Exam 11: The Developing Mind Life Span Development

Ashley is a senior in high school.Her parents have a warm friendly relationship with her,enjoy her company,and have an "open door" policy where her friends are concerned.Ashley doesn't have a curfew during the week and often spends weekends with her friends.Their parenting style is ____.

For which of the following has Piaget's theory of cognitive development been criticized?

Baby Asha is sitting on the floor when her older brother sits down next to her.He takes her favorite stuffed rabbit out of her hands,holds it up,and then puts it behind his back.Within just a few seconds,Asha begins to cry.Her brother hands her back the rabbit,which stops the crying,but he doesn't understand why she didn't just look behind his back for the toy.What would be the reason for this?

The notion that even very young children seem to understand a great deal about objects and how they work,even before they've had much experience interacting with those objects,is called _____ theory.It contradicts Piaget's cognitive theory.

The starting point of late adulthood is best described as ____.

In humans,zygote is the correct term for a developing organism during which period of time?

Myelination of the frontal lobes is much greater in adults aged 23 to 30 than in youth between the ages of 12 and 16.Unfortunately,the adolescent's white matter is more susceptible than an adult's to damage from ____.

A failure to develop a typical theory of mind has been linked to the development of ____ (Gopnik,Capps,& Meltzoff,2000).

What is an important elaboration of Piaget's concept of egocentrism?

Teens begin to form an identity by asking "Who am I?" and "What kind of person do I want to be?" According to Erikson,failure to achieve a stable identity leads to ____.

How can parents positively influence earlier formation and timing of autobiographical memories in children?

The study of human development considers changes in behavior ____.

Sam was 7 pounds at birth.He is a healthy baby.How much does he likely weigh now that he is 1 year old?

Ada is almost 1 month old.What does he spend most of his day doing?

Warren is 80 years old and has just married a 30-year-old woman.She would like to have children.As compared to a 25-year-old man,Warren's fertility is about ____.

Which of the following statements is true regarding studies that compared the frequencies of Ainsworth's three attachment types in the United States to frequencies in Japan and Germany?

Long-term marriage partners show more similarities with each other due to a lifetime spent in each other's company,along with a(n)____ (O'Rourke & Cappeliez,2005).

About the same time that infants begin to crawl,usually between 6 and 8 months,they also begin to show separation anxiety.This indicates that they ____.

In the United States,but not in China,children with ________ showed lower levels of negative affect,such as anger.

Madelyn traveled to Brazil during her pregnancy.At her 7-month check-up it was found that her baby had an abnormally small brain.It is likely that Madelyn's baby was exposed to the mosquito-borne