Exam 3: Extension B: Human Development

The needs for love and affection are known as

In the _____ level of moral development, moral choices are determined by the direct consequences of actions.

If you played the game of Monopoly with a child in the _____ stage of cognitive development, this child would most likely put the houses, hotels, and dice in his or her mouth.

A child is largely nonverbal, is learning to coordinate purposeful movements with sense information, and is developing the concept of object permanence.The child is in Piaget's _____ stage.

Because Baby Eddie has a pet dog, he thinks all animals have four legs and a tail, bark and are furry.The first time he sees a cat, this theory works until the cat meows.Baby Eddie must now change his original idea.This change in Baby Eddie's thinking illustrates

Early maturation in girls

As predicted by Vygotsky's theory, the reading skills of 8- to 10-year-old children are closely related to

Regarding maternal and paternal influences, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Your child has just begun saying "No!" and "Mine!" frequently and having temper tantrums.She is

A child that no longer plays the game of Monopoly mechanically and is able to understand the complex and hypothetical transactions unique to each game is most likely in the _____ stage of cognitive development.

Regarding adolescence and young adulthood, which of the following statements is/are TRUE?

Regarding puberty, which of the following statements is/are TRUE?

Sara is angry at her older brother and calls him "a panty-girdle." At other times when she was angry, she called him "a toilet" and "a rat." Sara's preoccupation with name calling is very common during the _____ stage when children see the name of an object as being as much a part of the object as its size, shape, and color.

Kohlberg studied moral development by

The growth in connections between brain cells that occurs in waves supports _____ theory of cognitive development.

Cary was beating on his "drum" in the kitchen.Cary's drum is really one of his mother's cooking boilers.When Cary gets through beating on his drum, his mother takes it, washes it, and then puts it on the stove to boil water.Cary starts screaming, "You burn drum." Cary is exhibiting a behavioral characteristic of which cognitive stage?

By the end of the _____ stage, child's conceptions become more stable, so that objects cease to appear and disappear magically, and instead become more orderly and predictable.

Clarence exerts virtually no control over his son's activities and impulses.According to the research on parenting styles, Clarence is exhibiting _____ parenting.

When we say a child's thinking is less abstract than an adult's, we mean that

Three-year-old Jerry loves to involve his parents in his playtime.His father tends to engage Jerry in _____, while his mother tends to engage Jerry in _____.