Exam 13: Development Over the Life Span

Ruth's parents frequently slap her when she misbehaves. They also bully her into doing what they want instead of asking her nicely. Ruth is most likely to:

Parents should encourage the use of gestures as their children become familiar with language.

Psychologists who study physiological and cognitive changes across the life span and how these are affected by a person's genetic predispositions, culture, circumstances, and experiences are called:

Developmental psychologists study physiological and cognitive changes across the life span and how these changes are affected by a person's genetic predispositions, culture, circumstances and experiences.

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

The majority of the children of abusive or alcoholic parents do not become abusers themselves.

Mary Ainsworth devised an experimental method called the Strange Situation in order to determine:

Hillary has a history of behavior problems and conflicts with her parents. Now, she is in sixth grade and is the first girl in her class to attain sexual maturity. When compared to later-maturing girls, Hillary is more likely to:

Margaret and Harry Harlow's work suggests that babies become attached to their mothers because their mothers provide them with food and warmth.

________ is the cessation of menstruation and of the production of ova.

Children who have been beaten, neglected, or routinely subjected to verbal or physical abuse by their parents are more likely than other children to:

Socialization is the process by which children learn the behaviors, attitudes, and expectations required of them by their society or culture.

According to Jean Piaget, which of the following is true of preoperational children?

The fundamental sense of being male or female, independent of whether you conform to the social rules of gender, is called:

The fundamental sense of being male or female, independent of whether a person conforms to the social rules of gender, is called:

________ refers to a child's first word combinations, which omit unnecessary words.

Explain Jean Piaget's theory about the ways in which a baby learns about the world during the sensorimotor stage. What did he believe is a major cognitive accomplishment that occurs during this stage?

Will you sink into complacency and selfishness, or will you experience the pleasure of creativity and renewal? According to Erik Erikson, this is the crisis of:

A(n) ________ further develops the organs and systems that existed in rudimentary form in the embryonic stage.

According to your textbook, girls are more dissatisfied than boys with their social behavior at school and with friends.