Exam 12: Human Development II: Social Development

Which of the following is one of the attributes that people seek in a job,according to the occupational self-direction theory of Melvin Kohn?

Lawrence Kohlberg suggested that moral development occurs over a series of eight stages,and that each stage involves a moral crisis that must be resolved.

The first stage of Erik Erikson's social development theory is called Trust vs.Mistrust.

James is walking down the street one evening when he notices a woman having a seizure on the sidewalk.There is nobody around to help her,and he doesn't have a telephone.Without thinking,James picks up a garbage can,throws it through the door of a closed convenience store,crawls in through the broken glass,and calls an ambulance.Although he is technically guilty of a crime,which stage of moral reasoning provides us with an acceptable justification for James's actions?

As Enrique grows up from childhood to adolescence and then adulthood,he is constantly receiving messages about how he should think,feel and act.He gets these messages from his parents,siblings,friends,school,church,and from various media sources (television,radio,internet,etc).The way in which his behaviors are shaped by his surroundings is called __________.

Which of the following statements has been supported by research investigating the pros and cons of letting children of different ages play together?

The majority of children who were studied by Mary Ainsworth had were labeled as having which of the following attachment styles?

Mary Ainsworth's research demonstrated quite conclusively that attachment between a child and his parents is directly caused by the kind of nurturing that child gets from his mother.

The highest levels of moral reasoning,called __________ morality,are based on abstract principles such as justice,liberty,and equality.

Those who are referred to as "Baby Boomers," are those who were born between:

The more kids a married couple has,the __________ their marital satisfaction seems to become!

After the United States of America,which country/countries report the highest rate of births to mothers between the ages of 15 and 19 years?

Regarding the relationships between teenagers and their parents,which of the following statements is the best summary of the current research?

One theory that explains why children play such different types of games - from tag to playing house with dolls,from building brick towers to playing word games - suggests that