Exam 11: Section 5: Development

Knowing that people experience different emotions in response to the same stimulus and react differently to things based on their personal likes or dislikes is a characteristic of:

A child in the preoperational stage of development often has trouble with the concept of:

Jonas knew that animals with fur, pointy ears, a tail, four legs, and that say "woof" are called "dogs" by his parents. He saw a new animal and thought it was a dog until it "meowed." Jonas's parents said this was a "cat." Jonas could now distinguish between dog and cat depending on the sound the animal made. This revision of Jonas's schema of a "dog" best illustrates:

Which cognitive ability would be least impaired as a person ages?

Vygotsky's theory of cognitive development differed from Piaget's largely due to its focus on:

James dispenses medical marijuana to patients undergoing chemotherapy in order to help reduce their feelings of nausea. He does this, even though there are no medical marijuana laws in his state and he risks imprisonment if caught. John, however, believes he is doing the right thing by alleviating suffering. John probably is in Kohlberg's _____ stage of moral development.

The _____ is the standard behavioral test to determine a child's attachment style.

Motor development during infancy tends to follow two main guidelines: the _____ rule, whereby motor skills develop from the head to the feet, and the _____ rule, whereby babies learn to control body parts closest to their trunk before moving to the periphery (e.g., hands and feet).

Babies whose mothers smoke tobacco during pregnancy are more likely to have:

What is the order of social independence that most adolescents follow as they break away from their parents and spend more time with peers?

The heart begins to beat in the _____ stage of prenatal development.

Marital satisfaction follows peaks and valleys; it starts out _____, _____ when children are very young, and _____ when children leave the house.

Developmental psychology focuses on the:

The concept of object permanence is first understood in the _____ stage of cognitive development.

A teenage boy starts shaving because he develops facial hair, which is a _____ sex characteristic.