Exam 10: Human Development

What tasks could be presented to students to assess whether they have entered Piaget's formal operations stage of development?

According to Piaget, one's level of moral development is linked to one's level of ________.

According to Piaget, equilibration involves the processes of

Young Eli, only a bit over 18 months of age, has been fooled by his parents. In order to get him to willingly take a children's chewable vitamin every day, his parents have taught him that it is a "lolly". Now, whenever Eli sees any product that is small and brightly coloured, he says "lolly! YUMMM!" and tries to put it into his mouth. Eli's attempt to make new stimuli consistent with his existing mental structures is an example of ________.

During menarche, teenagers experience

Believing that you should smoke cigarettes because others would think you are "cool" represents Kohlberg's ________ level of reasoning.

Piaget's term for the idea that an object continues to exist even when it is out of sight is object ________.

Which of the following is true with regard to the order of development of motor skills?

Johnny has never been harassed by the school bully, but most of his friends have. Johnny's decision to stand up to the bully to protect his friends represents a type of ________ morality.

Mark believed that all red go-carts were fast until he drove a very slow one at the show. Mark's revised views on red go-carts illustrates

Researcher Konrad Lorenz explored the concept of ________ by establishing himself as the first moving thing a clutch of newly hatched goslings saw. The result, as he predicted, was that the young animals followed him around religiously, clearly demonstrating their belief that he was their mother.

Which of the following theories of attachment was effectively discredited by the work of Harry Harlow?

Miss Johnson gave Mark and Tia equal sized lumps of clay. Tia immediately rolled hers into a long shape. Mark cried and complained that Tia had received more clay. Mark's behaviour represents

When the work of Mary Ainsworth and the "Strange Situation" experiment is examined in cultures beyond the United States of America, there is often criticism that this type of investigation is not appropriate for assessing the attachment of children in other cultures. Which of the following does your textbook state is one such argument against this type of research in other cultures?

The very first developmental crisis that human beings experience, according to the theory of Erik Erikson, is

Discuss three pros and three limitations of Piaget's theory.

What kind of animals did Harry Harlow and his colleagues use to discredit the most commonly accepted theory of attachment of the time?

During which of the following age ranges does fertility reach its peak in women?

During which of Piaget's stages does a child demonstrate the ability to reason about abstract ideas and novel information?

Young Jamal is asked whether it is right for a police officer to give a speeding ticket to a man who is driving his daughter to the hospital after a serious injury that left her with several broken bones. Which of the following answers would demonstrate the postconventional level of moral reasoning in Jamal?