Exam 8: Development Across the Life Span

In Erikson's ________ stage of psychosocial development, preschoolers are challenged to control their own behavior.

Which of the following is a disadvantage of the longitudinal design?

The period of development from conception to birth is called the ________.

According to several published research studies, how could individuals like Adolf Hitler or Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev commit such acts according to the "nature versus nurture" debate?

Megan just turned 32. She is keenly aware of biological changes that occur as she gets older. What's more, she measures the sensitivity of her senses and other physical characteristics by using sophisticated testing equipment. In which of the following areas is she likely to find some decline?

Infant reflexes are ________

A disorder common in late adulthood that is characterized by losses in memory and cognition, and changes in personality, and that is believed to be caused by deterioration of the brain's structure and function is ________.

Human and animal neonates come into the world equipped with a number of built-in responses called ________.

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 there will be harsh consequences. Diana Baumrind would describe Germain's parenting style as ________.

Identical twins are also called monozygotic twins.

Erikson's theory of social development viewed the ages of two to three, his second stage, as being characterized by the major challenge of ________.

A researcher who studies different age groups, or cohorts, at one time is using the cross-sectional design.

The typical sequence of the five stages of dying postulated by Kubler-Ross is ________.

The tendency of teenagers to feel that they are always "on stage" and that they are the center of everyone else's world, just as they are the center of their own, is a phenomenon known as ________.

Ashley and Mary-Kate are twins who are genetically identical. What type of twins are they?

The cessation of menstruation is called ________.

Which of Erik Erikson's psychosocial crises revolves around the child's learning to direct his or her own behavior?

In which of the following cultures is a home destroyed if someone dies there, because there is a fear that there will be exposure to evil spirits?

If a child is exposed to the "Strange Situation," then he or she ________.

Obedience to rules because of the fear of punishment is a characteristic of ________.