Exam 12: Development Over the Lifespan

Piaget's theory of cognitive development has been criticized on the basis of:

The understanding that gender is a permanent characteristic, and it usually develops in children by the time they are 6 or 7 years old, is referred to as .

Mia is having trouble with the concept of "odd and even numbers." Her teacher helps Mia by getting her to count to 10. The teacher notes that she started with an odd number (1), then went to an even number (2), and then alternated, odd, even, odd, even until she hit the number 10. Mia finally gets it. According to Vygotsky and his work on social context, Mia understood because the teacher moved Mia into

Paulo is 5 years old. His older brother likes to fool him when they are drinking juice-he pours Paulo's juice into a tall, thin glass so that Paulo thinks he is getting more. This deception reflects Piaget's concept of

According to John Bowlby, the first attachment phase that a newborn infant goes through is the indiscriminate attachment behaviour phase.

Upon enrolling their children in a developmental preschool, parents are asked to participate in a study where they will be contacted every two years for the next ten years and asked to complete a quality of education survey. If they agree, parents will be participating in a research study.

Karen is worried about her grandfather. He's quite old and his information processing abilities are starting to decline. While he might show some deficits, which of the following should she be LEAST concerned about?

A teenager has not really experienced an identity crisis and appears unconcerned about identity issues. According to Marcia's work on the search for identity, this teenager is in a state of

According to developmental psychologist James Marcia, adolescents in the identity diffusion stage are currently dealing with an identity crisis but have not yet successfully resolved it.

Which of the following is FALSE regarding information processing and aging?

Which of the following lists the three stages of prenatal development in the proper order (from earliest to latest)?

Juan (a six-year old) is not able to solve a conservation problem on his own. But when his teacher explains the solution to him, he understands and can solve these problems. According to Vygotsky, the teacher was able to move Juan forward due to

Based on the results of studies examining parenting and marital satisfaction, during which of the following times would you predict that marital satisfaction would be highest?

Infants often show distress at being separated from their primary caregiver:

In the longitudinal research design, the researcher:

All of the following would be considered examples of fluid intelligence EXCEPT:

Which of the following would you expect to see in an adult, progressing from middle to late adulthood?

Of Diana Baumrind's four parenting styles, the authoritarian parenting style is associated with the least positive child outcomes.

Though he previously showed no problems with strangers, little Joey has become more apprehensive around them when he's upset, and he frequently is inconsolable until his mother or father picks him up. Bowlby would most likely classify Joey as being in the ________ attachment behaviour phase.

Michael is playing ball with his father when the ball rolls under the sofa. Michael turns his attention to another toy, not even attempting to look under the sofa for the ball. Piaget would say that Michael has: