Exam 8: Development Across the Life Span

The strange situation procedure, in which researchers unobtrusively watch an infant in the presence or absence of several combinations of the child, caretaker, and stranger, is used to study ________.

On what did Kohlberg think moral reasoning was principally based?

Mothers who were unresponsive, insensitive, and coldly rejecting were associated with ________ infants.

An audience of 20-year-olds finds a series of off-color jokes highly amusing. A group of 50-year-olds finds the same jokes highly offensive. It is concluded that, as people age, their senses of humor become more rigid and narrow. The major difficulty in drawing conclusions of this sort is that ________.

From the second week until the third month after conception, the developing organism is called a(n) ________.

An extra chromosome in the 20th pair results in Down Syndrome.

A gene that only influences the expression of a trait when paired with another less active gene is called ________.

The correct sequence of the five stages of death and dying postulated by Kübler-Ross is ________.

Christa and Sal are anticipating the birth of their first baby. Before the baby arrives, they want to fix up the nursery with new wallpaper. They seek the advice of a developmental psychologist. What is she likely to tell them?

What event marks the end of the Piagetian stage of sensorimotor development?

The most likely cause for miscarriage during the first three months of pregnancy is ________.

Which of the following is a main disadvantage of the cross-sectional design?

When adults are surprised by a loud noise, they often show the startle reflex. In infants, the same reflex is called the ________ reflex.

According to Erikson, an emotional and psychological closeness that is based on the ability to trust, share, and care, while still maintaining one's sense of self, is called ________.

Brad is 18 and is looking into career options. He is currently deciding whether he wants to become a gourmet chef or a racecar driver. Brad is at what stage of Erik Erikson's psychosocial development?

The cessation of menstruation and ovulation is called ________.

What is another term for a miscarriage?

Mary and Juan are twins who developed from two separate fertilized ova that were fertilized by two different sperm. What type of twins are they?

Which type of thought does not begin until the stage of formal operations thought?

Dizygotic twins develop when a fertilized egg divides into two parts that develop into separate embryos.