Exam 5: Growth and Lifespan Development

Proliferation refers to:

Developmental psychology includes the study of maturation, which includes the development of physical processes and resultant changes in behavior. Which of the following statements is true of the connection between maturation and skill acquisition?

Which one of these statements concerning fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and fetal alcohol effects (FAE) is true?

What cognitive disorder involves both atypical movements and dementia in all cases?

According to Marcia, adolescents who have not experienced identity crisis but have adopted their parent's ideologies are at what stage?

A child named Ann tells you that it is okay for her to steal a candy bar from a store in order to make her friends like her more. According to Kohlberg's theory, she is likely to be at what stage of her moral development?

The separation-individuation theory of childhood development, proposed by Mahler, delineates a few main phases and several overlapping sub-phases that occur in children between birth and two or more years of age. Which main phase does the sub-phase rapprochement occur during?

In which stage of Erikson's psychosocial theory of development is caring for others a main focus?

Mitosis, the process of forming new cells through cell division, occurs more rapidly at some points in the lifespan. During which of the following periods does mitosis occur most rapidly?

Research into potential negative effects of maternal employment and daycare on children has concluded which of the following?

Generativity refers to the feeling of obligation to, and concern for __________ .

Piaget's model of childhood development identifies four stages of cognitive development that individuals move through as they grow up. Which of those stages involves animistic thinking-giving inanimate objects psychological attributes?

Health varies over a lifespan and is impacted by a number of factors, including age, diet, drug use, stress levels, and psychosocial factors. The Holmes and Rahe Social Readjustment Rating Scale was developed to measure the relationship between poor health and which factor?

Instead of a sensitive period, there is a critical period in:

In the strange situation, an infant who explores her environment independently, but returns to her father occasionally, exhibits distress when her father leaves, and goes to him when he returns, is said to be:

The stepfather-stepchild relationship is likely to be the most problematic when:

Some studies suggest that bilingual children perform better than monolingual children in studies measuring:

Alterations in chromosome structure can occur through a number of ways. Which of the following describes inversion?

Brain development is rapid during childhood. At what age is it believed that a brain has lateral functioning and sensory integration?

A child whose parents are going through a divorce may experience a myriad of feelings including __________ .