Exam 8: Development Across the Life Span

The adage, "Out of sight, out of mind," is most accurately applied to the early part of the ________ stage of development.

What are some of the common consequences to a child whose mother smoked cigarettes while pregnant?

How many stages did Kubler-Ross identify among terminally ill patients who knew they were going to die?

Erikson saw the major challenge of young adulthood as that of ________.

When faced with a conflict between law and conscience, Liz follows her conscience despite the personal risk. This would be characteristic of ________.

Which of the following theorists believe that people go through stages, each of which has a "crisis" associated with it?

________ babies in Ainsworth's study were clinging and unwilling to explore, very upset by the stranger regardless of the mother's presence, protested mightily when the mother left, were hard to soothe, and had mixed reactions upon mother's return.

The germinal period ________.

Which of the following is true of newborns?

Professor Rashad is interested in studying cognitive development. He collects and compares data from a group of 6-year-olds and a group of 10-year-olds. Five years later, he compares these two groups to each other again as well as to their own performance in the study five years ago. Professor Grant is employing a ________ design in his research.

Rod-shaped structures in the cell nucleus that contain genes are referred to as ________.

Critical periods are times when the environment can influence the development of the embryo.

Monozygotic twins ________.

Which of the following describes the way in which monozygotic twins occur?

The type of research design that compares various participants at several points in time to examine age-related differences and changes is called a ________.

According to Piaget, what are the ages for the formal operational stage?

As children approach their teen years, contact with ________ becomes more important in their development.

The activity theory suggests that the more involved adolescents stay in hobbies until they turn into adults, the more likely they are to be happy.

In the process of fertilization, the ________ and ________ unite, resulting in a single cell.

At what stage of moral development is moral thought guided by principles that have been decided upon by the individual and may be in disagreement with accepted social norms?