Exam 8: Development Across the Life Span

According to Erikson, if an elementary school child fails to succeed in learning new skills and knowledge, the result may be the development of a sense of ________.

Each of the 10 children born to Ernest and Elvira Orangeburg has been born with red hair. Each child is also very intelligent and athletic. The Orangeburgs are expecting an 11^th child, who is also likely to be born with the same traits according to ________, as evidenced in the ________.

To summarize the research on "nature versus nurture," all that people are, and all that people become, is the product of an interaction between nature and nurture.

A newborn baby is called a ________.

Amy is 30 years old and she has difficulty forming meaningful relationships with others. According to Erikson, she is most likely in the ________ stage.

In Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development between 7 and 12 years of age, in which an individual becomes capable of logical thought processes but is not yet capable of abstract thinking, is the ________ stage.

If a child successfully navigates this stage of psychosocial development, they will make decisions and act independently.

Nature refers to "heredity" and nurture refers to "influence from the environment."

In puberty, only the primary sex characteristics in the body reach their peak.

A psychologist spends his entire career studying how and why changes occur in people as they get older. This psychologist is most likely a(n) ________ psychologist.

Recessive genes are more active in influencing a trait.

What is the sequence of stages of moral development as identified by Lawrence Kohlberg?

Kubler-Ross has identified denial and isolation as the ________ stage in the adjustment to dying process.

Approximately how long does puberty last from start to finish in the average person?

The union of the ovum and sperm is called ________.

Which of these physical skills typically develops LAST?

Which of the following describes the fetal period?

The growth spurt for girls typically begins at what age?

Piaget attributed cognitive development to the interaction of what two processes?

The twenties is a time of ________.