Exam 10: Life Span Development

According to Piaget,egocentrism and a lack of conservation ability are both qualities that are seen in the ________ stage of development.

Marisa is at a point in her pregnancy when the blastocyst is moving down to her uterus,and the placenta begins to form.Which stage of prenatal development is Marisa currently experiencing?

Karla can speed on a certain stretch of the interstate without being ticketed,yet she decides not to speed because it is unlawful.Karla's reasoning reflects ________ reasoning.

Suppose a child was raised by abusive parents that kept her locked in a basement,completely separated from human contact,for the first 7 years of her life.When she was finally rescued,case workers find that it is very difficult to teach her how to communicate.This would be because the child was not exposed to language during the _____________.

The study of psychological and physical changes from conception to death is _______ psychology.

Compared to younger people,healthy older adults in America are more likely to:

A__________ period refers to the optimal time period when the normal development of a particular skill must take place.

Times when certain internal and external influences have a major impact on development are called _______________.

The Moro reflex is most likely to be produced when:

Although newborn infants can be very difficult to study,researchers have learned a lot about how they perceive the world soon after birth.Describe some of what is known about newborns' ability to hear,see,and smell.

John Gottman and colleagues have found that one predictor for a successful marriage is:

Psychologist Mary Ainsworth developed the __________ test in order to assess the different types of attachment that might exist between a child and his or her primary caregiver.

A(n)________________ is first created when a sperm and an ovum fuse together.

Which of the following is the correct order for Piaget's four stages of cognitive development?

The strange situation procedure,in which researchers unobtrusively watch an infant in the presence or absence of several combinations of the child,caretaker,and stranger,is used to study _________.

The involuntary muscular reactions to specific types of stimulation seen in newborns are referred to as ___________.

Kisha understands her world by grasping,sucking,and physically handling objects in her path.Kisha is in Piaget's ________ stage of development.

In healthy adults,__________ memory tends to remain stable,while ___________ declines with age.

The development of infant motor skills is best described as:

The germinal stage: