Exam 9: Social and Emotional Development

How do developmentalists conceptualize attachment?

Most research has not found support for Levinson's theory that adults in their 40s experience a __________,a stage of uncertainty and indecision as they realize that their time on earth is finite.

According to Daniel Levinson,people around the ages of 40 or 45 move into a period of questioning called __________,and focus on the finite nature of life.

The ego-integrity-versus-despair stage of psychosocial development is characterized by which process?

__________ are enduring dimensions of personality characteristics along which people differ.

Girls' higher rates of depression in adolescence may reflect gender differences in coping with __________.

Which of the following,according to Peck,is one of the developmental tasks of late adulthood?

One-month-old Jerry is upset,and his facial expression shows that he is in distress.This is an example of __________.

Which factor is an important influence on whether an adolescent suffers from major depressive disorder?

__________ suggests that personality traits that were beneficial to the survival and reproductive success of our ancestors were likely to have been maintained and passed on.

Which traits comprise the "Big Five" dimensions of personality?

__________ is one example of 14-month-old infants' social interactions with peers.

By what age has an infant first begun to understand the emotions that lie behind the facial and vocal expressions of others?

According to Erikson,the developmental focus during young adulthood is __________.

Describe emotions that a child can express from birth to about age 2 years.What does the developmental sequence of emotional expressions indicate about the nature of emotional experience?

Communication that involves __________,in which the mother and child experience matching emotional states,helps to produce a beneficial attachment pattern.

In situations where the development of attachment has been severely disrupted,children may suffer from __________,usually as the result of abuse or neglect.

Which theory proposes that successful aging occurs when people maintain the interests,activities,and social interactions with which they were involved during middle age?

The rate of adolescent suicide in the United States has __________ over the past 30 years.

What conclusion did Harry Harlow reach based on his research with infant monkeys?