Exam 12: Development Over the Lifespan

Assimilation is to accommodation as

At what age do children begin to understand other people's thinking? How have researchers established this?

Identify and describe the four stages of identity formation that occur during adolescence.

In what major ways does research support and contradict Piaget's basic ideas?

A graduate student decides to replicate the famous Harlow experiment with infant monkeys. The monkeys are isolated from birth and are raised with either a cloth surrogate mother or a wire surrogate mother that provides nourishment. The student predicts that the infant monkeys will be attached to the cloth surrogate mother. This prediction is based on the concept of

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

Studies examining a child's ability to lie and use deception would most likely be used by developmental researchers to make inferences regarding

What aspects of Kohlberg's model have been supported? What are its limitations?

According to Jean Piaget, ___________ involves the process by which new experiences cause existing schemas to change.

The phenomenon of imprinting is most relevant to the concept of ___________.

The fact that a baby will suck on a finger that is placed in her mouth best illustrates which of the following?

Lynne and her mother are fighting yet again. Lynne is fourteen years-old and does not want to wear the new hat and mittens her mother bought her. Lynne's mother says it is winter and is insisting Lynne wear the hat and mittens to school. Lynne screams, "Everyone will notice and make fun of me!" This thinking on Lynne's part reflects

The term "proximodistal" is most consistent with which of the following?

One technique for examining infant learning is ____________ where the same stimulus is presented repeatedly until infant looking time declines.

How does imprinting illustrate the concept of critical periods?

What has research found about the relationship between the use of social media and social development?

Research by Pea and colleagues on the relationship between social media and well-being indicates that

According to Jean Piaget, the process in which new information is incorporated into pre-existing schemas is known as

In his research with monkeys, Harlow found results suggesting that the process of animal attachment is facilitated by

Tyra consumed a lot of alcohol during her pregnancy; her baby is born with facial abnormalities and intellectual disability. What defect does the baby have?