Exam 3: Human Development

When parents around the world use a high-pitched, rising melody, they are

The single most important thing you might do for a dying person is to

When Sidney misbehaves, his mother takes away his phone privileges or his video game system. Sidney's mother is using which discipline approach?

Amy lifts her head, then learns to crawl, then to walk with the development progressing from her head to her feet. This progression illustrates

Which of the following skills is NOT an accomplishment of the concrete operational stage?

At each life stage, which of the following must be mastered for optimal development?

Moral choices are determined by the direct consequences of one's actions in which level of moral development?

Regarding crystallized abilities, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Nature is to heredity as nurture is to

Pedro is eight years old and is in elementary school. According to Erikson's theory, the major conflict for Pedro is

Josh is a difficult baby who cries and is hard to console, which makes his parents unhappy and elicits negative parenting. This, in turn, causes Josh to cry more frequently. This illustrates

In their attempt to empower their children, parents have sometimes created children who have artificially high levels of self-esteem and a sense of entitlement. The style of parenting that is likely to create these characteristics is ___________ parenting.

Regarding identity formation, which of the following statements is FALSE?

Two-year-old Marian and her mother are at the park. People nearby hear Marian talking to her mother, "See birdie," "Want cookie," and "My ball." According to Noam Chomsky, Marian is exhibiting

Connie is 20 months old and is able to point to and name several objects, such as "ball," "doggie," and "cookie" and says "go" and "play." Connie is most likely in which stage of language development?

Proximodistal means from

Piaget's one-step-ahead strategy is very similar to Vygotsky's concept of

Which of the following would NOT be part of an enriched environment for children?

At any stage of life, heredity, environment, and the person's individual behavior are the three factors that determine one's

When presented with "The Porcupine and the Moles" story, the girls in Gilligan's study tended to use the ethic of caring, while the boys used justice to solve the moral problem.