Exam 13: Development Over the Life Span

In January 2002, a 15-year-old boy stole a small private plane and crashed it into a building. How typical is this type of extreme behavior in adolescents? Are most teenagers angry and unhappy? What are the three kinds of problems that are more common during adolescence than they were in childhood, or will be in adulthood?

When tested for their sensory abilities, newborn babies have shown taste preferences for bananas and sugar water.

________ is a mental network of knowledge, beliefs, metaphors, and expectations about what it means to be male or female.

Piaget believed that very young infants lack object permanence.

Mary Ainsworth believed that insecure attachment results primarily from the way mothers treat their children during the:

Early maturing boys generally have ________ than late-maturing boys.

Puberty is defined as the age at which a person:

Mary Ainsworth observed that securely attached infants:

Fluid intelligence consists of:

Today, a developmental psychologist studying moral development is likely to emphasize:

Child-rearing practices influence the strength of separation anxiety and how long it lasts.

Menarche is defined as the onset of menstruation.

According to Piaget, children develop abstract reasoning at the ________ stage of cognitive development.

In Item 3, what else besides the child's style of attachment could account for the child's reaction?

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

One of your friends claims that traumatic childhood experiences psychologically scar a person forever. What evidence can you produce to dispute this claim?

The rate of violent crimes committed by adolescents has been increasing dramatically since 1993.

Which of the following is true regarding risk factors related to fathers?

Boys who are lonely and depressed are more likely than depressed girls to become withdrawn and internalize their problems.

According to the National Youth Risk Behavior Survey, today's teenagers are more liberal than their parents were at their age.