Exam 4: Developing Through the Life Span

One study of 4 - to 6-year-old children in 10 American cities found that the children's rate of aggressiveness was influenced more by ________ than by the amount of time they spent in day-care programs.

Compared with younger adults, older adults take ________ time to solve perceptual puzzles and ________ time to remember names.

According to Piaget, during the formal operational stage people begin to

Which of the following factors is important for the development of attachment bonds between human infants and their mothers?

During which stage of cognitive development do children acquire object permanence?

Compared with younger adults, older adults are ________ attentive to positive news and they have ________ problems in their social relationships.

Infant visual preferences have been discovered by assessing infants'

Gilbert notices that his sausage is sliced into six pieces, whereas his brother's is sliced into nine pieces. He understands, however, that his brother's sausage is not actually any larger than his own. This indicates that Gilbert has by now reached the ________ stage of development.

Monkeys raised in total isolation have been observed to

Marriage bonds are especially likely to endure when members of a couple

Pat is normally very restless and fidgety; Shelley is usually quiet and easygoing. The two children most clearly differ in

Babies are born with several reflexes for getting food. One of these is to

Authoritative parents are likely to have children who

The symptoms of fetal alcohol syndrome demonstrate that alcohol is a

Parents who discuss and negotiate family rules are especially likely to raise children who are

The association areas are the last cortical areas to fully develop their

According to Piaget, people are first able to reason abstractly and think hypothetically during the ________ stage.

Infants' tendency to gaze longer at novel stimuli than at familiar ones provides compelling evidence regarding their

The remarkable academic and vocational successes of the children of people who fled from Vietnam and Cambodia best illustrate the importance of

Carol is distressed because post-childbirth complications prevented her from being in close physical contact with her child during its first few hours of life. Carol should be told that