Exam 9: Life Span Development

Angela's baby, Justin,recently learned to sit up on his own without support and without falling over. How many months old is Justin most likely to be?

The personal fable and risk taking that occur during adolescent egocentrism may be due primarily to the underdevelopment of what part of the brain?

Briefly describe early childhood changes in the brain, motor abilities, and sensory/perceptual development.

Which period is the first stage of prenatal development (from conception to implantation in the uterus) that involves the first two weeks of pregnancy?

The germinal period, which is the first of the prenatal stages, ________.

A child believes that any object that flies is a bird based on a past experience that the "birdie is in the sky." He now calls airplanes and hot air balloons "birdies." This would be an example of ________.

Discuss some of the physical issues that are confronted during middle age and late adulthood and their implications for psychological well-being.

Which of the following is responsible for the development of secondary sex characteristics?

What would a naturist say about Tiger Woods's achievements in golf? "His achievements are primarily due to ________."

Contrast the terms puberty and adolescence, and list the major physical changes that occur during puberty, middle age, and later adulthood.

There are no other cars on the road at three AM and you come to a stop sign, you decide not to drive through it, but instead you follow the traffic laws and stop because you believe the rules are legitimate and good for public welfare; you are demonstrating which orientation stage of moral development?

The fact that imprinting occurs within the first few minutes of life demonstrates the importance of ________.

When one group of same-aged participants are studied together, they may be affected by specific historical events that affected them in all in a similar manner. These influences are called ________ effects.

John was shown a ball of string, then the teacher unraveled it so the string became one long piece that was more than 10 feet long. John knows that the ball of string has the same amount of string as when it is unraveled into one long piece. Which stage of Piaget's cognitive development is John exhibiting?

Thornton is easily upset and will throw his toys in a tantrum; at other times he will cry if he doesn't get what he wants. Thornton sometimes pulls his younger sister's hair when he is angry. He does not communicate well with friends or adults. According to Baumrind, it is MOST likely that his parents are engaged in which type of parenting?

A major problem found in cross-sectional research is the existence of which type of effects, which are caused by differences in the histories of different age groups?

Jayla wants to understand how heredity interacts with environment to produce given actions or mental processes. She is probably a student of ________.

What is the crisis of young adults as defined by Erikson's psychosocial stages?

The relatively new field of ________ studies how the expression of a person's genes can be impacted by non-genetic, or environmental, factors.

The Russian psychologist who suggested that a child's sociocultural influences were essential to their cognitive development was ________.