Exam 9: Lifespan Development

When nine-year-old Jacob is asked by his mother to tidy up his room and put his toys away, he does what he is told because he knows that she will give him a special treat afterward. Kohlberg would say that Jacob is operating at the _____ level of moral reasoning.

The best known, although not the most common, pattern of allele variation is the simple dominant-recessive gene pair.

According to _____, every baby comes into the world with an innate ability to understand the principles of language organization.

The term phenotype refers to:

Which of the following represents the correct order of the first four psychosocial conflicts that characterize infancy and the childhood years in Erikson's theory?

Gender schemas influence how people pay attention to, perceive, interpret, and remember gender-relevant behavior.

According to the text, studies examining the impact of early stress in humans have shown that childhood stress or adversity can cause distinct epigenetic changes in brain tissue.

Dr. Professor's research examines cognitive changes that occur as people progress from young adulthood to late adulthood. Dr. Professor is a(n) _____ psychologist.

Discuss the role of stem cells and the neural tube in the development of three main regions of the brain.

Most developmental psychologists believe that gene expression is primarily influenced by the fixed master plan, or genetic blueprint, with which people are born.

In Piaget's theory, when a child demonstrates conservation, he or she:

According to the Focus on Neuroscience box "Boosting the Aging Brain" aerobic exercise had which of the following effects on the hippocampus in older adults?

According to the Focus on Neuroscience box on the adolescent brain, at approximately what age does the brain reach full maturity?

The behaviors, attitudes, and personality traits that are designated as either masculine or feminine in a given culture are called gender roles.

One-year-old Brendan has a loving, close relationship with his mother, his father, and his grandmother, who cares for him during the day while his parents work outside the home. Brendan is likely to have formed an attachment relationship with:

Parenting styles can be described in terms of two dimensions:

Gender schema theory is to _____ as social learning theory is to _____.

Which of the following statements accurately describes cognitive functioning in healthy adults who are 60 to 70 years old?

In Piaget's theory, the term irreversibility refers to the:

Describe the positive effects of aerobic exercise on cognitive functioning in old age, and describe the evidence to support these claims.