Exam 12: Development Over the Lifespan

As Jill was growing up, she had always believed that she could be either a man or a woman some day. But now she realizes that as a girl, she will become a woman. Jill has acquired an understanding of

Why might a perceptual function show a decline and then improvement during infancy?

A young child who is showing a great deal of interest in and curiosity about the world would most likely be said to be in Erik Erikson's _____________ stage.

How do intellectual abilities change with age? To what extent does the answer depend on the research design used?

The type of research design that combines the cross-sectional and longitudinal approaches is called a meta-analysis.

Which of the below statements about newborn visual preferences is NOT true?

Cross-cultural studies suggest that both stranger and separation anxiety show highly similar patterns in different cultures.

Which one of the following statements is NOT true?

An infant is born with facial irregularities and a small, malformed brain. As the child grows up, she shows symptoms of mental deficit and tends to be both irritable and hostile. It is most likely that this infant's abnormalities are due to ___________.

Which of the following placements of a hypothetical third eye would be most characteristic of a child in the concrete operational stage?

Around the age of 18 months, infants can recognize themselves in a mirror, showing developmental psychologists that these children have developed ___________.

Jean Piaget's concept of assimilation specifically refers to the ways in which new experiences are incorporated with pre-existing schemas.

According to the text, maximum muscle strength in the various parts of the body appears to be achieved between the ages of

One of the limitations of Jean Piaget's theory is that recent evidence indicates that children develop several key cognitive abilities later than Piaget originally thought.

Discuss how adolescents' reasoning abilities change and the ways in which their thinking is egocentric.

A young infant is forming attachment bonds. If the attachment is developed toward familiar caregivers only, Bowlby's theory of attachment would consider this

Sally's teacher has observed that she does understand object permanence, conservation tasks, and is able to solve the three-mountain problem. However, she does not show abstract thinking. According to Piaget's theory, Sally is in the

The "Strange Situation Test" developed by Mary Ainsworth is used specifically to assess

Children in day care are at a higher risk for an insecure attachment to their parents when the following negative factors combined: ___________

In what ways does auditory pattern perception change in infancy?