Exam 8: Development Across the Life Span

Which of the following is the MOST common cause of death in men during middle adulthood?

Whereas Piaget saw cognitive development as a result of individual discovery and a child's interaction with objects, Vygotsky attributed cognitive development to ________.

According to Erikson's theory, the ________ stage of development occurs in old age.

Genetics is defined as ________.

In Piaget's theory, the stage of development between birth and 2 years of age, in which the individual uses senses and motor abilities to interact with objects in the environment, is called the ________ stage.

According to Kohlberg, most adolescents are at the _________ level of morality.

During prenatal development, the organism depends on the ________ to exchange food and waste products with the mother's blood stream.

Between the ages of 5 and 12, children strive to develop a sense of competence arising from their work and effort. Erikson refers to this stage of life as ________.

A teratogen is any factor that can cause a birth defect.

Postnatal is to after being born as ________ is to before being born.

What major shift in emphasis has taken place in developmental psychology across the last 20 years?

Aaron is a middle-aged physician. He gives back to the community by acting as a mentor to teenagers interested in entering the medical profession. Erikson would say that Aaron is experiencing ________.

The most obvious change ushering in adolescence is ________.

According to Thomas and Chess, a child that is very irregular in sleeping and eating, resists change, and tends to be loud is labeled a(n) ________child.

Which kind of cells that form during the germinal period are being examined by researchers for their use for growing new organs and tissue for transplant or to repair neurological damage?

According to Erikson, the last stage of development involves the crisis of:

Temperament is thought to be fairly well established since birth.

Reflexes help infants to survive.

Andropause usually begins in the forties and is marked by a decrease in hormone production and physical changes such as reduced sperm count.

A gene that actively controls the expression of a trait is called a ________ gene.