Exam 9: Human Development

The game show Jeopardy! tests contestants' general knowledge of current events, literature, music, etc. Contestants' question-answering abilities show their ____.

When a parent of an easy child takes advantage of the child's positive and flexible nature and does not provide a lot of stimulation or guidance, the outcome may not be positive. This provides a good example of the importance of ____.

Postconventional moral reasoning is based on ____.

Alisha blames her terminal illness on inept doctors and medical personnel. It is MOST likely that Alisha is in which Kübler-Ross state of emotional reaction?

A fertilized egg is called a(n) ____.

If you are an adolescent who has the ability to contemplate what an ideal world might be like, you are most likely in Piaget's stage of ____.

Which behavior best represents moral reasoning at the conventional level?

According to Erik Erikson, an infant whose needs are not met by its caregivers is likely to develop ____.

Your parents have been married for 20 years and there are school-aged children in the home. In terms of whether your parents report the marriage is going well "all the time," it is most likely that your parents ____.

In terms of physical strength, stamina, coordination, dexterity and endurance, both men and women peak when they are in their late ____.

By egocentrism, Piaget meant that the child believes that ____.

Believing that something like capital punishment may be both a good practice and a bad practice, and therefore not being completely for or against capital punishment, would be more typical of an ____ than an ____.

Which of the following is TRUE about what most prospective parents have to look forward to after the birth of a child?

An important reason that a child may fail a conservation task is because of the child's tendency to ____.

An adolescent who is actively trying out different roles, belief systems, career paths, and hobbies is in the midst of Erikson's ____ stage.

All the major organs and biological systems (such as the cardiovascular system, digestive system, and skeletal system) begin forming during the ____ period.

Young children's brains are described as being very plastic. This means that their brains are ____.

Through assimilation and accommodation, Piaget believes we attempt to maintain ____.

The physical activities involved in playing soccer would mostly include which kind of motor skills?

A child who does not yet understand object permanence is most likely in Piaget's ____ stage.