Exam 7: Development Across the Life Span

Ron,a toddler,takes a picture and puts it to the receiver of a phone in order to "show" it to his grandmother.This example illustrates ________.

Little Kashif held his empty cup up to his mother and said,"Milk!" His use of this word is labeled ______.

Sue sees her mother knitting a sweater.Later,Sue takes out a ball of yarn and some knitting needles from her mother's supplies and tries to do the same.This is a good example of the ___________ theory of gender development.

Humans have a total of _______chromosomes in normal developmental cases.

Which of the following is true of newborns?

To summarize the research on "nature versus nurture," all that people are,and all that people become,is the product of an interaction between nature and nurture.

According to research conducted by Ridley (1999),how could individuals like Adolph Hitler,serial killer Ted Bundy,and unibomber Timothy McVeigh commit such acts according to the "nature versus nurture" debate?

George,at age 42,lost his job,was divorced by his wife,and couldn't seem to keep friends for very long.George came more and more to feel that he was accomplishing nothing with his life.According to Erikson,George is probably:

Generativity or stagnation are two feelings that may dominate a person's life during:

Mary is an adolescent who currently has a small pimple on her cheek that is causing her to be overly self-conscious.She is convinced that everyone she meets stares at and talks about her pimple.Mary's behavior exhibits____________.

Based on Piagetian theory,which of the following relationships is NOT correct?

Fifteen-year old Harriet has begun to write an impassioned novel about growing up in America.In her novel she describes her experiences in a way that portrays herself as unique and special,such that no one has ever thought such deep thoughts or experienced such ecstasy before.Harriet's writings most clearly reflect __________________.

Chromosomes are located on rod-shaped structures called genes.

A characteristic that first shows up in the concrete operations stage is _______.

Your little brother has a big ball of clay.While he watches,you roll the ball of clay into a long snake-like shape.He begins to cry because he thinks he has less clay now.Which of Piaget's stages is your brother likely to be in?

According to Piaget,__________ represents the beginning of the child's language development and symbolic thought.

According to Erikson,middle adulthood is the time when individuals struggle with generativity versus stagnation.

The most obvious change ushering in adolescence is _______.

Erikson's theory of social development viewed the period from ages 3 to 5,his third stage,as characterized by the major challenge of ______.

Which of the following describes the embryonic period?