Exam 3: D: Human Development

According to Ryff,autonomy (personal freedom),self-acceptance,and environmental mastery are three of the six elements of __________ during adulthood.

When a gene is recessive,it must be paired with a second gene of the same type before its effect will be expressed.

Accoridng to Erikson,a child entering adolescence can expect the major developmental task to center around the need to achieve intimacy with another.

Distress displayed by infants when away from their parents or principal caregivers is called __________.

About 40 percent of all newborns would be classified as difficult children,who are moody,intense,and easily angered.

Problems or defects that originate during prenatal development in the mother's womb referred to as __________ problems.

Failure to resolve the tasks of middle adulthood leads a person to be concerned for only his or her own needs and comforts,which Erikson referred to as __________.

Jasmine does not copy other students' homework nor does she cheat on tests because she does not want to receive a zero on the homework or test.Jasmine is exhibiting Kohlberg's moral development level known as __________.

When psychologists attribute development to nurture,they are referring to the effects of heredity.

The false-belief task is used to assess whether a child has developed __________.

Your baby is about two months old and says "oo" over and over as you hold her.Your baby is exhibiting __________.

During language development,the interactions between the adult and infant that include touching,vocalizing,gazing,and smiling are referred to as shared transformations.

According to Piaget's theory,since a child's intellect develops mainly through accommodation,parents should follow a teaching strategy known as the __________ strategy.

When communicating with one's children,Thomas Gordon suggests that parents use __________-messages.

Emma is used to riding her own bicycle and decides to ride her brother's bike,which is slightly larger and has hand brakes rather than a foot brake.According to Piaget,Emma must use accommodation in order to make the changes necessary to ride her brother's bike.

A time of increased susceptibility to both positive and negative environmental influences is called a(n)__________.

It is more common to "survive a crisis" at midlife than it is to make a "midcourse correction."

Research indicates that children in high-quality daycares tend to have better relationships with their mothers and fewer behavior problems.

If Andy refuses to do his own laundry,he will have nothing clean to wear,which illustrates a natural consequence.

In the concrete operational stage,children are able to use abstract principles and consider hypothetical possibilities.