Exam 5: The Developing Human

In the _____________ stage of development, logic is limited to what a child can directly observe.

Which of the following people has the most neurons they will ever have?

Mary, who is 92 years old, looks back on her life and knows that she has no regrets. Her life was well lived and she is well loved. According to Erikson's theory, Mary has mastered the psychosocial crisis of __________.

Although she's checked every day for many weeks with her stethoscope, Karen first detected her fetus's heart beating today. Karen must be at least how many months pregnant?

A teratogen is __________,

Ricardo is sixteen years old. According to Erik Erikson's theory, the chief task of development Ricardo now faces is to establish __________.

Marnie, who is 84, has a degenerative disease characterized by progressive cognitive decline. At first she experienced mood swings and a loss of short-term memory, but now she cannot remember her children's names. Marnie likely has __________.

Beth is experiencing menarche, which is __________.

People who come to terms with their imminent death have reached Kü bler-Ross's stage of __________.

Alejandra is unhappy most of the time, has unpredictable sleep and elimination patterns, and does not adapt well to new situations. Thomas and Chess's research would classify Alejandra as __________.

In Mary Ainsworth's studies, _______________ infants are calm when their mothers leave, accept the stranger in the room, and ignore and avoid their mothers when the mothers return.

Elisabeth Kü bler-Ross (1969) described patients' reactions when they knew death was imminent and found the first stage to be __________.

The leading cause of mental retardation in the United States is __________.