Exam 10: Life Span Development

__________ adulthood is a period during a person's early 20s in which they still depend on their parents for financial and emotional support.

An approach which is concerned with description and explanation of changes within an individual and between individuals from conception until death is call the _______ approach.

Although not all psychologists agree,research using habituation and dishabituation discussed in your textbook suggests that very young infants might:

The __________ roughly resembles a human being.

Erik knows that the Saint Bernard is a large dog instead of a little pony.This is an example of what Piaget called ________.

A developing human is called a(n)_____ during the time between weeks 2 and 8.

Which of the following states has as a main theme the ability to consider many possible solutions to a problem and the ability to systematically test those possibilities?

The drug most abused by pregnant women is __________.

Sonya and her 12 month old child are recruited to participate in a research study.During the first part of the study,Sonya is instructed to sit in a room while her child plays.During the second part of the study,Sonya is asked to leave her child in the room for several minutes and then return.The researchers in this study appear to be using the ___________________ protocol.

Some children who were observed in the strange situation scenario did not demonstrate one consistent attachment style,but instead seemed unable to decide how they should react to their mother and to new circumstances.Researchers have labeled this the insecure-__________ attachment style.

Two-year-old Jeffrey continues playing when his mother returns home and does not respond to her greetings.His attachment style might be described as: _____.

To study the effect of daycare programs on academic performance,a researcher follows the same 30 children who did or did not attend daycare programs as they go through kindergarten to sixth grade.Which type of design is the researcher using?

John,who is in his 70s,notices that it takes him longer to figure out a brand-new game than it used to.This delay occurs because the skills required to learn the game would most likely rely on: _____.

Xiao is gathering research on the number of daily calories people typically consume at various ages.He gathers data about the number of calories eaten by 25 people at each of the following ages: 10,20,30,40,50,60,and 70 years.What type of research design is Xiao using?

Which of the following is not a symptom of Alzheimer's disease?

According to your text,which of the following statements is true regarding same-sex encounters?

Puberty is associated with the onset of __________.

Cross-cultural studies show that children raised in different environments mature at slightly different rates.According to your textbook,these differences are likely due to differences in:

Which of the following is a key component to the Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP)for preterm infants?

In a __________design,one group of participants is followed and assessed as the group ages.