Exam 8: Development Across the Life Span

John was a real hell-raiser in his 20's.After marrying and having children,though,John seemed to calm down.He took life more seriously;he quit smoking,drank moderately,and focused on his career and family.Levinson would describe John's transition as one of _________.

An identity crisis is most likely experienced,according to Erikson,at which of the following stages?

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

When adolescents are asked what they MOST dislike about themselves,they are most likely to say they dislike their __________________.

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 _______.

During late adulthood,husbands and wives:

A weakness of longitudinal studies is that they _______.

Which of the following is an advantage of longitudinal research?

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:

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

The cessation of menstruation is called __________.

Who interviewed terminally ill patients and concluded they went through a series of stages in dealing with their impending deaths?

According to Erikson,a conflict of identity vs.role confusion occurs during:

An infant will turn his head toward anything which touches his cheek.This is the ________ reflex.

Jean Piaget is noted for his theory of _______.

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

Erikson's intimacy vs.isolation crisis would most likely be associated with which event in the family cycle?

The mother of a young child who didn't like to drink juice was trying to coax him to drink some.Taking the glass of juice,she poured it all into a smaller cup and said,"There! Now you won't have to drink so much." She would never have fooled the child if he had not been in the _______ stage.

Which of the following is the correct order for Piaget's four stages of cognitive development?

Piaget attributed cognitive development to the interaction of what two processes?