Exam 13: Life-Span Development

The Information-Processing approach argues that there are a number of variables that affect cognitive development. What are those variables? Discuss each briefly.

The most commonly observed attachment pattern around the world is:

If one wants to know how development occurs beyond early adulthood, one must look to Erik Erikson. What were his stages of development that related to adults? Do you think he is missing anything? Does his theory explain you, for example? If not, what needs to be added?

Of the following ages, which one will, all other things being equal, react fastest when a traffic light turns green?

If one were to do a longitudinal experiment, it would most likely reveal that, for most people, significant mental declines:

Those individuals with a(an) _____ attachment style behave in contradictory ways, indicating helpless efforts to elicit soothing responses from the attachment figure.

A variable involved in cognitive development is metacognition, which is:

According to your textbook, the percentage of the population that experiences age-related dementia is about

Children with _____attachments often seem relatively unfazed by their mother's departure.

My young son asks me what is wrong and I tell him I had a long, hard day. He walks away and comes back and gives me his favorite blanket to cheer me up. It worked. My son is displaying what psychologists refer to as:

A friend of mine is absolutely amazed at how we change both physically and mentally throughout our lifetime. My friend should become a _____ psychologist.

The ability to continuously add to one's knowledge base throughout life is believed to be tied to:

My sister has three children and our parents were divorced when I was 6 and she was 3. Based on the research involving adult attachment styles, what should be expected of her children in terms of attachment style? They are more likely to be:

The notion of stages assumes that, as development occurs, the person changes:

I believe that one's capability to feel love is greatly based on the experiences a person has growing up, particularly from 4-6 years of age. I also think that there are experiences subsequent in time that can affect the development of the feeling of love. Those experiences, however, are not nearly as powerful as the 4-6 age range. I am arguing for:

Your book describes the speaking style of "motherese", which is characterized by exaggerated intonation, a slow rate of speech, and high pitch. Motherese is important to help infants

Your textbook shows a picture of the three-mountain task, in which a stuffed animal is looking at the mountains at a different angle from the child. As a child goes through the sensorimotor stage, they would gain the ability to

Your authors state that prosocial behavior is fostered by:

An example of continuous development is:

Which is NOT a variable accounting for cognitive development, from the information processing perspective?