Exam 13: Life-Span Development

Research indicates that, as an infant habituates to stimuli, his or her sucking rate:

The strength of the cognitive approach is its emphasis on:

According to the information processing approach, competence is associated with the shift from conscious to ____ processing.

If I wanted to make sure my son or daughter had the least amount of difficulty learning a second language, they should start learning the other language before the age of:

The tendency of young animals of certain species to follow an animal to which they were exposed during a sensitive period early in their lives is known as:

Erikson's model of adult development is composed of _____ stages - stages in the development of the person as a social being.

According to Piaget's theory, during the _____ stage, moral rules can be changed if they are not appropriate to the occasion, as long as the people involved agree to do so.

According to the textbook, the "prime culprit" related to our negative views of old age is:

On an exam, Ronnie did better than Mike. Mike did better than Joanne. It is obvious to you that Ronnie did better than Joanne. You have performed:

According to information in the textbook, infants are capable of implicit memory by the time they are:

Alzheimer's is thought to be due to:

With regard to the difference between boys and girls, which is true?

The idea that objects exist independently of us and independently of them being seen is referred to as:

Between ____ months, children lose their ability to discriminate phonemes in the languages they typically hear.

How close should you be so that a newborn infant can see your face clearly?

During prenatal development, the embryonic period is when

The psychodynamic viewpoint on moral development suggests that children take in the values of their parents. This process is referred to as:

For women, the most dramatic physical change of middle adulthood is:

In one study, children who spent their first 19 months of life in an overcrowded and understaffed orphanage experienced major increases in IQ after being moved to an environment that provided individual care. Findings such as these:

Harry Harlow is well known for his influential studies with how infant monkeys interacted with surrogate parents. Explain what Harlow's basic study was like and what he found about contact comfort.