Exam 12: Development Over the Lifespan

Attachment refers to the strong emotional bond that develops between human children and their primary caregivers. Since it is most easily established during the first one to two years of a child's life, its creation appears to be governed by a ___________ period.

Studies indicate that newborn infants are not capable of learning through modelling until they are at least 4- to 5-months old.

What are Donald Super's five stages of vocational development?

Which of the following statements concerning divorce is most accurate?

Ramon is celebrating his 75^th birthday next week. According to Erikson, the life crisis that is most relevant to Ramon would be

Even police and custom officers can have difficulty detecting simple lies told by children.

A teenager who says to themselves that nobody else could possibly comprehend the struggles and difficulties they have been through is best demonstrating the concept of ____________.

Individuals tend to experience a turbulent mid-life transition between the ages of 40 and 45 known as the mid-life crisis.

If you were doing a study on the development of cognitive abilities, which of the following designs poses the LEAST problems for interpretation?

The wide variety of environmental agents that cause abnormalities in prenatal development are called ___________.

Zofia's dermatologist has recommended a drug called Accutane for her acne. Accutane has potentially serious detrimental effects on a fetus, so Zofia is required to have a pregnancy test both before she begins treatment and every month that she takes the medication. In this situation, Accutane would act as a/an ________________ on an unborn child.

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 sensorimotor stage to the preoperational stage is achieving or resolving

Megan has developed her attachment bonds and can now describe her feelings to her parents and maintain their relationship. According Bowlby's theory of attachment, Megan is in the stage of

All of the following are valid limitations or criticisms of Kübler-Ross's stages of coping with impending death, EXCEPT, some people may ___________.

Although Jean Piaget assumed that children under the age of ___________ 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 ___________.

Statements such as "Lord, please let me live long enough to see my grandchild," and "Please let me live until my next birthday," demonstrate which stage of death and dying outlined by Kübler-Ross?

What technique, developed by Robert Fantz in 1961, allows researchers to make inferences about infant visual preferences, and/or perceptual experiences?

Which of the following examples best demonstrates the process of accommodation?

According to Baumrind's research conducted on parenting styles, the one that is associated with the most positive childhood outcomes is the ____________ style.

Any environmental factor that could negatively affect the prenatal development is called ___________.