Exam 21: Human Development Across the Life Span Part 1

The sequence of age-related changes that occur as a person progresses from conception to death defines

Ten-year-old Sherry watches as you flatten one of two equal-sized balls of clay into a pancake. Sherry says they both still have the same amount of clay, demonstrating that she understands

Eight-year-old Eric watches as you flatten one of two equal-sized balls of clay into a pancake. Eric says they both still have the same amount of clay. When he is asked how he knows that the ball and the pancake have the same amount of clay, he points out that the pancake could once again be rolled up into a ball, demonstrating that he

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

Conventional thinking in moral development bases morality (right or wrong) on

The cell mass that develops from the fertilized egg implants itself in the uterine wall during the ____ stage of prenatal development.

A study begin in Seattle in 1974 (Steissguth, 2007) that followed the offspring of mothers who had engaged in varied amounts of drinking alcoholic beverages during pregnancy found that at ages 21 and 25, higher prenatal alcohol intake predicted

Individuals at the ____ level of moral development tend to use a personal code of ethics to guide their moral reasoning and behavior.

When the same group of subjects are repeatedly compared at different points in time, the study is called a

Children gain control of their movements in a head-to-foot direction according to the ____ trend and they gain control in a center-outward direction according to the ____ trend.

During the third stage of psychosocial development, the crisis that must be resolved is initiative versus guilt. By this Erikson meant that the child must learn

During the third stage of Erik Erikson's developmental theory the psychosocial crisis involves a struggle between

The third stage of prenatal development, which lasts from two months through birth, is referred to as the

Infants who have secure attachments tend to exhibit all the following behaviors during childhood and adolescence EXCEPT

Ruby is an active infant who appears to be somewhat high-strung, and who protests loudly every time her parents try to change her routine in any way. Using the temperament categories outlined by Thomas and Chess, Ruby would MOST likely be considered to have

The principle of ____ suggests that physical properties of substances, such as volume, number, and mass, remain constant in spite of changes in their shape or appearance.

Ross is a shy, timid child who is uncomfortable around unfamiliar people. Using the temperament categories outlined by Kagan, Ross would MOST likely be considered to have

One-year-old Tommy is extremely distressed whenever his mother leaves him, yet resists her attempts to comfort him when she returns. Tommy probably has ____ with his mother.

The full-blown fetal alcohol syndrome is produced by

Sarah is four month old, she actively resists change, has failed to develop a regular sleeping and eating schedule, and is generally irritable and unhappy, Sarah is BEST described as temperamentally