Exam 10: B: Lifespan Development

Which of the following is true about longitudinal studies?

Young Pemba is being observed as he plays in a room with his mother.Pemba frequently plays with the toys in the room,but occasionally looks back at his mother to make sure she is there.After a quick smile is exchanged between mother and child,Pemba goes back to playing with the toys.When Pemba's mother leaves the room,he becomes moderately upset,but is easily soothed when she returns.Which type of attachment does Pemba seem to have with his mother?

Excessive risk taking during adolescence is caused,at least in part,by the fact that the _____________ is not fully developed.

The rooting reflex refers to a newborn's tendency to

Psychologist Mary Ainsworth developed the __________ test in order to assess the different types of attachment that might exist between a child and his or her primary caregiver.

By seven to eight months of gestation,not only can infants hear,but they also seem to be actively listening.According to your textbook,which of the following is one of the ways researchers know this?

In which stage of Piaget's theory of cognitive development do people begin to think logically about abstract concepts?

Whereas Piaget saw cognitive development as a result of individual discovery and a child's interaction with objects,Vygotsky attributed cognitive development to

__________ studies collect data from the same individuals over a period of time to track age-related changes.

Which of the following describes the embryonic period?

When her older brother hides behind the sofa,Carmella looks behind the sofa to find him.Carmella has developed ______________.

The germinal stage

Suppose a child were raised by abusive parents who kept her locked in a basement,completely separated from human contact,for the first 7 years of her life.When she was finally rescued,case workers found that it was very difficult to teach her how to communicate.This would be because the child was not exposed to language during the _____________.

Miss Johnson gave Mark and Tia equal-sized lumps of clay.Tia immediately rolled hers into a long shape.Mark cried and complained that Tia had received more clay.Mark's behaviour represents

According to Piaget,a child in the _____________ stage of cognitive development should be able to understand many mathematical concepts such as transitivity,but is likely to have difficulty understanding the more abstract ideas found in algebra.

Compared to younger people,healthy older adults in North America are more likely to

You don't like a supper your partner has prepared,but you decide to thank your partner for preparing it rather than stating your opinion.Which of the "four horsemen of the relationship apocalypse" have you just avoided?

In Harlow's studies with young monkeys,the monkeys were exposed to a wire mother with a bottle and a cloth mother without a bottle.The young monkeys spent their non-feeding time

A researcher performs a cross-sectional study comparing the video-game playing ability of 20-year-olds to 60-year-olds.The results indicate that the 20-year-olds learned to play a new game much faster than the 60-year-olds.However,the researchers are uncertain whether this indicates that the 20-year-olds' ability will decrease over time,or whether the 60-year-olds had more difficulty because they grew up before there were video games.What issue is this an example of?

In a study discussed in your textbook,researchers surveyed mothers from different cultures about when they expected their newborns to develop specific motor skills such as walking.In cultures where the mothers expected their children to reach these milestones earlier,