Exam 5: Nature, Nurture, and Human Development

According to Erik Erikson, the identity crisis (the question "Who am I?") is of greatest concern to people of what age?

Yesterday Professor Eaton asked children of different ages (6 through 12) to list their favorite foods, and then compared the results for different ages. This is an example of which kind of study?

Which of the following is evidence against the view that inherited characteristics are unmodifiable?

Many studies have reported differences in personality or achievement between first-born and later born children. However, most of those studies can be faulted for confusing birth order effects with the effects of

An investigator measures the moral reasoning of a group of 12-year-olds, and four years later measures their moral reasoning again to determine how it has changed. This study follows which design?

Dr. Publisher reports a study comparing 3-year-old, 5-year-old, and 7-year-old children, all tested at the same time. Which kind of research design is this?

Many studies have reported a relationship between parenting style and children's behavior, implying that parents cause changes in their children. An alternative explanation is that the parents' and children's behavior are related to each other because the parents and children share the same

Trust vs. mistrust, intimacy vs. isolation, and generativity vs. stagnation are stages in

A gene is

One advantage of a cross-sectional study over a longitudinal study is that a cross-sectional study

A psychologist wishes to investigate whether the children who act most upset after parental divorce remain highly upset later, or whether they in fact become better adjusted in the long run as a result of "letting their feelings out" at first. This question calls for which kind of study?

To determine whether or not a child has reached the stage of formal operations, a psychologist might test whether the child can

According to Jean Piaget

Erik Erikson's stages of development deal with

What did Piaget mean by the term "egocentric"?

Research on attachment styles across different cultures has revealed

A gene that controls the ability to metabolize lactose is common in people in some parts of the world and rare in other parts of the world. That gene is largely responsible for variations in the probability that a person will

If children less than one year old get earlier than normal experience of locomotion, such as by crawling, then those children will be quicker than normal to develop signs of

According to Erikson, during a midlife transition, what makes people dissatisfied?

Which of Piaget's stages of cognitive development do people reach last (not until age 11 or later)?