Exam 10: Life Span Development

Germain tends to rule his home with an iron fist.His children know the rules and they are expected to obey them without question or they know there will be harsh consequences.Germain's parenting style is best described as ____________.

Which of the following is the correct order of stages in Piaget's theory of cognitive development?

According to Piaget,the stage of cognitive development between two and seven years of age,in which the individual becomes able to use mental representations and language to describe,remember,and reason about the world,though only in an egocentric fashion,is the __________ stage.

According to Erikson,a sense of producing and contributing to the world is called _______.

During menarche,adolescents experience:

Babies become attached to their mothers because their mothers provide them with food and warmth.

Healthy older adults are:

Piaget mistakenly believed that:

An identity crisis is most likely experienced,according to Erikson,at which of the following stages?

The life-span development approach has which of the following goals?

During which of Piaget's stages does a child demonstrate the ability to reason about abstract ideas?

Generativity or stagnation are two feelings that may dominate a person's life during:

Which is an example of a secondary sex trait?

In which stage of Piaget's theory of cognitive development do people begin to think logically about abstract concepts?

In which stage of cognitive development does the conservation concept first appear?

The major turning point in most adults' lives is __________.

The tendency for young children to seek closeness to certain people is called ________.

Frederique's 5-year-old son believes that people shouldn't steal because,"They might get in trouble!" This is consistent with the _______________ stage of moral reasoning.

Tracy is nine months.She is growing and changing so quickly it is difficult for her parents to keep up with all the things she is learning.Her parents have lately noticed that Tracy is spending more and more time and energy trying to do things for herself.This is a sign she is beginning to develop ___________________.

Greta's child has facial deformities,learning difficulties,and delayed growth.If these defects can be traced to a teratogen used by Greta when she was pregnant,which was she most likely abusing?