Exam 21: Human Development Across the Life Span Part 1

Kara takes her 1-year-old son, Delaney, to visit a day-care center where she plans to enroll him. Delaney appears very anxious and is unwilling to explore the playroom, even though Kara is close by. When his mom leaves the room to fill out some forms, Delaney becomes extremely upset. When Kara returns he clings to her leg, but does not calm down and continues to sob. This is the type of interaction you might observe between a child and a parent who

When Teresa's mother hides her favorite doll under a blanket, Teresa acts as if it no longer exists, and she makes no attempt to look for it. Based on this information, you can infer that Teresa is in Piaget's

According to Vygotsky, the gap between what a learner can accomplish alone, and what the learner can achieve with guidance from more skilled partners, refers to

The close, emotional bond of affection between an infant and its caregiver is called

Jasmin takes her 1-year-old son, Randy, to visit a day-care center where she plans to enroll him. Randy eagerly explores the playroom, and when his mom leaves the room to fill out some forms he shows no signs of concern. When Jasmin returns, he shows little interest and continues to play with the toys he has collected. This is the type of interaction you might observe between a child and a parent who

Erik Erikson's developmental stages are organized around potential turning points called

A ____ implants itself into the uterine wall and becomes ____.

Physical growth during infancy tends to be

The ____ stage of prenatal development lasts from two months after conception through birth.

Using the temperament categories outlined by Thomas and Chess, which category would an active infant who always seems to be happy, has a regular schedule, and whose parents know that he will sleep through the night without waking, even when he stays overnight with his grandparents be considered to have?

Children's thought processes are particularly egocentric during which Piagetian stage?

Experience and training exert their effects on motor behavior

How do children develop special attachments to their mothers according to a behavioral theory?

The fact that children in different cultures ____ in the age at which basic motor skills appear demonstrates that ____.

One-year-old Beth will explore a room when her mother is present. She becomes upset when her mother leaves the room and is quickly calmed when her mother returns. Beth exhibits

A child who successfully completes stage 1 of Erikson's stages of psychosocial development will acquire

Cultural variations in the emergence of basic skills such as sitting and walking demonstrate that environmental factors

During elementary school, children gradually acquire the ability to take the perspective of others. In other words, they

Your son has developed facial hair and now needs to shave; he also has developed much wider shoulders. These changes reflect the emergence of

The developing organism becomes capable of physical movement during the