Exam 10: Life Span Development

At five years old,Sammy is better able to understand his friends' feelings as compared to when he was three years old.Sammy is acquiring a ___________.

Harlow's study of infant rhesus monkeys showed that:

The highest levels of moral reasoning,called __________ morality,are based on internal principles that transcend society.

In Piaget's theory,the process of modifying existing cognitive structures in response to experience and new information is called _______________.

Emotional well-being tends to ___________ as adults age.

Which of the following increases the ability of an infant's brain to function?

Recent research has confirmed Piaget's belief that children are egocentric through the entire preoperational stage.

Excessive risk taking during adolescence is caused,at least in part,by the fact that the _____________ is not fully developed.

A healthy older adult is unlikely to forget how to ride a bike.This is because ______________ memories do not decline with age the way some other types of memories do.

Kohlberg characterized the development of moral reasoning into three different stages: preconventional,conventional,and postconventional morality.Briefly describe moral reasoning in each stage,and then provide an example of how individuals with each type of moral orientation might respond to the following scenario: Tanya is homeless and has no money.After not eating for several days and trying every legal way she could think of to get food,Tanya finally steals a loaf of bread from a store.

Which of the following statements best summarizes the effects of preterm birth?

What is the correct order of Piaget's stages of cognitive development?

The emotional bond formed during the first year of life that makes human babies cling to their caretakers is called __________.

Which parenting style would you recommend that parents use if they want to maximize the chance that their children will be well balanced?

The proper sequence of the intellectual stages of development are:

Sapna is a 25 year old.She frequently worries that she doesn't know who she really is and has been experimenting with different identities since she was in middle school.Sapna's inability to commit to a particular identity is an example of which identity status?

From the second week until the third month after conception,the developing organism is called a(n)__________.

The cessation of menstruation is called __________.

There is no scientific evidence that vaccines can cause autism.

The loss of weak nerve cell connections in the brain is known as ____________.