Exam 8: Development Across the Life Span

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.

Conservation is the knowledge that an object exists even when it is not in sight.

Between the ages of 5 and 12 children strive to develop a sense of competence arising from their work and effort.Erikson refers to this stage of life as ___________.

Critical periods are times when the environment can influence the development of the embryo.

In a wealthy _________ family in ________,the body of a deceased relative stays at the family home until it is time for cremation.Before cremation,the body will be washed by family members.

The theory of adjustment to aging that assumes older people are happier if they remain active in some way,such as volunteering or developing a hobby,is called_________.

The science of heredity is called_________.

Ron,a toddler,takes a picture and puts it to the receiver of a phone in order to "show" it to his grandmother.This example illustrates ________.

According to the most recent evidence,what can be said of Piaget's findings?

A teratogen is any factor that can cause a birth defect.

Ashley and Mary-Kate are twins who are genetically identical.What type of twins are they?

Which type of thought does not begin until the stage of formal operational thought?

Ovum is a term used to describe__________.

According to Piaget,___________ represents the beginning of the child's language development and symbolic thought.

A child from which of the following parenting types would be most likely to lack social skills later in life?

Temperament is thought to be fairly well established since birth.

In Piaget's theory,the stage of development between birth and 2 years of age,in which the individual uses senses and motor abilities to interact with objects in the environment,is called the ______ stage.

Infants typically begin to make vowel-like sounds at around the age of ________.

Brad is 18 and is looking into career options.He is currently deciding whether he wants to become a gourmet chef or a race car driver.Brad is at what stage of Erik Erikson's psychosocial development?

Amy is 30 years old and she has difficulty forming meaningful relationships with others.According to Erikson,she is most likely in the ________ stage.