Exam 3: Human Development

A nurse and her husband come upon an accident late at night. While her husband stays with the accident victims and calls for help, the nurse breaks the window on the door of a nearby drugstore to get the supplies she needs to help these victims before the ambulance gets there. When the police arrive, she tells them what she did and offers to pay for the window and supplies. Which level of moral development is the nurse exhibiting?

Psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg held that we clarify our moral values

Within the nucleus of every human cell are 46 thread-like structures that hold the coded instructions of heredity. These 46 structures are called

Regarding her research on moral development, Carol Gilligan believes that male psychologists have, for the most part, defined moral maturity in terms of

Because of work pressures, Marian experienced a great deal of stress during her pregnancy. Due to this stress, Marian's baby

Chandra has found a high quality day care that meets all her criteria. Chandra can expect

According to Erikson, failure to resolve a psychosocial dilemma or crisis at a particular life stage

At 20 months, Katy says "pah-getty" (spaghetti)whenever she wants to eat and says "milk" when she wants something to drink. She also calls her mother "Mama" and her father "Dada" and her cat "Kitty." Katy is most likely in which stage of language development?

Thought that is self-centered and fails to consider the viewpoints of others is called __________ thought.

If an unborn child is exposed to X-rays, PCBs, or drugs taken by the mother, the child could be born with a

According to research on attachment, infants who were securely attached during infancy

Carol Gilligan deserves credit for identifying a second major way in which moral choices are made, which involves the ethic of

When a psychologist describes the reciprocal influences between parent and child, the psychologist is stating that

Dianne is a psychologist who is interested in the progressive changes that people show in their physical, cognitive, emotional, and social abilities from conception to death. Dianne is most likely a __________ psychologist.

When presented with "The Porcupine and the Moles" story, the boys in Gilligan's study tended to use an ethic of

How one deals with the inevitable slow declines in health during adulthood strongly influences that adult's

Julie's friend Lynda is undergoing chemotherapy. While Julie is visiting Lynda at the hospital, Lynda screams at Julie to "leave the room and never come back." According to Kübler-Ross, Lynda's behavior toward Julie is part of which emotional reaction to death and dying?

According to Arnett, a new social status or age period now stretches from the late teens to the mid-twenties during which young people take longer to settle into their adult roles. This new age period is referred to as __________ adulthood.

Which parenting style tends to produce resilient children who are also independent, competent, self-controlled, assertive, and inquiring?

Madge and Randle have worked through the stresses of child-rearing. Now their youngest child is leaving home and moving to her new job in another state. Madge and Randle are