Exam 6: Growing and Developing

At first, the buzzing sound of your new alarm clock woke you up reliably. Now, though, you always sleep through the sound. You have __________ to the clock's alarm tone.

Mary Ainsworth found that approximately 60-70% of the children she studied showed evidence of ___________ attachment.

With respect to Piaget's assessment of children's cognitive abilities, recent research suggests that, in general, Piaget _________ children's capabilities.

In its discussion of habituation, your text notes that when infants pay attention to a stimulus, their heart rate increases. Increased heart rate may therefore serve as a(n) _________ definition of "paying attention."

Across cultures, the average age at which a girl reaches puberty is _______ years of age. The average age at which a boy reaches puberty is _______ years of age.

Which of the following intellectual issues would seem MOST relevant to developmental psychology

Which infant reflex is correctly matched with its description

Which of the following does NOT accurately reflect a contribution of Piaget's theory of cognitive development

When an infant recognizes that objects continue to exist even when they are no longer in sight, the infant has attained what Piaget termed:

Ed is no longer angry that he is dying of lung cancer. If Kübler-Ross is correct, Ed will now experience:

Beginning in middle age, there is a _______ correlation between a man's age and the time it takes to achieve an erection.

Gavin is always anxious and on edge when his girlfriend is away working the late shift. When she returns, he craves reassurance from her, but sometimes drives her way by expressing his insecurity about their relationship. Gavin's attachment style may be best described as _________.

With respect to age-related changes in cognition, which of the following statements is FALSE

Which of the parenting styles tends to produce the most independent, competent, and socially responsible children Why

In Kohlberg's theory, the shift from precoventional to conventional moral reasoning takes place by:

In the United States, approximately 1 in _______ babies is born with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS).

Cross-culturally, women's reactions to menopause:

According to Kubler-Ross, anger is the first stage in dealing with grief.

As psychologists use the term, to "habituate" means:

Which of the following is true in a longitudinal research design