Exam 10: Human Development

"Raindrops keep falling on my head. And just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed, nothing seems to fit!" These lyrics to a popular song describe a very uncomfortable sleeping arrangement! There are several ways this problem can be solved. If the singer chooses to cut off his feet so that he fits in the existing bed, this would be similar to the Piagetian concept of ________.

On your lunch break, you decide to try a new restaurant that you've been hearing about. Once you are seated, a family with a young infant who looks to be about one-year old sits next to you. As you smile at the child, thinking how adorable she is, she breaks into tears, screams, and reaches for her father. You should

At five years old, Sammy is better able to understand his friends' feelings as compared to when he was three years old. Sammy is acquiring a ________.

Helena is a model child at school who is popular with her peers. She has high standards for herself, but is realistic about attaining them. It is likely that her parents use a(n)________ model for discipline.

When attempting to understand developmental transitions that people face throughout their life span, which of the following research designs would be most informative?

Which theorist led the case for the influence of social and cultural influences on cognitive development?

Bertram is a surly child who can't bear to be alone, yet he has few friends because he has little self-control. Even the children he prefers to be with, who are much younger than he is, get frustrated with his impulsiveness. His parents are probably of the ________ type.

The belief that children will have increased cognitive abilities if their parents play classical music for them during infancy reflects

Markus is very athletic, and thus he tends to participate in a lot of sports. His regular practise at football, basketball, and hockey increases his athletic skills, which makes him want to spend more time participating in these activities. This example demonstrates the ________ nature of development.

A person's gender ________ refers to their sense of being male or female, which may or may not correspond to their biological sex.

The discontinuation of menstrual cycles and the end of a woman's ability to bear children is known as ________.

Piaget's theory is often criticised because it appears to be biased in favour of children from ________ societies.

The ________ represents a period of anxiety and emotional disturbance related to the ageing process and it sometimes results in futile attempts to regain one's youth.

The parallel female version of a midlife crisis is the ________ ________.

The emotional connection that a newborn baby shares with his or her caregiver(s)is called ________.

Research exploring infantile temperament has found that there are generally three different temperaments. They are

When her older brother hides behind the sofa, Carmen looks behind the sofa to find him. Carmen has developed

Cross-sectional research studies gather data from many people who are of the same age, and compare them to others who are at a different age, and thus a different level of development. The name for a group of people who are the same age and thus were raised during the same time period is a(n)________.

In each stage of Erikson's proposed stages of development, a person is believed to confront a(n)________ crisis. The way in which each crisis is resolved helps determine the nature of their identity.

Which of the following would not be considered a major life transition during adulthood?