Exam 10: Life Span Development II

The police department announces the location where they will be enforcing the speed limit. This announcement is MOST likely to affect the behavior of people at the _____ level of moral development.

Which is NOT a major criticism of Kohlberg's stages of moral development?

List and describe Erikson's eight stages of psychosocial development. Illustrate each with an example of a successful and unsuccessful resolution.

Lionel recently lost his wife and is experiencing guilt, anger, and resentment. Occasionally, he has vivid dreams that she is still alive, and sometimes even sees her waiting for him on the front porch swing when he comes home from work. It is MOST likely that Lionel is in the _____ stage of grieving.

Which of the following statements about grief is INACCURATE?

The _____ theory of aging suggests that successful adjustment is fostered by a full and active commitment to life.

During the _____ stage of psychosocial development, individuals decide whether the world is good and satisfying, or painful and unrewarding. During the _____ stage, individuals develop a sense of competency or insecurity.

Serena is one-month old and is not living up to her name. She is easily frustrated, tense, and reacts more than most infants when her schedule is upset. Thomas and Chess would categorize her as _____.

Which of the following is associated with resilience in children?

Five-year-old Tyler believes "bad things are what you get punished for." Tyler is at Kohlberg's _____ level of morality.

One of the clearest identifiers of abuse potential is _____.

According to Erickson, generativity in middle adulthood involves _____.

Which of the following suggestions is NOT recommended by psychologists when dealing with grief?

The _____ theory of aging suggests that adjustment to retirement is fostered by mutual withdrawal between the elderly and society.

Which of the following is CORRECTLY matched?

Which of the following children is working on the challenge of initiative vs. guilt in Erikson's psychosocial model of development?

Imagine that you were told that you had brain cancer and had only three months to live. Write a brief dialogue that would clearly illustrate your progression through each of Kubler-Ross's five sequential stages of death and dying. Summarize the criticisms of this theory of death and dying, and Kubler-Ross's contributions.

Frederico's doctor has recently told him that he has a terminal illness. Frederico is now very terse with and critical of the doctor. He frequently remarks that life is unfair. According to Kubler-Ross, Frederico is MOST likely to be in the _____ stage of coping with his impending death.

Once an individual has accepted and internalized the rules and values of society, that person has advanced to the _____ level of moral development.

To study moral development, Kohlberg _____.