Exam 8: Development

What are the physical changes associated with middle age?

The visual cliff apparatus is used to study

A dominant gene will not be expressed if the individual carries

Erikson contends that in order to avoid personal impoverishment and stagnation in middle age, individuals must develop

The teenager's exaggerated sense of personal uniqueness and indestructibility results from having an imaginary audience.

Elizabeth Kübler-Ross found that all people go through the same five stages in coming to terms with death, but they may be experienced in a different order.

Which of the following would be least likely to increase the chance of having a low birth weight baby?

What new capability characterizes the formal operations stage?

Daisy, a young adult, is most likely to be dealing with which of Erikson's stages?

Joan is neglected in her first year of life. She receives little love or affection. According to Erikson, Joan is likely to develop a sense of

If researchers compare different groups of subjects of different ages on various characteristics, the study would be described as

According to Gilligan, Kohlberg not only failed to include female subjects in his studies, but his highest level emphasizes justice and equality rather than

According to Erikson, young adults must first have established their sense of identity in order to be able to develop true intimacy.

Define imaginary audience and personal fable. Give three examples of imaginary audience and personal fable.

According to Piaget, which statement is not true of the stages of cognitive development?

All of the following are identified in the textbook as negative influences on prenatal development except

Young people perform better than older people on intelligence tests that demand

When a subject becomes accustomed to a stimulus and stops responding to it, ________ is said to have occurred.

Four-year-old Kendra rolls a ball of clay into a sausage shape to make "more" clay. Her actions demonstrate that she has not acquired the concept of

Both males and females have a recognizable onset of puberty called menarche.