Exam 7: Development Across the Life Span

The correct sequence of the five stages of death and dying postulated by Kübler-Ross is __________.

Abe just got his driver's license.He loves to speed around town going more than 20 miles per hour above the speed limit.He believes that he can speed through red lights due to his perfect timing.This is an example of ________.

According to Gilligan,Kohlberg's theory of moral development

A special molecule,__________,contains the genetic material of the organism.

Andropause usually begins in the forties and is marked by a decrease in hormone production and physical changes such as reduced sperm count.

The sponge-like organ that provides nourishment for the growing baby and filters away waste products is called the __________.

Which of these physical skills typically develops LAST?

Kohlberg's stages of moral development are concrete operational,formal operational,and sensorimotor.

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?

The crisis of middle adulthood,according to Erikson,is __________.

Gender is the physical characteristic of being male or female.

In order to make the transition from dependence on parents to dependence upon one's self,the adolescent must develop a stable sense of ____________________.

Greta's child has facial deformities,a smaller than normal head,heart defects,mental retardation,learning difficulties,and delayed growth.If these defects can be traced to a teratogen used by Greta when she was pregnant,which was she most likely abusing?

Older adults who look back on their lives with regrets and wish they could relive their lives have not successfully resolved Erikson's psychosocial crisis of____________.

In the Northern Cheyenne Native American tribe,one's spirit leaves at different times during the death process.Which of the following is the correct sequence of the "leaving" process?

According to Piaget,the stage of cognitive development between 2 and 7 years of age,in which the child learns to use language as a means of exploring the world,is the ________ stage.

In Erikson's crisis of __________,children are developing a sense of competence and self-esteem.

An audience of 20-year-olds finds a series of off-color jokes highly amusing.A group of 50-year-olds finds the same jokes highly offensive.It is concluded that,as people age,their senses of humor become more rigid and narrow.The major difficulty in drawing conclusions of this sort is that _______.

Damage caused by unstable molecules is the main idea of the ______ theory of aging.

A researcher who selects a sample of people of varying ages and studies them at one point in time is,by definition,using the __________ method.