Exam 12: Development Over the Lifespan

Recent studies indicate that children from divorced families are more likely to suffer from all of the following problems EXCEPT

Describe assimilation and accommodation. How are they related to cognitive development?

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 preoperational stage to the concrete operations stage is achieving or resolving

According to Lawrence Kohlberg's model of moral development, all of the following should be true EXCEPT

Which of the following was mentioned as one of the methods used by developmental psychologists to study the sensory capabilities and perceptual preferences of infants?

In June's ethics class, students are required to defend their beliefs and explain why they subscribe to them. June believes strongly in the values she holds, but she isn't sure how to defend them, because her parents taught her the values and she has simply never questioned them. James Marcia would say that June's identity status in regard to ethics is

A young infant is forming attachment bonds. If the attachment is developed with mom and dad only, Bowlby's theory of attachment would consider this

When we compare Piaget's view of cognitive development with the information processing view

Mrs. Lee has just found out that she has stage 4 cancer and will probably not live for another year. She thinks that her doctor is terribly wrong and wants a second and a third opinion. She knows that this could not happen to her-she has done everything "right" all of her life. According to Kubler-Ross's theory about death, Mrs. Lee is currently in the stage of _____, which will be directly followed by _____.

Michael is playing ball with his father when the ball rolls under the sofa. Michael turns his attention to another toy, not even attempting to look under the sofa for the ball. Piaget would say that Michael has

Your grandmother is just about to have her 77^th birthday. According to results from studies examining the information-processing changes that occur with age, which of the following areas would you expect to be least impaired by the process of aging?

Diana Baumrind (1967) identified two key dimensions of parental behaviour as __________ and __________.

Sally is interested in comparing the effects of video game violence on aggression in several different age groups. Which of the following groups would a cross-sectional design be confounded by the age of the cohorts?

A teenager has not really experienced an identity crisis and appears unconcerned about identity issues. According to Marcia's work on the search for identity, this teenager is in a state of

In the short and long term, how do children generally respond to parental divorce? What factors enhance their adjustment to divorce and remarriage?

A child shows object permanence but fails on a conservation problem. According to Piaget, this child is in the

When placed in the strange situation, Eric shows no distress at all when his mother leaves the room, and by the same token, he is not very excited when she returns. Overall, he doesn't appear to be very attached to his mother, but he doesn't resist when she picks him up to give him a kiss. Eric would most likely be classified as

Which of Diana Baumrind's parenting styles, is associated with the most positive outcomes such as higher self-esteem, high academic achievement, fewer conduct problems, and consideration of others?

James Marcia (1966, 2002) proposed that people could be classified as having an "identity status." Individuals who seem unconcerned or even cynical about identity issues, and are not committed to a coherent set of values, are classified as having a(n) __________ status.

A study found that children over age 3 who grew up with older brothers or sisters performed better on a cognitive task than did children with no siblings or younger siblings. This is consistent with the concept of ____________________.