Exam 8: C: Development Across the Life Span

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

Erik knows that the Saint Bernard is a large dog instead of a little pony.This is an example of what Piaget called ________.

Which of the following sequences of Piagetian stages is the correct order?

Men experience __________ in testosterone levels between the ages of 48 and 70.

Erikson's theory of social development viewed the ages of two to three,his second stage,as being characterized by the major challenge of __________.

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 _______.

Dr.Halk is studying a group of 25 youngsters from the time they are born until they reach school age.This is known as _______ research.

The strange situation procedure,in which researchers unobtrusively watch an infant in the presence or absence of several combinations of the child,caretaker,and stranger,is used to study _________.

Traits which are typical of a sex but not directly concerned with reproduction are called _______.

The most severe challenge to be faced during adulthood is probably __________.

A gradual and inevitable decline in the life processes begins in __________.

Piaget's theory of intellectual development assumes that:

Jean Piaget is noted for his theory of _______.

In humans,the machinery for perceiving the world:

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:

Which of the following statements is true?

Which of the following is NOT typically a characteristic of successful women?

Each of the following is a main theme of one of Kubler-Ross' five stages in accepting one's own death except _______.

According to Kohlberg,children interpret behavior in terms of concrete consequences at the __________ level of moral development.

"Experience is the key to all knowledge" is associated with ___________.