Exam 3: C: Human Development

When Dave was told by his doctor that he was in the advanced stages of cancer,Dave immediately questioned the report and sought a second opinion from another doctor.Dave is exhibiting which reaction to impending death?

In which stage of impending death is the person neither happy nor sad,but is at peace with the inevitable?

A nursing home administrator gives the residents little choice in activities they participate in or in the food that is served.Friendships between opposite sex residents are also discouraged.She tells the staff that "the elderly are like little children that don't know what's best for them." This statement of the administrator reflects

When Sammy misbehaves,his father refuses to speak to him.The silent treatment would be classified as part of which discipline approach?

Psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg held that we learn moral values through

Failure to resolve the tasks of middle adulthood leads to a concern for only one's own needs and comforts,resulting in what Erikson called

Studies suggest that the healthiest,happiest older people

A nurse and her husband come upon an accident late at night.While her husband stays with the accident victims and calls for help,the nurse breaks the window on the door of a nearby drugstore to get the supplies she needs to help these victims before the ambulance gets there.When the police arrive,she tells them what she did and offers to pay for the window and supplies.Which level of moral development is the nurse exhibiting?

Simon is in his 50s and is completing a test that involves an assessment of vocabulary as well as a timed test that requires Simon to put picture designs together.If we compare Simon's scores on these two tests to these same tests taken by Simon when he was 20,we would expect his

Most challenges of adulthood revolve around health,work,marriage,children,and

Psychological characteristics shared by the healthiest,happiest older people include all of the following EXCEPT

Which child psychologist believes that parents should send I-messages to their children,rather than you-messages?

Rational and reasonable effects defined by the parents are called

When teenagers question "who they are" and "what they will become," they are experiencing which conflict?

With aging comes a gradual decline of __________ abilities.

Vocabulary and stored knowledge are examples of __________ abilities.

Studies suggest that the healthiest,happiest older people

According to Erikson,a person entering adolescence can expect the major developmental task to center around the need to

Effective discipline consists of all of the following EXCEPT

In the moral dilemma in your textbook that involved the druggist and the man who could not afford the medicine for his sick wife,which of the following responses would demonstrate the preconventional level?