Exam 6: Growing and Developing

Which statement best expresses the relationship between dementia and Alzheimer's disease

Which attachment style describes an infant who is mildly disturbed at his mother's departure in the strange situation, but who is easily soothed on her return

The search for a unique identity is the key developmental challenge of adolescence.

Dementia and Alzheimer's disease reflect a gradual decline in the production of the neurotransmitter ___________.

From the late teens into the mid-20s, individuals are in a transitional phase that developmental psychologists call _________ adulthood.

Which of the following is true in a cross sectional research design

Your text suggests that psychologists began to devote increasing attention to the study of adulthood during the ___________.

Jay complains to his father that he wants more juice. His father takes the juice Jay has in his glass and pours it into a taller but narrower glass. Jay is now content that he has more juice. Jay has apparently failed to develop:

The sexual organs are visible by the end of the ________ month of prenatal development.

Kiera, a high-school junior, has not considered potential educational or career paths. She seems to have no clear idea regarding her future and seems unconcerned with the issue. In Marcia's terms, Kiera reflects the _________ stage of identity development.

According to Erikson, the challenge of intimacy versus isolation occurs:

Which of the following is NOT among the criticisms of Kohlberg's stage theory of moral development

Which of the following is the correct definition of the tonic neck reflex.

Because it is an environmental agent potentially harmful to a developing fetus, cocaine is termed a(n) _________.

Memory for general knowledge and facts is ________ affected by age than is memory for specific experiences that one has had.

Infant attachment is often assessed in the laboratory through a method called the ________.

Menarche typically occurs around _______ years of age; its timing reflects __________.

In Carol Gilligan's theory, morality is based on _______, rather than on justice, as is the case in Kohlberg's theory; Moderate

The "Woodstock era" brings to mind middle- and upper-middle-class individuals who reached late adolescence or early adulthood in the later 1960s. A developmental psychologist might refer to such a group as a _______. Differences between such groups represent a confound in ________ designs.

Mary Ainsworth devised the "strange situation" to assess: