Exam 11: Human Development

Magdelana is a newborn who lives with both parents and is being breast-fed. Which statement most accurately describes her senses? ​

Devin is a cheerful nine-month-old infant who wakes up every day at 5:30 a.m., eats lunch every day at noon, and goes to bed at 9 p.m. He gets fussy in the afternoon but can usually be lulled to sleep. As most babies classified by temperament pattern, he would most likely be classified as ____. ​

Jayendra has just graduated from college. He has a strong sense of his goals and values, and is ready to enter adulthood with confidence and maturity. Based on this information, it appears that Jayendra has successfully worked through his ____. ​

Martina has just begun to be able to carry on discussions about hypothetical worlds and counterfactual possibilities. Martina has just ____. ​

Heinz's wife is very ill and will die without treatment. Unfortunately, the only drug that can help her is very rare and much too expensive for Heinz to afford. If Heinz is presented with an opportunity to steal the drug, his postconventional moral reasoning would lead him to conclude that he ____. ​

Baby Megan has been described as irritable and irregular in her sleeping and eating habits. Megan's temperament is most likely ____. ​

Wilhelmine, a ninety-year-old former accountant, has recently had difficulty balancing her checkbook and remembering to get her mail. Reading, which used to be her recreation in life, has now become difficult. Wilhelmine is most likely experiencing ____. ​

An infant loses interest in a toy train set every time the train disappears into a long tunnel. This infant must be in Piaget's ____ stage of development. ​

People who engage in _____ use communications through Internet devices to torment their victims. ​

As a young single mother, Dameka is concerned about the effects of sending her six-week-old child to day care, but she has to go to work. A day-care center that ____ is most likely to result in an insecure attachment between Dameka and her baby. ​

Which statement has been identified as a limitation of Kohlberg's theory of moral development?

A school board educational committee in a rural community is contemplating how to help deprived children improve their academic performance. Which elements do they need to emphasize outside of the classroom, according to developmental psychologists? ​

Veruca's mother is buying breakfast cereal. Even though there is more cereal in the wide plastic containers than in the tall, thin boxes, Veruca cries, "I want the box, Mommy, because I want more!" According to Piaget, Veruca has not yet mastered ____, which means she is probably in the ____ stage of cognitive development. ​

Bernadette is ten years old and in the fourth grade. Describe what may be occurring in her life according to Piaget, Erikson, and Kohlberg. ​

Kimmy becomes extremely upset and cries every time her mother leaves her at preschool. However, when Kimmy's mom returns for her, Kimmy becomes angry and squirms out of her mom's arms. Kimmy can best be characterized as having a(n)____ attachment style. ​

Linda and Stu are the parents of two teenagers. Stu likes to reason with the children and discuss the limits he is setting. Linda likes to lay down the law and take no arguments from the children. According to the textbook, Stu displays a(n)____ parenting style, and Linda displays a(n)____ parenting style. ​

Korean and Chinese children can do arithmetic with three-digit numbers with greater skill than American children. According to research, what is one of the most important factors explaining this differences ____. ​

Glen has reached Kohlberg's fifth stage of moral reasoning. According to the textbook, if he is given the opportunity to cheat on a test, what will he do? ​

Tina's car is towed after being parked on a snow route. She complains that the tow violates her principles of universal justice and fairness. Her friend Dave argues that although the street was completely plowed, Tina technically violated the law and deserves a ticket. According to Kohlberg, Dave's moral reasoning is most likely at the ____ level. ​

The focus of psychosocial development in adolescence, according to Erik Erikson, is ____ formation. ​