Exam 12: Development Over the Lifespan

A child who places a great deal of attention on striving for achievement and mastering various tasks such as cleaning the dishes, shooting a basketball, or getting good grades in school would most likely be classified as being in Erik Erikson's stage of psychosocial development.

Research by Resnick and colleagues using an MRI to measure loss of brain tissue in older adults found a decrease of brain tissue over a four year period, particularly in what area of the brain?

According to Erik Erikson, all of the following are major developmental challenges of adulthood except:

Research studies examining the information-processing speeds of children have consistently found that processing speeds improve continuously with age, and that the most rapid rate of change occurs between the ages of .

Young children like stuffed toys. They like to hold them close and squeeze them. Most likely, this is because the toy provides

An individual who has committed to an identity and set of values before going through an identity crisis would be classified as having what type of identity status?

By three to four months of age, infant pattern perception is already organized according to Gestalt principles.

Trang is participating in an attachment experiment involving the strange situation. When his mother is present with the stranger, Trang explores the room and is friendly with the stranger. However, when the mother leaves, he becomes upset and starts to cry. When she returns, Trang happily greets her and then returns to his previous explorations. Trang would most likely be classified as a(n) child.

A researcher is interested in the development of stereotypes in children. He collects data from 5-, 7-, 9-, and 11-year-olds during the fall of one year. He then waits two years and collects data again from the same participants, and then again after another two years. He can then compare children across the different age groups as well as the development of stereotypes within the children themselves across three different time periods. This is an example of what type of design?

Individuals tend to experience a turbulent mid-life transition between the ages of 40 and 45 known as the mid-life crisis.

In their research investigating the impact of temperament on psychological development, Thomas and Chess found that children who suffer from behavioural and emotional problems over a 10-year period were likely to be infants.

You suspect that a young child is in Piaget's sensorimotor stage. Which of the following would you look for to confirm your suspicion?

Which of the following would likely have the least impact on age-related declines in intelligence?

Attachment refers to the strong emotional bond that develops between human children and their primary caregivers. Since it is most easily established during the first one to two years of a child's life, its creation appears to be governed by a period.

A researcher is interested in how self-esteem varies across the lifespan and decides to conduct a survey comparing people of different ages to address this issue. He recruits participants to be in one of four different age groups: 20 to 29, 30 to 39, 40 to 49, and 50 to 59. He has them complete a self-esteem survey, and then analyzes the data to see whether any patterns emerge. This study would be considered an example of a:

A child who has developed object permanence but does not yet fully grasp the idea of conservation is most likely in Jean Piaget's stage.

Remaining physically and intellectually active may help to slow down the decline of cognitive functions as we age.

Sexually transmitted diseases such as syphilis and HIV that can cause abnormalities in fetal development are examples of _.

An infant is born with facial irregularities and a small, malformed brain. As the child grows up, she shows symptoms of mental retardation and tends to be both irritable and hostile. It is most likely that this infant's abnormalities are a function of her mother's prenatal exposure to:

An infant who interprets her world primarily through her physical interactions with objects is most likely in Jean Piaget's stage, which starts from birth and lasts until age 2.