Exam 8: Development Across the Life Span

Which of the following is directly concerned with reproduction?

The science of heredity is called ________.

At birth, newborns seem most responsive to ________.

George, at age 42, lost his job, was divorced by his wife, and couldn't seem to keep friends for very long. George came more and more to feel that he was accomplishing nothing with his life. According to Erikson, George is probably:

Saul believes in the Golden Rule and desperately wants people to view him as a good person. Most likely, he is in which level of moral development?

The most common time for a spontaneous abortion, or miscarriage, is during the third trimester.

________ is most famous for his theory that all children go through a series of sequential intellectual stages.

If a child can tell you what "Y" is equal to when you give her the equation X = Y + 10, then she is in the ________ stage of cognitive development.

Which of the following illustrates Vygotsky's concept of scaffolding?

In a wealthy ________ family in ________, the body of a deceased relative stays at the family home until it is time for cremation. Before cremation, the body will be washed by family members.

According to Piaget, the stage of cognitive development between 2 and 7 years of age, in which the child learns to use language as a means of exploring the world, is the ________ stage.

Conflicts between adolescents and their parents tend to be over ________.

Erik knows that the Saint Bernard is a large dog instead of a little pony. This is an example of what Piaget called ________.

Silvia has blond hair, even though her mother and father each have brown hair. What do we know about Silvia's parents?

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

Suppose that you show a small boy two bars of fresh fudge that are equal on all dimensions (exactly the same size, shape, and weight). You ask him if the two bars are the same, and he says "Yes." You then cut one of the bars into 10 chunks as he watches. You are surprised when he now asks if he can have the cut up fudge because it has more candy than the intact bar. This episode illustrates that the youngster:

The local health department of a small town has hired a research firm to study the development of cancer in residents in the town due to a suspected cancer-causing agent and environmental pollution. The researcher will compare data on participants every 10 years (e.g., at ages 10, 20, 30, etc.) to see if there are increasing rates of cancer in the town. This type of research study is called a ________ design.

Dr. Halk is studying a group of 25 youngsters from the time they are born until they reach school age. This is known as ________ research.

Scaffolding involves a higher skilled person helping another lesser skilled person learn a new task. As the lesser skilled person becomes more masterful at the task, the higher skilled person withdraws his or her help as the lesser skilled person improves at the task.

Professor Grant is interested in studying the development of a sense of humor. She collects data from groups of 6-year-olds, 16-year-olds, 26-year-olds, and 46-year-olds. What type of research design is Professor Grant using?