development is

Briefly discuss the nature-nurture issue.

The U.S. percentage of children living in poverty is

Cohort effects are NOT due to which of the following?