Exam 4: Developing Through the Life Span

According to Erikson, teens who suffer role confusion have not yet

Inherited genes most clearly contribute to individual differences in

In teen calls to hotline counseling services, the most discussed topic is

Research indicates that immediately after birth human infants can distinguish

Research on brain development suggests that repeated learning experiences seem to

Lolita vacillates between acting rebellious toward her parents and high school teachers and behaving with compliance and respect. Erikson would have suggested that Lolita's inconsistency illustrates

At 16 months of age, Edmund is uncertain whether his busy parents will take time to feed him when he is hungry. This is most indicative of

According to Erikson, older adults can most effectively cope with the prospect of their own death if they have achieved a sense of

The age at which people are expected to leave home, get a job, and marry has changed dramatically in Wallonia over the past 50 years. Developmentalists would say that the country's ________ has been altered.

One of the three major concerns of developmental psychology involves a focus on

Distinguishing between very gradual and very abrupt developmental changes over the life span is most central to the major issue of

Lev Vygotsky emphasized that the scaffold from which children step to higher levels of thinking is

As newborns, we turn our heads in the direction of human voices and we gaze longer at more face-like images. This best illustrates that we are born preferring sights and sounds that facilitate

As teens mature, the growth of myelin facilitates

In recall and recognition tests of memory for recently learned material, older adults are more likely than young adults to have difficulty

A mother who is slow in responding to her infant's cries of distress is most likely to encourage

Lilianne is beginning to develop a fear of strangers and will reach for her mother when she sees someone who is unfamiliar. It is likely that Lilianne has also just

The sexual abuse of a very young child is so emotionally repulsive to most people that they immediately recognize it as shamefully immoral. This best illustrates that moral judgments may reflect

Providing children with a safe haven in times of stress contributes most directly to

A longitudinal study is one in which