Exam 9: Psychology Over the Life Span: Growing Up, Growing Older, Growing Wiser

________ refers to the beliefs, desires, values, and attributes that define a person to himself or herself.

Name and describe the four attachment styles.

Ashani is 18 months old. When her mom leaves her at the babysitter's house, Ashani cries initially. After a few moments, she stops crying because her mom is "out of sight and out of mind." According to Piaget, which period of cognitive development would Ashani be in?

In general, it is accurate to state that bodily control progresses from the ________.

Larry, a 10-year-old, first sees two identical glasses with water at the same level; then, the water from one of the short, wide glasses is poured into a taller, thinner glass. Larry will likely conclude that ________.

How does the sperm reach the egg in order to fertilize it?

In contrast to Piaget, Vygotsky emphasized the role of ________ during development.

Edmund is a Boy Scout. While on a camping trip, the scout leader tells the boys to stay away from the lake. Some of the scouts ignore the leader and go fishing by the lake anyway. Edmund wants to do what the leader tells him and believes that good behaviors are rewarded while bad behaviors are punished. Which level of moral reasoning is he in?

Jean Piaget is noted for his theory of ______.

Research has found that some aspects of memory tend to become poorer during our later years, at least partly because parts of the brain that produce the neurotransmitter _________ become impaired with age.

Piaget's term for the knowledge that an object exists even when it is out of sight is ______.

Assimilation is to accommodation as ________.

Distinguish the major research methods used in the field of human development and provide examples of each. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?

The reckless risk taking found among many adolescents is most likely due to the effects of ____________.

Jeremy is 17 years old. According to Erikson, his chief task will be acquiring a sense of ______.

The idea that social interactions are a key factor in children's cognitive development was an essential part of the theory of _________.

Attachment often first becomes evident at around _______ of age, when separation anxiety appears.

Young infants cannot appreciate the carnival game in which a pea seems to disappear from under a walnut because they have not yet developed a sense of ______.

Brad is 18 and is looking into career options. He is currently deciding whether he wants to become a gourmet chef or a race car driver. Brad is at what stage of Erik Erikson's psychosocial development?

Evidence that Piaget's theory seems to have ________ the sophistication of young children's conceptions of the world is their ________.