Exam 6: Growing and Developing

When an object touches baby Geraldine's palm, she closes her fist tightly around it if the object is lifted up, Geraldine hangs on and is lifted up with it. Geraldine is demonstrating:

Overall, the authoritarian style seems to be the most effective of the parenting styles outlined in your text.

There are three pet cats in little Lydia's family. Lydia mistakenly concludes that a neighbor's rabbit is a cat. In Piaget's terms, Lydia is demonstrating assimilation.

Which of the following is the correct definition of the withdrawal reflex

Which of the following best describes the Moro reflex

The "strange situation" is associated with _________; it helps classify the attachment behavior of ________.

Luke is 1 year old. Lana is 4 years old. Jesse is 6 years old. Which of the following statements is accurate with respect to the development of the self-concept in these children

The fetal period is the longest stage of prenatal development.

Brain development is essentially complete by the time puberty ends.

Dr. Darden asks a group of young adults and a group of older adults to recall memories of events in their lives. She then assesses the proportion of positive statements in the recall protocols. Which developmental research method is Dr. Darden using Based on your text's discussion, what should she find

If Mike is struggling to achieve generativity rather than stagnation, Mike is probably:

Which of the following statements is true with respect to the potential influence of one's perception of aging

The realization that objects continue to exist even when they are out of sight is termed _______ in Piaget's theory.

Which of the following is a description of Piaget's concrete operational stage

A research team tracks a large sample of community-dwelling adults over a 20-year period. At five-year intervals, participants complete several measures, including a questionnaire assessing psychosocial adjustment. What type of research is the team conducting What type of correlation coefficient might the team expect to find between participants' scores on the psychosocial adjustment measure, and their scores on the same measure 20 years later

Research examining the potential influence of culture on memory among older adults suggests that apparent age-related declines in memory:

Which of the following is the correct definition of the rooting reflex

Jack registered as a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War. He believed that it is wrong to take the life of others. If necessary, Jack would serve time in jail, rather than take part in an armed conflict. Jack's reasoning reflects the __________stage of moral development.

Developmental psychologists are known for stage theories. Which of the following psychologist is CORRECTLY matched with the process for which they proposed a stage theory

Your text states that, "women whose menstrual cycles have stopped for 12 consecutive months are considered to have entered menopause." This phrase offers a(n) __________ definition of menopause.