Exam 9: Human Development

The average age at first marriage in the United States is ____ for men, and ____ for women.

Ellease's fertilized egg has just implanted itself in the uterine lining, an action that occurs during the ____ stage of prenatal development.

If you conducted a study similar to that of Harry Harlow on attachment in monkeys, you should expect to find that your monkey subjects would spend more time with a "mother" who ____.

The concepts of imaginary audience and personal fable provide examples of adolescent ____.

When playing the game show Jeopardy, contestants must be able to quickly hit their buzzers to give a response. Quickly hitting the buzzer is an example of ____.

How early can a breastfed infant discriminate the smell of his or her own mother compared to the smell of an unfamiliar female?

A person who is easily threatened by close relationships and is less tolerant of the opinions of significant others may be in a state referred to by Erik Erikson as ____.

Which progression represents the correct sequence of Erik Erikson's childhood stages of psychosocial development?

The personal fable and imaginary audience are characteristic of ____.

Maternal stress and anxiety during pregnancy is associated with subsequent higher risk of ____ in the child.

Dory cries whenever visitors come to her parents' home. Dory is exhibiting ____.

Gender schema theory explains the learning of gender roles by emphasizing the ____.

Albert always seems to have difficulty maintaining relationships with women because of his constant fear of being abandoned. According to Erikson, which psychosocial stage might have posed difficulties for Albert in relation to his problems?

Which statement is TRUE with regard to the developmental theories of Piaget and Vygotsky?

Cohabitation statistics suggest that ____.

When your teacher announces that you are going to be discussing the theories and research of Lawrence Kohlberg, you can expect that you will be talking about ____ development.

Warrick is actively dating in hopes that he can find someone who shares his interests and can connect with him. Warrick is in Erikson's stage of ____.

In the sensorimotor stage, Piaget believed that the child ____.

If a mid-life crisis were to be experienced, it would most likely occur during Erikson's stage of ____.

As a child grows older and enters middle school, parenthood tends to _____ and marital satisfaction tends to _____.