Exam 1: Introduction

Jonathan is almost completely dependent on his parents for his wants and needs and is only just beginning to acquire language skills and sensorimotor coordination.Which of the following development periods is Jonathan in?

The maximum life span of humans:

Which of the following is a criticism of standardized tests?

Life expectancy in the United States has increased by _____ years during the twentieth century.

The 35-year-old grandmother,the 65-year-old father of a preschooler,the 15-year old surgeon,and the 70-year-old student,all serve to illustrate that:

In addition to chronological age,list and briefly describe the three other ways that "age" has been conceptualized.

On your first day of class,Professor Red-Elk claims that for too long we have focused on the development of young children,especially infants.She argues that the development of adults and elderly people is just as important.This professor is articulating a(n)_____ approach.

Edwin was a neglected child in his infancy.Now,at 31 years of age,he is highly cynical about the world and feels that no one can be relied upon.Whenever he is in a relationship with a woman,he has tremendous feelings of suspicion toward his partner,and these feelings eventually lead to the breakup of the relationship.According to Erikson's psychosocial theory,this is a good indication that Edwin did not successfully resolve the _____ stage of development,which in turn is causing him to experience _____ in his current developmental stage.

According to APA's guidelines,all participants must know what their research participation will involve and what risks might develop.This guideline addresses which of the following issues?

The _____ consists of links between a social setting in which an individual does not have an active role and the individual's immediate context.

In predicting an adult woman's behavior,it may be more important to know that she is the mother of a 3-year-old child than to know whether she is 20 or 30 years old.This reflects the concept of:

Sharon is a 30-year-old stay-at-home mother to a toddler.Life-span developmentalists would consider her to be:

A(n)_____ is a carefully regulated procedure in which one or more factors believed to influence the behavior being studied are manipulated while all other factors are held constant.

"Individuals are changing beings in a changing world".Which characteristic of development is reflected in this statement?

Katie-Lou is 88 years old.Katie would most likely be characterized as:

_____ is(are)a national government's course of action designed to promote the welfare of its citizens.

In an experimental study,the _____ group serves as a baseline against which the effects of the manipulated condition can be compared.

During early adulthood,Erik Erikson's developmental stage of _____ occurs.

The connection across biological,cognitive,and socioemotional processes is most obvious in the two rapidly emerging fields of:

_____ is a time of establishing personal and economic independence,career development,and,for many,selecting a mate,learning to live with someone in an intimate way,starting a family,and rearing children.