Exam 12: Development Over the Lifespan

Children in the _________ stage, the last of Piaget's stages, are able to think logically and systematically about both concrete and abstract problems, form hypotheses, and test them in thoughtful ways.

All of the following were mentioned as characteristics of children with secure attachment EXCEPT

The process by which an individual evaluates and modifies emotional reactions is called emotion ___________.

You suspect that a young child is in Piaget's preoperational stage. Which of the following would you look for to confirm your suspicion?

Bowlby's discriminate phase typically begins around 3 months of age and during it, the infant tends to direct his/her attachment behaviour towards ____________.

Professor Lee is interested in the cognitive development of children. So she looks at the problem solving strategies in a group of six-year olds and then tests them again every year until they are 10. Professor Lee's research uses a

Denial is the first of the five stages experienced by a dying person proposed by Kübler-Ross.

According to Piaget, young children who show egocentrism are in the

Is mid-life crisis a myth? Discuss the evidence.

Which of the following statements regarding Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development is most accurate?

A father believes that certain behaviours are more appropriate for boys than for girls. His wife has heard him share these beliefs and she wonders whether they are partly responsible for the fact that he relates differently to his son, with whom he tends to use more verbal and physical prohibition than he does with his daughter. In this example, the father's beliefs would be examples of ___________, while the fact that he treats his children differently depending on their gender demonstrates the concept of _____________.

Which of the following statements regarding the potential impact of daycare is most accurate?

Marini, of Brock University, and Case, of the University of Toronto, tested adolescents on two types of abstract reasoning problems. They found that two-thirds of the adolescents performed at the same reasoning level on the two tasks, while the other one-third performed at a more advanced level on one task compared to the other. This finding

Roberta and Paul are the proud parents of a new baby girl. This means that when they conceived their child, the 23^rd chromosome in Roberta's egg cell was a(n) ___________, and the 23^rd chromosome in Paul's sperm cell was a(n) ___________.

The principle of proximodistal development is consistent with all of the following observations EXCEPT

James is a young child and he has just learned something very interesting. He learned that his pet named Rover and the neighbour's pet named Lassie are both examples of the same category-dogs. This reflects Piaget's concept of

Jake, a two-year-old toddler, is left with a babysitter while his parents go out to dinner. Surprisingly, he isn't particularly upset when they leave though he clings to his teddy bear. In addition to the fact that Jake has learned that his parents don't cease to exist when they are out of his sight, Jake's response is most likely a result of ___________.

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

What do studies indicate about the risks associated with retirement?

Recall of past personal events tends to decline as we age.