Exam 14: Development

Lupe is 14 months old, as is Liesl. Lupe becomes upset when her mother leaves her, but is ambivalent when she returns. Liesl is distant and aloof in her mother's presence. Liesl ignores her mother when she returns following an absence. Lupe's attachment pattern is BEST described as __________. Liesl's attachment pattern is BEST described as __________.

The theorist associated with the study of the development of moral reasoning is __________.

Some researchers have suggested reducing temperament to three basic dimensions, as opposed to the "easy," "difficult," and "slow to warm up" scheme. These three dimensions are __________.

Dr. Rossi compares the socioemotional adjustment of children with divorced parents to that of children from intact homes. She finds that children with divorced parents are not as well adjusted as are their counterparts from intact homes. Dr. Rossi, however, failed to assess the amount of parental conflict the children had witnessed. This variable could account for the children's poorer adjustment. In Dr. Rossi's study, the variables of divorce and parental conflict are __________.

According to Erikson, the major goal of adolescent development is __________.

Piaget __________.

Recent studies on children's understanding of number indicate that __________.

A child demonstrates object permanence, egocentrism, and a failure to conserve. She is most likely in which Piagetian stage?

In Ainsworth's studies with the Strange Situation, children are classified as securely attached if they __________.

According to Piaget, when a child can understand symbols and abstractions of thought, he is in which stage?

A 3-year-old is told two stories. In both, she is told that Bart wants a pretzel and that Bart believes pretzels are in the cabinet. In the first story she is told that pretzels are actually in the cabinet, but in the second, she is told that Bart's mother moved the pretzels to a drawer without Bart's knowledge. When asked to predict Bart's behavior in both stories, the child will most likely __________.

How might one evaluate the results of contemporary empirical research with respect to Freud's arguments concerning the development of moral thinking?

The Strange Situation is a procedure designed by Ainsworth to assess children's __________.

The Development chapter in your text suggests that knowledge and behavior are products of __________.

The most independent, competent, and socially responsible children are generally those who are raised by parents using the __________.

Parental divorce __________ the proportion of children who will experience significant problems, to __________.

Harlow studied the role of surrogate mothers in comforting the infant monkey during times of danger or stress. He found that __________.

Your text suggests that during the 20th century, average life expectancy __________.

The textbook describes a study in which infants were shown two displays. In one, a screen swung up to occlude a box and then kept rotating until it apparently hit the box and stopped. The other display began the same way, but the screen continued rotating so that it seemed to have passed right through the box. The results were that infants looked __________.

With respect to the influence of peers on adolescent behavior, peers most often encourage adolescents to be __________.