Exam 13: Development Over the Life Span

It has been suggested that children could not be socialized without a moral sense and that this capacity for moral feeling is inborn. Integrate this information with the age-old debate over the relative contributions of "nature" and "nurture." Describe your own perspective on this topic, providing supporting evidence from the textbook.

Piaget referred to the ability of individuals to react to new experiences on the basis of similarities to past experiences as:

What percentage of women report regret at reaching menopause?

How did Margaret and Harry Harlow first demonstrate the importance of contact comfort in the formation of attachment relationships?

Mary Ainsworth believed that insecure attachment results primarily from the way mothers treat their children during the:

In a study that used Kohlberg's dilemmas, most of the participants' scores reflected a single stage of moral reasoning.

A person feels competent in acquiring skills, using tools, and learning to make things. According to Erikson's theory, she has successfully resolved the inevitable crisis that occurred when she was a/an:

What strategies would encourage the development of empathy in a child? Illustrate one of the strategies with a specific example.

Deanna is in her twenties and has successfully resolved each life crisis as it has occurred throughout her development. According to Erikson, Deanna now must resolve the crisis of ________.

Erikson's work was important because he:

The study of gender over the life span has revealed that:

Gerontologists estimate that about ________ of the physical losses of old age are genetically based.

The process by which children learn the abilities, interests, personality traits, and behaviours associated with being masculine or feminine in their culture is called:

Match the definitions with the appropriate terms. -The innate pleasure derived from close physical contact.

Match the definitions with the appropriate terms. -A method of child rearing in which the parent uses punishment and authority to correct the child's misbehaviour.

Psychologists who study universal aspects of life-span development, as well as investigating cultural and individual variations, are called:

A person experiences too strong of a sense of guilt over his fantasies. According to Erikson's theory, he had difficulty resolving the inevitable crisis that occurred when he was:

Dr. Cutcher states that, as they mature, children develop a mental network of beliefs explaining what it means to be male or female. Dr. Cutcher is most likely a:

Describe four harmful influences to a growing embryo or fetus that can cross the placental barrier and that therefore should be avoided during pregnancy.

Developmental psychologists, neuroscientists, social psychologists, and others claim that: