Exam 8: Development

In a longitudinal study that followed individuals from ages 5 to 41 revealed that children of warm, affectionate parents were no more likely to be socially accomplished adults than those who had a less affectionate relationship with their parents.

How do you measure memory in one-month-old infants?

In the 1960s, women who took thalidomide during the fifth to eighth week of pregnancy often gave birth to children with malformed or absent limbs. This can be explained by the concept of

The last of Jean Piaget's cognitive stages is called

In his studies of monkeys raised with surrogate mothers, Harlow found that infant monkeys demonstrated an attachment to

In the sequence of changes that take place during puberty, the first change in girls and boys is usually

Three-year-old Imelda sees porpoises swimming in a tank of water for the first time and says, "fish." This is an example of

Which of the following deals with the issues of how traits change through the lifespan?

Describe the research on depth perception of Gibson and Walk and what it has shown us about the development of perception in infants.

Describe the research on attachment conducted by Mary Ainsworth and by Harry Harlow, including the design of the studies and the research findings.

Harmful factors in the prenatal environment that can damage the developing organism and interfere with normal development are called

Only heavy use of alcohol by pregnant women poses a danger to the unborn child.

The simplest evidence of learning in infants is the phenomenon of

Describe the issue in developmental psychology as to whether development is continuous or occurs in stages.

The Kübler-Ross theory of death and dying claims that the last stage before death is

Which of the following factors is not associated with good cognitive functioning in the elderly?

How did Erikson's view human development?

The first of Jean Piaget's cognitive stages is called

Newborns prefer salty solutions over sweet solutions.

According to Erikson, if the basic conflict of a given stage is not resolved satisfactorily,