Exam 10: D: Lifespan Development

Before puberty,males do not produce sperm,even though their genitals are physically equivalent to a man's.This illustrates which of the following?

Linda adopted a 1-week-old baby named Ben.Over the course of a few years,Linda observed the following symptoms in Ben despite her attempts to provide him with a healthy environment: His physical growth was stunted,his eyes and mouth looked abnormal,and he had trouble keeping up intellectually with the other children in his kindergarten class.What substance was Ben likely exposed to in utero?

The most obvious change ushering in adolescence is __________.

A group of psychologists studies how adults change and grow,both psychologically and physiologically,as they age.These psychologists are most like ___________.

Fred has no meaningful occupational goals and has switched college majors several times.Erikson would have suggested that Fred lacks

The period of life when a person is transformed from a child to an adult is __________.

The major turning point in most adults' lives is __________.

Which behaviour most clearly demonstrates the existence of emotional attachment?

A child and her mother are walking through an aquarium.The child knows there are such things as fish,but has never seen a starfish before.Upon seeing one,she says "See the fishie."Which term best explains the child's comment?

Five-year-old Tammy mistakenly believes that her short,wide glass contains less soda than her brother's tall,narrow glass.Actually,both glasses contain the same amount of soda.This illustrates that Tammy lacks the concept of

A researcher who selects a sample of people of varying ages and studies them at one point in time is,by definition,using the __________ method.

What did Harlow's research with rhesus monkeys in the 1950s demonstrate about attachment?

_______ is most famous for his theory that all children go through a series of sequential intellectual stages.

A researcher who studies a fixed group of people over a long period of time is,by definition,using the __________.

According to Piaget,the stage of cognitive development between two and seven years of age,in which the individual becomes able to use mental representations and language to describe,remember,and reason about the world,though only in an egocentric fashion,is the __________ stage.

The mother of a young child who didn't like to drink milk was trying to coax him to drink some.Taking the glass of milk,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.

Suppose that you show a small boy two bars of fresh fudge that are equal on all dimensions (exactly the same size,shape,and weight).You ask him if the two bars are the same,and he says,"Yes." You then cut one of the bars into 10 chunks as he watches.You are surprised when he now asks if he can have the cut up fudge because it has more candy than the intact bar.This episode illustrates that the youngster

As children approach their teen years,contact with _______ becomes more important in their development.

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

Nathan is trying to build a castle out of building blocks.At his current stage of cognitive development,he is unable to successfully construct this himself,but is receptive to learning the skill with the assistance of others.Which term proposed by Vygotsky best captures Nathan's developmental stage?