Exam 10: Life Span Development

A researcher who selects a sample of people of varying ages and studies them at one point in time is,by definition,using the __________ method.

In Piaget's theory,the process of absorbing new information into existing cognitive structures is called __________.

The period of life between roughly the ages of 10 and 20 when a person is transformed from a child to an adult is __________.

One important advantage of the kangaroo care intervention for preterm infants is that it:

Which of the following may help explain why adolescent decision making is sometimes problematic?

Alice is sitting at the table with her son Nikko.She takes his tall glass of milk,and pours exactly half of it into a shorter wider glass.Then she says "Honey,which glass has more milk?" Nikko immediately points to the taller glass.Nikko has not yet mastered Piaget's skill of _____________.

One disadvantage of cross-sectional studies is that the differences between ages may be due to __________________,and not developmental factors.

As children approach their teen years,contact with _______ becomes more important in their development.

Which of the following is true about longitudinal studies?

Which of the following is true of the original research that suggested a relationship between the MMR vaccine and the development of autism?

According to Piaget,egocentrism involves:

Boys who are late physical maturers:

Which of the following is a factor that would be least likely to be a cohort effect for a study on cognitive development in healthy people?

Erikson saw the major challenge of young adulthood as that of __________.

The mother of a young child who didn't like to drink milk was trying to coax him to drink some.Taking the glass of milk,she poured it all into a smaller cup and said,"There! Now you won't have to drink so much." She would never have fooled the child if he had not been in the __________ stage.

The emotional bond that a newborn baby shares with his or her caregiver(s)is called ____________.

A developmental psychologist's research suggests that coordination improves gradually over time rather than in short bursts of rapid change.These results reflect a _____ view of developmental change.

One advantage to using a longitudinal design over a cross-sectional design is that longitudinal designs:

A child in the sensorimotor stage may quit looking or reaching for a toy if you move it out of sight.This behavior reflects the fact that the child has not developed _____.

__________ studies observe different individuals at different ages at a single point in time.