Exam 3: Human Development

The physical core of personality, including sensitivity, energy levels, and typical mood is referred to as one's

Because Rachel is too young to make transformations, she is unable to

When teenagers question "who they are" and "what they will become," they are experiencing which conflict?

Infants who receive inadequate or unpredictable care or have parents who are cold, indifferent, or rejecting tend to develop

A child and her father are walking. The child knows there are such things as birds. Upon seeing a butterfly, she says, "See the birdie," and her father replies, "No, that's a butterfly; see how small it is." The child learns about butterflies. This example demonstrates

Morgan has become self-reflective about her thoughts and can now think in terms of abstract principles, such as "democracy" and "honor," as well as making projections regarding the future. Morgan is most likely in which cognitive stage?

In Piaget's theory, when a child masters the concept that the weight, mass, and volume of matter remain unchanged even when the shape or appearance of objects changes, he or she is exhibiting

Two-year-old Teshonda is eating her breakfast and tells her mother, "All gone milk." According to Noam Chomsky, Teshonda is exhibiting which pattern of speech?

If an infant is startled by a loud sound or if his or her position is abruptly changed, the infant will make movements similar to an embrace. This is called the __________ reflex.

Between the ages of seven and 15 years, children become increasingly adept at using language as the peak synaptic growth occurs in which areas of the brain?

Spending hundreds of hours at the bedsides of the terminally ill, which of the following researchers observed five basic emotional reactions to impending death?

Which of the following basic emotions are apparent shortly after birth?

Kristen is a 24-year-old college graduate still living at home, never married, has no children, and no settled career. Kristen most likely is

Jimmy is trying to get his infant son's attention. So, he talks in a higher pitched voice and repeats short simple sentences like, "Daddy's big boy." Jimmy is using

According to Erikson, if a child fails to learn the skills valued by society, such as reading and math, or if their efforts to perform these skills are considered inadequate, they may develop feelings of

Before they can explain the concept of fairness, infants as young as what age notice when toys are not being fairly shared?

Harlow's finding that baby monkeys preferred the terry cloth surrogate mother to a wire mother demonstrated the importance of which of the following in the formation of emotional attachments?

Distress displayed by infants when away from their parents or principal caregivers is called __________.

Marshall has retired from his job and finds life very unsatisfying. As he reflects over his life, he sees himself as a failure and his life as a series of missed opportunities. Erikson would say that Marshall is experiencing

The emotional reactions to death described by Kübler-Ross are