Exam 8: Development

______________ parents give their children relaxed or inconsistent direction,and,although warm,require little of them.

Theories that suggest that human cells have a built-in time limit to their reproduction,and that after a certain time they are no longer able to divide,are called _____________ theories of aging.

___________intelligence,which involves information-processing skills such as memory,calculations,and analogy solving,declines in late adulthood.

Research that takes a number of different age groups and examines them at several points in time is known as _____________ research.

In the nature via nurture issue,nurture refers to _________________.

Children are born with a particular _____________,a basic,innate disposition.Some children are easygoing,while others are irritable or quiet.

In the nature via nurture issue,nurture refers to heredity.

Lev Vygotsky created the concept of the ____________________.This is the level at which a child can almost,but not fully,comprehend or perform a task on his or her own.

A way of thinking in which a person views the world entirely from his or her own perspective is called ______________ thinking.

____________ parents show little interest in their children and are emotionally detached.They view parenting as nothing more than providing food,clothing,and shelter for children.

_____________ parents are firm,setting limits for their children.As the children get older,these parents try to reason and explain things to them.

Lev Vygotsky created the concept of the ____________________.This is the level at which a child can almost,but not fully,comprehend or perform a task on his or her own.

Jean Piaget's four stages of development,in the correct order,are ___________,___________,__________,and _____________.

Explain what happens in the fetal period of development.

Puberty is the period during which maturation of the sexual organs occurs.

In the ____________ theory of aging,aging produces a gradual withdrawal from the world on physical,psychological,and social levels.

Melissa is entering kindergarten,so her mother takes her to her first day of school.Melissa starts crying when her mother leaves and chases after her.Melissa does not want her mother to leave.Melissa wants to stay with her mother because of the concept of ____________.

Male adolescents are five times more likely to commit suicide than are females,although females attempt suicide more often than males do.

The period during which women stop menstruating and are no longer fertile is known as _______________.

Psychologists generally agree that early adulthood begins around age 20 and lasts until about age 40-45,with middle adulthood beginning then and continuing until around age 65.