Exam 8: Development Across the Life Span

The 20s are a time of __________.

Piaget's concept of centration is the inability to see the world through another person's eyes.

Infant reflexes are __________.

Summarize Erik Erikson's eight stages of psychosocial development. Provide an example for each stage that describes successful resolution of each stage.

A characteristic that first shows up in the formal operations stage is __________.

Mary Ainsworth observed that securely attached infants __________.

Mothers who were unresponsive, insensitive, and coldly rejecting were associated with __________ infants.

Which type of attachment style is characterized by babies who do not seem to care very much whether the mother is present or absent, and are equally comfortable with her and a stranger?

Kamal, a toddler, is holding a picture and puts it to the receiver of a phone in order to "show" it to his grandmother. This example illustrates __________.

Fiona is at a point in her pregnancy when the zygote is moving down to her uterus, and the placenta and umbilical cord are beginning to form. Which period of prenatal development is Fiona currently experiencing?

Kip is worried that he is losing his mind because he finds himself angry at a friend who died in an automobile accident. Based on Kübler-Ross's research, what might you tell him?

According to Baumrind, which type of parent would most likely say, "Because I said so" or "It's my way or the highway!"?

The crisis of late adulthood, according to Erikson, is __________.

According to Kohlberg, children interpret behavior in terms of concrete consequences at the __________ level of moral development.

The theory in which aging is attributed to our bodies' organs and cell tissues simply wearing out with repeated use and abuse is called __________ theory.

Which theory of aging is compared to the limited number of repairs you can have before your car's warranty runs out?

A trait controlled by a dominant gene will __________.

Around age 40, adults __________.

Traits that are typical of a sex but not directly concerned with reproduction are called __________.

"It can't happen to me. I'm special" is a common attitude found in adolescents who have developed a(n) __________.