Exam 4: Developing Through the Life Span

When 10-year-old children repeatedly practice the precise motor skills involved in texting, the cortical areas directly controlling these motor skills are likely to develop more complex

Most victims of childhood sexual abuse become normal adults. This best illustrates

Sixty-five-year-olds should drive cars with ________ windshields because with age the eye's lens becomes ________ transparent.

Lewis is a 70-year-old retired college professor. In contrast to when he was 30, he now probably

With repeated presentations of a bright red toy, 2-month-old Anita began to respond with less visual attention to the toy. Her decreasing responsiveness best illustrates

Tonya asks people of different ages to complete a measure of life satisfaction. She then looks for life satisfaction differences across different age levels. Tonya is conducting a ________ study.

Which of the following phases of development extends from the beginnings of sexual maturity to independent adulthood?

"I don't care whether you want to wash the dishes, you will do so because I said so!" This statement is most representative of a(n) ________ parenting style.

Dr. Birkin's major research interest is the development of motor skills in children. It is most likely that Dr. Birkin is a ________ psychologist.

Exceptionally timid and cautious infants tend to become shy and unassertive adolescents. This best illustrates the long-term stability of

Boys who are stronger and more athletic during their early teen years tend to be ________ independent and ________ at risk for alcohol use and delinquency.

Four-year-olds are not completely egocentric and 4-year-olds can exhibit some understanding of conservation. This indicates that Piaget may have underestimated the

Compared with environmentally impoverished rats, those rats housed in enriched environments experienced a dramatic increase in the number of their

Dr. Wong believes that children who are not visually stimulated during the first four months of life will never develop normal visual perception. Obviously, Dr. Wong believes that this developmental stage is a

Three-year-olds who experienced a fire evacuation caused by a burning popcorn maker were unable to remember the cause of this vivid event when they were 10-year-olds. This best illustrates

Kathryn and Rafael's third and last child is leaving home for college next year. Their empty nest is likely to be a(n) ________ place.

One of the most consistently damaging teratogens is

The process by which certain birds form attachments during a critical period very early in life is called

Adjusting current schemas to make sense of new information is called

Fred has no meaningful occupational goals and has switched college majors several times. Erikson would have suggested that Fred lacks