Exam 10: B: Lifespan Development

__________ is to girls as __________ is to boys.

The highest level of moral reasoning,called __________ morality,is based on internal principles that transcend society.

__________ studies observe different individuals at different ages at a single point in time.

According to Piaget,knowledge accumulates and is modified by which two processes?

Which of the following is true of dementia?

The loss of weak nerve cell connections in the brain is known as ____________.

Harlow's study of infant rhesus monkeys showed that

The heart and nervous system begin to form when the developing child is categorized as a(n)________.

According to Piaget,egocentrism and a lack of conservation ability are both qualities that are seen in the ________ stage of development.

The major developmental milestone of the _______________ stage is the achievement of object permanence.

A major part of adolescence is the development of a self-image and a perception of one's unique and individual characteristics.This is referred to as one's ___________.

The placenta is

Which of the following children is most likely to be upset when her father leaves the room?

Xiao is gathering research on the number of daily calories people typically consume at various ages.He gathers data about the number of calories eaten by 25 people at each of the following ages: 10,20,30,40,50,60,and 70 years.What type of research design is Xiao using?

According to Piaget,egocentrism involves

Although not all psychologists agree,research using habituation and dishabituation discussed in your textbook suggests that very young infants might

Alice is sitting at the table with her son Nikko.She takes his tall glass of milk and pours exactly half of it into a shorter wider glass.Then she says,"Honey,which glass has more milk?" Nikko immediately points to the taller glass.Nikko has not yet mastered Piaget's skill of _____________.

Which of the following is true regarding same-sex sexual behaviour during adolescence?

In Piaget's theory,the process of absorbing new information into existing cognitive structures is called __________.

The creation of new synaptic connections between neurons is called ___________________,whereas the removal of weak connections is called _______________.