Exam 12: Development Over the Lifespan

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) has conducted the most comprehensive research project to date on the effects of out-of-home care on development. They have found that children attending high quality out-of-home care:

When placed in the strange situation, Eric shows no distress at all when his mother leaves the room, and by the same token, he is not very excited when she returns. Overall, he doesn't appear to be very attached to his mother, but he doesn't resist when she picks him up to give him a kiss. Eric would most likely be classified as

A child shows object permanence, but fails on a conservation problem. According to Piaget, this child is in the

With respect to the designs typically used in developmental research, which of the following statements is true?

Thomas teaches his grandmother to play his favourite video games so that he has something to do while visiting her. This activity most likely will:

Louise, who is at a middle-income socio-economically, has carefully chosen high-quality afterschool care for her child. She knows that overall, out-of home care will not hurt her attachment with her child. In fact, Louise learns that:

José has thought very little about questions regarding his personal identity, the kind of person he would like to be, and the kind of life that he would like to live. Instead, he has adapted the values of his peer group without any real critical evaluation of them. Researcher Marcia would most likely say that José is in a state of identity:

When placed in the strange situation test, Erica is distressed when her mother leaves the room, and happily greats her when she returns. When mom is around she explores the playroom and does not seem distressed when a stranger enters. Erica would most likely be classified as

Though Jean Piaget assumed that children under the age of 6 to 7 years old have great difficulty understanding other people's mental states, recent studies have suggested that children have some understanding that other people's perspectives can differ from their own by the age of _.

A researcher is interested in examining the development and effects of shyness. To do this, she identifies a group of 100 shy children-50 eight-year-olds and 50 ten-year-olds. She takes various measures of shyness and compares the two groups. This design is best described as

A teenager is currently experiencing an identity crisis, but has not resolved it. According to Marcia's work on the search for identity, this teenager is in a state of

Results from studies conducted on children in orphanages suggest that infancy is a critical period for the development of healthy attachment.

Marital researchers have determined that relationship satisfaction typically decreases in the first few years after getting married.

Which of the following statements concerning gender constancy and gender identity is true?

In his work examining the stability of shyness in early childhood, Kagan and his colleagues have found that this temperament variable:

Robert and Chris have recently married, and Robert brings with him two children from a previous marriage. Studies suggest that Robert's kids will show the highest levels of adjustment if:

Professor Sandis is interested in the development of cognitive abilities. So he designs a research study using a cross-sectional design. When interpreting the study, he needs to remember that the results may be biased because

In the germinal stage, the fertilized egg is called a zygote, while in the fetal stage, it is referred to as a(n):

Recent studies indicate that children from divorced families are more likely to suffer from all of the following problems EXCEPT:

Which of the following statements regarding the notion of a midlife crisis is most accurate?