Exam 9: Human Development

Sarah and Johnny were caught hitting each other during recess.The two are in kindergarten in Oklahoma.With Sarah's last smack, Johnny starts crying and calls the teacher over.How is the teacher, Mrs.Butler, likely to respond to both Sarah and Johnny's behavior?

Both Gina's parents and Susan's parents got divorced when the girls were very young.Gina's mother is remarried, but Susan's mother is single.Gina is likely to

Christie is unhappily married.She is likely to have

John is a child who has achieved theory of mind.He sees his aunt coming out of the hairdresser's one day.He thinks his aunt looks really funny, because the hairdresser cut her hair much too short.When his aunt asks him, "What do you think of my hair?" how will John respond?

What is the major challenge of Erikson's final stage of adult development?

According to the textbook, the fact that human development follows a consistent progression suggests that

Your nephew Khalil has recently started to reach for objects in the mobile above his crib.These objects entertain him now, but according to dynamic systems theory he is likely to lose interest in them if

In front of Mikey, Kristin pours 8 ounces of water from a measuring cup into both a short, fat glass and a tall, thin glass.She then asks Mikey which glass has more water.If Mikey is at the concrete operational stage, he is likely to answer that

Imagine you are paying for something at a store and the clerk gives you too much change.If you are operating at the conventional level of moral development, you are likely to

The term embryo describes a developing human from

Dina is a 23-year old graduate student who enjoys reading books, spending time with her family, and running.Julie is a 52-year old mother of three who works in marketing and enjoys fishing in her spare time.Dina and Julie are likely to have similar levels of

Attachment is all of the following EXCEPT

Which of the following individuals is most likely to face difficulty forming an ethnic identity?

An important consequence of having a theory of mind is that

Shari just got her first tattoo at 17 years of age.Her mother is furious with her and cannot understand why she got this tattoo.Dynamic systems theory would explain Shari's behavior as

What was the important difference between the test of mathematical ability conducted by Mehler and Bever and that conducted by Piaget?

Michael is a 4-year-old boy who enjoys playing with dolls and wearing dresses, despite knowing that he is a boy.Which of the following would characterize his gender identity and gender role based on this description alone?

Which of the following conditions is a preventable birth defect?

Memory researchers found that by months of life, infants .

Separation anxiety appears in infants