Exam 12: Development Over the Lifespan

In terms of our sensory-perceptual processes:

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?

In comparison to their peers, boys will be more popular and have more positive body images if they reach puberty their peers.

In the year or two after the first baby is born, marital satisfaction tends to:

Cross-sectional research designs involve comparing children from different age groups to one another.

The phenomenon of imprinting is an excellent example of a set of behaviours that is governed by a sensitive period.

According to an example in the text, the Czech twins may have recovered better from their isolation than Victor because:

The basal metabolic rate of the body slows after approximately the age of 40, resulting in a tendency to:

North American motor-scale norms illustrate that:

Austin wants to do his honour's thesis in psychology in the area of developmental psychology. He has eight months to decide on a specific topic, design the study, collect the data, analyze the results, and write the thesis. Assuming he is interested in comparing children's performance at different ages, what type of design would be the most practical for him to use?

James is a young child and he has just learned something very interesting. He used to think that all dogs were small with long hair. But when he met the neighbour's dog who is large with short hair, he had to modify his category of "dogs." This reflects Piaget's concept of

Lev Vygotsky's concept of a proximal zone of development distinguishes between:

Genetic researchers have determined that adult males normally carry:

Which of the following would be most characteristic of a child in the concrete operational stage if you asked him/her to draw a map specifying the route to school?

According to the text, maximum muscle strength in the various parts of the body appears to be achieved between the ages of:

Some theorists assert that children still learn new and unique ways of processing information as they age, whereas results from studies examining the information-processing abilities of young children are often used to argue that cognitive development is _.

The research on attachment lends support to validity of which of Erikson's stages of personality development?

A child in the concrete operational stage would typically state that he would place a hypothetical third eye:

Which of the following statements about attachment is true?

A researcher is interested in examining the development and effects of shyness. To do this, she identifies a group of 100 shy children at age 10, and then follows them for the next 10 years, checking in periodically to gather additional information. This design is best described as