Exam 13: Development Over the Life Span

Professor Reid has evaluated the communicative behaviour in a troupe of captive chimpanzees. Professor Reid has determined that the communication cannot be classified as language. Which of the following reasons can Professor Reid give for this conclusion?

________ is the understanding that the physical properties of objects, such as the number of items in a cluster or the amount of liquid in a glass, can remain the same even when their form or appearance changes.

The sensory abilities of newborn infants:

Which of the following research findings regarding cognitive development is a challenge to Piaget's theory?

A person experiences too strong of a sense of guilt over his fantasies. According to Erik Erikson's theory, he had difficulty resolving the inevitable crisis that occurred when he was:

Most children develop a secure gender identity by about ________ years of age.

According to the anti-innate-module school, which of the following holds true for human language?

After greeting her relatives at the airport, Joey's mother leaves him with his grandmother and gets the luggage. Eight-month-old Joey becomes fearful of the stranger holding him and begins to cry. This distress would be an example of:

According to Jean Piaget, at what developmental stage would a child come to understand conservation and cause and effect?

The most common consequence of ________ during pregnancy is deafness.

What differences did Jean Piaget observe in children's thinking between the preoperational stage and the concrete operations stage?

The textbook authors point out that gender development is a lifelong process. Integrate the influences on gender development discussed in Chapter 13 (Development Over the Life Span) with your knowledge regarding roles and norms from Chapter 8 (Behaviour in Social and Cultural Context).

Which of the following is true about language?

________ is a combination of excessive self-regard and a lack of empathy or interest in others.

Adolescent girls who are lonely, depressed, worried, or angry are more likely than boys to express these concerns by:

Liam is sixteen months old and is in a room with his mother and a stranger. Liam protests when his mother leaves the room and runs to her when she returns. What type of attachment style is Liam displaying?

Which of the following describes the apparent relationship between parenting and self-control?

Comparisons of hormone production in boys and girls show that:

Michelle pinches her younger brother Colin. Colin begins to weep loudly. Michelle's mother explains to her that it was wrong for her to pinch Colin, as it hurts him. Michelle realizes her mistake and apologizes. Which parenting method can be observed in this example?

What differences did Jean Piaget observe in children's thinking between the stages of concrete operations and formal operations?