Exam 12: Development Over the Lifespan

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?

Dana's young child sees an older woman at the market and says, "Granny." This woman is not the child's grandmother, and Piaget would say this demonstrates the process of ____________.

Studies of human and animal isolates suggest that, during infancy, attachment forms most easily and facilitates later development. Therefore infancy is a ___________ period.

Using the Strange Situation procedure, 18-month-old Jen displayed fear with her mother in the room, demanded her attention, and acted distressed when her mother left. After her mother's return, Jen could not be soothed by her mother and tried to get away from her mother. Jen's behaviour displays a(n) _________ attachment.

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

Psychologist Mary Ainsworth used ____________ to examine different types of infant attachment.

Cross-cultural research on the social habits of adolescents has revealed that when teens are compared, teens in Europe appear to place less emphasis on peer relationships than teens in _____________ do.

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

Which of the following conclusions regarding Lawrence Kohlberg's theory of moral development has received empirical support?

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.

In their research investigating the impact of temperament on psychological development, Alexander Thomas and Stella Chess found that infants classified as _________ were more likely to suffer from behavioural and emotional problems during childhood.

Piaget's theory of cognitive development suggests a number of milestones to achieve in moving from one stage to another. The milestone for moving from the concrete operational stage to the formal operational stage is achieving or resolving

Harry Harlow's research with rhesus monkeys indicated that they appeared to develop more of an emotional bond with a "surrogate mother" who _________, a finding that has strong implications regarding the nature of ____________.

Discuss some of the controversy surrounding the possible "fifth stage" of development that some cognitive theorists believe occurs in adulthood.

Which of these forms of learning is effective with infants?

One of the things that differentiates the formal and concrete operational stages is that during the formal stage

One likely reason that the Czechoslovakian twins may have recovered better from their isolation than Victor, the Wild Boy of Aveyron, is because ___________.

You are having a random conversation with someone on the train about what you're studying. When they find out you're taking a psychology course, they ask you if you've learned anything about aging. You say that, based on cross-sectional research discussed in your textbook we can expect that our _____ will peak during _____.

Describe some factors that influence adolescents' psychological reactions to experiencing puberty.

Lexie enjoys talking to her infant sister Brianna. Lexie explains that she is three years old and holds up three fingers, then asks Brianna if she can do the same thing. Brianna waves her arms but doesn't seem to have much control over her finger movements. In words Lexie can understand her father explains that this is due to the ________________ principle.