Exam 11: C: Human Development Across the Lifespan

Vicky is a moderately skilled mountain climber and sky diver. She has always been adventurous and is very keen to try new things and have new experiences. At the same time Vicky deals with a lot of insecurities and can be very hostile, despite the fact that she has a beautiful house, a great job, and is in a loving relationship. In order to deal with her insecurities she has been seeing a therapist weekly who practices empathetic listening and does not judge her. -According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs,Vicky has not yet satisfied which needs

Ch. 12 - Personality: Theory, Research, and Assessment John and Jenny have been dating for a while but their relationship is suffering. Jenny typically cleans their apartment twice a day and has asked John to help clean but John responded by refusing to say a word. During the ensuing argument, John accused Jenny of being too controlling and too obsessed with cleaning. Jenny on the other hand accused John of acting like a child every time they have a fight. -Which of John's personality structures "won" when he chose to refuse to help Jenny clean their apartment

Ch. 12 - Personality: Theory, Research, and Assessment John and Jenny have been dating for a while but their relationship is suffering. Jenny typically cleans their apartment twice a day and has asked John to help clean but John responded by refusing to say a word. During the ensuing argument, John accused Jenny of being too controlling and too obsessed with cleaning. Jenny on the other hand accused John of acting like a child every time they have a fight. -According to Freud's psychosexual development theory which stage is Jenny fixated on

Ch.13 - Social Behaviour The Skeins are a punk-rock band known for their amazing music, high energy, and their YouTube videos of pranks they play on each other while on tour. Their first album was wildly popular and they gained world-wide fame before the members of the band reached the age of 21. They have just released their fourth album, Rock >>> Pop-Punk Drama, and it lives up to its name, as their sound has changed a lot (taking on more of a rock tone than a punk vibe). They're going on tour for the new album. -Many of the band's biggest fans are still in high school.Parents worry their kids will be negatively influenced by the band members' pranks and start a petition to shut down their YouTube channel.If the number of Skein fans who play pranks increases after the petition is launched,this is a case of _______.

Alaina is a judge at a national gymnastics competition. The previous national champion just performed her floor routine. Though the gymnast made multiple errors, the first three judges award her with very high scores. Because of the errors the gymnast made, Alaina believes the gymnast should receive a lower score. She is conflicted about whether she should side with the rest of the judges or whether she should award the gymnast the score Alaina thinks she deserves. -Imagine Alaina gives the gymnast a high score like the other judges did.This will likely cause _________ so she is likely to ______________.

When Presho was a newborn, her parents consented to enrol her as a participant in a longitudinal study exploring childhood development. Every year in April, her parents take her to the university in their city so she can participate in some short experiments. When Presho's younger brother, Anam, is born three years later, their parents decide to enrol him as well, and he participates in the same experiments as his sister, also during their visit in April. -When the children come back year after year,researchers hypothesize that their _________ will change,but their _________ probably will not.

Sunil is 23 years old and is in his last semester of university. His father, Arjun, is 58 years old and is beginning to prepare for retirement. Arjun is travelling for business to the city where Sunil attends university and the two meet up for lunch. This is the first time in a very long time that the two have had the chance to talk at length without other family members present. They confide in each other quite a bit about what is going on in their lives and discuss the emotions they have surrounding the life transitions they are considering. -Sunil's younger sister often misses curfew and has been coming home at all hours of the night.Arjun is worried about her.He wants to ground her so she cannot go out after school at all,but also wants to allow her the flexibility of making her own choices.Arjun wants his child-rearing style to be ___________ and not too ____________.

Amelia and Rami are babysitting Amelia's four-year-old nephew, Nelson, and her three-year old niece, Penny. It has been nine months since Amelia and Rami last saw the kids, and they are shocked at how much they have developed in less than a year. To pass the time, they decide to do arts and crafts with the kids, and then head out to play outside after a snack. -Consider what you have learned about attachment.When their parents left that morning,Penny and Nelson most likely had _________ because _____________.

Lorant is an adolescent in his last year of high school. He is trying to decide where to attend university next year. He knows that Carleton University has an amazing basketball team, and he loves playing basketball. He also knows that his parents want him to attend Queen's University because that is where they went to school. Both Carleton University and Queen's University have excellent engineering programs, which is what he wants to study, so he is having trouble making a decision. -Lorant's aunt is visiting and asks him if he has decided where he will attend university in the fall.If Lorant says he is thinking of talking to his brother about it before making a decision,this is an example of identity status _________.

Sunil is 23 years old and is in his last semester of university. His father, Arjun, is 58 years old and is beginning to prepare for retirement. Arjun is travelling for business to the city where Sunil attends university and the two meet up for lunch. This is the first time in a very long time that the two have had the chance to talk at length without other family members present. They confide in each other quite a bit about what is going on in their lives and discuss the emotions they have surrounding the life transitions they are considering. -Sunil talks to Arjun about the choice he has to make between attending graduate school and taking on student loan or accepting a job offer at the government in a well-paying job that is not his dream job.What is Sunil's current identity status

Alaina is a judge at a national gymnastics competition. The previous national champion just performed her floor routine. Though the gymnast made multiple errors, the first three judges award her with very high scores. Because of the errors the gymnast made, Alaina believes the gymnast should receive a lower score. She is conflicted about whether she should side with the rest of the judges or whether she should award the gymnast the score Alaina thinks she deserves. -Alaina would be least likely to conform and award the gymnast a low score if _____________.

Ch.13 - Social Behaviour The Skeins are a punk-rock band known for their amazing music, high energy, and their YouTube videos of pranks they play on each other while on tour. Their first album was wildly popular and they gained world-wide fame before the members of the band reached the age of 21. They have just released their fourth album, Rock >>> Pop-Punk Drama, and it lives up to its name, as their sound has changed a lot (taking on more of a rock tone than a punk vibe). They're going on tour for the new album. -Because of the type of music they play and their high energy on and off-stage,many parents disapprove of them because they believe they are "always drunk in public".This is an example of __________.

Janelle is a Girl Guide who is trying to sell enough cookies to win a trip to Disney World. Her parents don't have the time to take her out selling cookies door-to-door, so they hire Tamara, Janelle's cousin who is studying psychology at Carleton University, to help Janelle after school for a few weeks while she's trying to sell the cookies. The good news for Janelle is that Tamara has recently learned about the psychology of persuasion. -Overall,Janelle finds the sales process ______________.She does not win the trip to Disney World.However,cognitive dissonance theory suggests that because of her attitude she is more likely to sell cookies again next year than she would be if she did win the trip.

Ch.13 - Social Behaviour The Skeins are a punk-rock band known for their amazing music, high energy, and their YouTube videos of pranks they play on each other while on tour. Their first album was wildly popular and they gained world-wide fame before the members of the band reached the age of 21. They have just released their fourth album, Rock >>> Pop-Punk Drama, and it lives up to its name, as their sound has changed a lot (taking on more of a rock tone than a punk vibe). They're going on tour for the new album. -The band members feel like it is important to behave and style themselves in a more mature way now that they are making more mature music.To make sure this change in their image is obvious,they are more likely to _____________.

Lorant is an adolescent in his last year of high school. He is trying to decide where to attend university next year. He knows that Carleton University has an amazing basketball team, and he loves playing basketball. He also knows that his parents want him to attend Queen's University because that is where they went to school. Both Carleton University and Queen's University have excellent engineering programs, which is what he wants to study, so he is having trouble making a decision. -Lorant is an adolescent who is trying to establish his __________.If his parents pressure him into attending a university he does not want to attend,Lorant will not be able to resolve his ___________.

When Presho was a newborn, her parents consented to enrol her as a participant in a longitudinal study exploring childhood development. Every year in April, her parents take her to the university in their city so she can participate in some short experiments. When Presho's younger brother, Anam, is born three years later, their parents decide to enrol him as well, and he participates in the same experiments as his sister, also during their visit in April. -At the beginning of the session,the researchers pour water into a cup and draw a line on the cup to indicate the level the water has reached.They put the water in the freezer until just before the end of the session.The water has frozen and shows the ice reaches above the marked line.If Presho has reached the ____________,then she will say that compared to before ____________.

Samira and Tyler met in their second-year psychology class while working on a group project together with a mutual friend, Anabelle. Samira and Tyler became friends while working on the project and began dating soon after. It has now been three years and they are still together and very happy. Anabelle is dating Rod. Though Anabelle and Rod argue fairly frequently, they both love each other. -While growing up,Rod's parents were usually too busy caring for his younger sister (who had many serious medical complications at birth).When he was younger,Rod resented his sister because his parents never paid much attention to him.According to Hazan & Shaver (1987),Anabelle and Rod are most likely to argue because _______________.

During the final, winner-take-all Game 7 of the hockey playoff series between the Ottawa Senators and the Pittsburgh Penguins, a Pittsburgh player violently slashes Ottawa's team captain. In retaliation, one of the Ottawa players skates full-speed right into the Pittsburgh goalie, knocking him over and leaving him with a concussion. After this, fights break out between most members of both teams. -Players who were not involved in the original acts of aggression,but who end up fighting afterwards,are likely fighting due to ___________.

Vicky is a moderately skilled mountain climber and sky diver. She has always been adventurous and is very keen to try new things and have new experiences. At the same time Vicky deals with a lot of insecurities and can be very hostile, despite the fact that she has a beautiful house, a great job, and is in a loving relationship. In order to deal with her insecurities she has been seeing a therapist weekly who practices empathetic listening and does not judge her. -To what is Vicky's therapist most likely to attribute her anxiety

Amelia and Rami are babysitting Amelia's four-year-old nephew, Nelson, and her three-year old niece, Penny. It has been nine months since Amelia and Rami last saw the kids, and they are shocked at how much they have developed in less than a year. To pass the time, they decide to do arts and crafts with the kids, and then head out to play outside after a snack. -In Intro Psych you have learned that the social environment is largely responsible for sex differences in motor development.An example of this would be a case when ____________.