Exam 1: Introduction-Exam

Life-span psychologists generally agree that:

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

Travis spends a great deal of time working and trying to establish his career.He also has been thinking about how his personal relationship is going and considering whether it could be long-term and lead to establishing a family.Travis is most likely in:

People today are waiting longer to marry and raise children.In the 1950s,it was more common for people to marry and start a family before they were 20 years old.This difference is an example of a:

Joshua spends all of his free time doing homework and studying so that he will get good grades and his parents will be proud of his achievements.Joshua is most likely in the period of development called:

Our relationships with others,changes in emotions,and changes in personality are all examples of __________ processes.

Life expectancy refers to:

On your first day of class,Professor Red-Elk claims that for too long we have focused on the development of only young children.She argues that the development of adults and elderly people is just as important.This professor is articulating a __________ view.

Marie-Ann is 6 months old.When her mother hears her cries of hunger,she comes and feeds her;and when Marie-Ann is uncomfortable,her mother comes and moves her around until she is comfortable.Through these actions,Marie-Ann is learning that the world is a good place.Marie-Ann is currently in which stage of psychosocial development?

The developmental period that runs from approximately 40 years of age to about 60 years of age is:

Which of the following statements best describes the relationship among biological development,cognitive development,and social development?

One of the differences between Sigmund Freud and Erik Erikson is that:

Learning that results from experiencing one's own reinforcements and punishments in the environment.

A criticism of ecological theory is that it underemphasizes __________ and _________.

Levi was in New York on the day that the World Trade Center was destroyed by terrorists.He is now afraid to fly.This is an example of how a __________ event can influence a person's development.

Travis has designed a study to compare the muscle coordination of 60-year-olds,70-year-olds,and 80-year-olds.What research design did he use?

The theory that was created by Erik Erikson is known as the __________ theory of development.

Hidalgo is very good at simple addition and subtraction,but he has a hard time understanding the abstract algebraic problems that his sister,who is in high school,does.Hidalgo is currently in which of Jean Piaget's stages of development?

Which of the following research methods looks at one person in depth and generally over a long period of time?

This theorist believed that cognitive development proceeded in a series of qualitatively unique stages that were universal.