Exam 11: The Developing Mind Life Span Development

Rachel is in junior high school.Her father drinks heavily and is frequently out of work.Her mother is very depressed and spends much of the day in front of the TV.Rachel spends as much time as she can outside of their home.Her parents' style of parenting is ____.

Which of the following is true of Lev Vygotsky's view of cognitive development?

In Erikson's work (Erikson,1968),a consistent,unified sense of self is called ____.

Dylan is 16.He is finally taller than his sister and is experiencing muscular development,growth of facial hair,and enlargement of the larynx,which has caused his voice to deepen.These are called ____ sex characteristics.

Which of the following is an accurate definition of assimilation?

Marcus is about 1½ years old.His mother left him at a friend's house to play for the first time while she took the family car in for maintenance.Marcus did not show distress when his mother left nor did he immediately approach her when she returned.What pattern of attachment is this?

Taylor grew up in a family of three boys.He and his brothers have never engaged in "acting out" behaviors,such as arguing with their parents.However,now in their teens,they tend to be depressed and withdrawn from their peers.Their parents are most likely ____.

In what order do the following steps of development occur?

Jenna and her parents are experiencing a generation gap,and just about everything she says and does worries her parents.Her values are most likely ____.

The temperament traits of children,which are visible within the first few months of life,have been described along three dimensions (Mary Rothbart et al. ,2007): surgency or extroversion,negative affect or mood,and ____.

Bilingual individuals who learn language after the age of 10 or so process their second languages

Who is among those least likely to develop dementia as he or she ages?

Parenting styles can be divided into four categories,which vary along ____ (Baumrind,1975;Maccoby & Martin,1983).

All of the following are characteristic of fetal alcohol syndrome except

What is the pattern of infant-caregiver bonding that can take several different forms,but is generally characterized as less desirable for the child's outcomes than secure attachment?

Jasper is just 2 weeks old.His mother strokes his cheek and he turns toward the touch and opens his mouth.This is called the ____ reflex.

The parenting style that combines high behavioral regulation with low support is ____.

Which of the following best describes the relationships of older adults?

Human beings are somewhat unusual among primates in the length of their life span beyond their productive years.This may have provided an adaptive advantage over the course of evolution and is known as ____.

According to research (Kessler et al. ,2003),who is least likely to experience depression?