Exam 12: Development Over the Lifespan

Josh is considering streaming movies from a BitTorrent site rather than paying a cable company for each movie. He finally decides that he will not do this because if he gets caught, he will be in trouble. According to Kohlberg, Josh is in which stage of moral development?

The type of developmental research design that compares different age groups of children to one another is the design.

All of the following were mentioned as characteristics of children with secure attachment EXCEPT:

A child is told a story about Bobby, who puts his teddy bear under his bed and then goes outside to play. While he is gone, Bobby's mother comes in to clean his room, finds his teddy bear, and puts it in the closet. When asked where Bobby will look for his teddy bear when he returns, most 2- and 3-year olds will say that Bobby will look , and most 4-year olds will say _.

Which of the following first appears during the preoperational stage of cognitive development?

A wide variety of environmental agents that cause abnormalities in prenatal development are called:

Infants show a visual preference for solid colours over patterns.

The "Strange Situation Test" developed by Mary Ainsworth is used specifically to assess:

Research on Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development has found support for all of the following conclusions EXCEPT:

Questions such as "Who am I?" and "How do I want to live my life?" are most likely to be addressed in which of Erik Erikson's psychosocial stages of development?

Which of the following was mentioned as one of the three conclusions regarding the relative importance of biological and environmental factors in development?

Diego is 65 years old. As he looks back at his life he realizes that he has resolved most of the crises he had to face. He has a sense of completeness. According to Erikson, Diego has achieved

Children who are classified as anxious-avoidant exhibit little separation anxiety, whereas children classified as show a great deal of distress when separated from primary caregiver.

In an ideal world, where researchers do not need to worry about the costs of doing research in terms of time or money, the best research design to address questions of developmental change would typically be the:

Some people believe that if a person has not learned a second language in childhood, learning a second language as an adult, while possible, is a much more difficult task. This belief would support a(n) view of bilingualism.

When we compare Piaget's view of cognitive development with the information processing view:

Which developmental research design is the most practical to conduct in terms of time and money?

All of the following were mentioned as cognitive limitations characteristic of Jean Piaget's preoperational stage EXCEPT:

At this stage of psychosocial development in Erik Erikson's model, how a person's needs are met and how much love they receive determine the amount of faith that they have in the world. This stage is called:

At the mall, you notice a mother with her one-year-old child. A man sits down beside her and mom has to leave to make a phone call. The child does not cry when mom leaves and does not cling to her when she returns. According to Ainsworth, this child is