Exam 9: Human Development

What makes it difficult to interpret the research on the link between marriage and happiness?

Which of the following theorists is noted for studying development across an individual's life span?

Imagine you are visiting your sister and her 1-year-old child,Jamie.You note that Jamie becomes distressed whenever your sister leaves the room,can be easily comforted by you while she is gone and something stressful occurs,and ignores your sister when she comes back into the room.Ainsworth would describe Jamie's attachment to your sister as:

Why did Erikson emphasize that it's important to study the development that occurs in adulthood and old age?

While a child watches,you hide a Cheerio under one of two cups in front of her.You hide the Cheerio under the red cup,and show the child that there is nothing under the blue cup.If this child has not yet achieved object permanence,she will:

According to Piaget,in which stage of development do children come to understand the law of conservation and quantity?

From an evolutionary perspective,how do biology and environment influence pubertal development?

Christie is unhappily married.She is likely to have:

Brent and Garrett are on the same high school soccer team,but they don't get along or hang out often because Brent is very shy and reserved while Garrett is boisterous and outgoing.Their school principal is likely to think Brent and Garrett are in the same clique,and that they have ________ personality traits.If you asked Brent and Garrett they would ________.

Michael is a 4-year-old boy who enjoys playing with dolls and wearing dresses,despite knowing that he is a boy.Which of the following would characterize his gender identity and gender role based on this description alone?

Both Gina's parents and Susan's parents got divorced when the girls were very young.Gina's mother is remarried,but Susan's mother is single.Gina is likely to:

Theory of mind is dependent upon development of the ________ brain region because that area is important for understanding ________.

If your infant was securely attached to you,as defined by Ainsworth,when placed in the strange-situation test he would:

Infants show signs of beginning to develop social attachments:

Piaget's conclusion that young children have no inherent sense of mathematical principles:

An infant is presented with a picture of his hand and a picture of a bear's paw.He will:

A hormone that has recently been shown to play an important role in mother/infant attachment is:

When a psychologist says you have become habituated to a stimulus,she means that:

Alzheimer's disease is associated with:

Which of the following things have been found to cause dementia?