Exam 9: Life-Span Development

The median age of an American man marrying for the first time was ________ years in 2005.

The theorist who has proposed the idea that evolutionary forces have provided humans with a language instinct is ________.

A researcher tries to reconstruct a person's past by interviewing the person and consulting various other sources that relate to the person's life. This method of conducting research is called the ________ approach.

Discuss the adolescent search for identity. List and explain James Marcia's four possible outcomes of this search. Finally, discuss the importance of parents, friends, and peers in the search for identity.

Most differences in male and female behavior appear to be the result of inherent biological differences.

The theorist noted for his theories on moral development is ________.

An infant looks at her bottle and utters a sound with a rising pitch, or inflection. Her mother realizes she is asking if she can have the bottle because of the ________ in the infant's voice.

At about age 4 to 6 months, an infant's speech begins to show signs of ________.

According to Baumrind's research, permissive-indulgent parents are likely to have children who are ________.

Andrew is 18. He has accepted an identity that was provided to him by his parents and peers. In other words, he has chosen to become what others want him to be. He best fits the description of ________.

Newborns are capable of only limited reflexive behavior.

In women, the amount of estrogen produced by the ovaries drops sharply around age ________.

A nervous high school student is tempted to cheat on an important examination. At the crucial moment, he decides against it, and doesn't pull out the notes he had hidden in his trousers. Assuming he's operating at Kohlberg's conventional level of morality, which of the following reasons is he most likely to give for deciding not to cheat?

The most severe challenge to be faced during adulthood is probably ________.

Allison is immature, disrespectful, impulsive, and out of control. If Baumrind's research is correct, her parents were ________.

Katherine is nice to Sally, even though she doesn't like Sally at all, because most of her friends like Sally. Katherine is in which stage of moral development according to Kohlberg?

Strong attachment by a child to its mother is likely to foster insecurity and dependence.

Which of the following is not one of the three research methods identified in your text as being utilized by developmental psychologists?

Compared with adolescent development, adult development is much more predictable.

One-word sentences used by children under 2 years old to express their behaviors and reactions are called ________.