Exam 7: Development Across the Life Span

At what stage of moral development is moral thought guided by principles that have been decided upon by the individual and may be in disagreement with accepted social norms?

Brittany and Abby Hensel are ___________.

The tendency of teenagers to feel that they are always "on stage" and that they are the center of everyone else's world,just as they are the center of their own,is a phenomenon known as ___________.

What are some of the common developmental effects on a child whose mother smoked while pregnant?

Tameeka is at a point in her pregnancy during which she is experiencing muscle contractions,movement,and kicks.Which period of prenatal development is Tameeka currently experiencing?

Diseases carried by recessive genes are inherited when ___________.

Christa and Sal are anticipating the birth of their first baby.Before the baby arrives,they want to fix up the nursery with new wallpaper.They seek the advice of a developmental psychologist.What is she likely to tell them?

According to Kohlberg,children interpret behavior in terms of concrete consequences at the __________ level of moral development.

Silvia has blond hair,even though her mother and father each have brown hair.What do we know about Silvia's parents?

According to Mary Ainsworth's research on attachment,the four attachment styles are secure,ambivalent,avoidant,and disorganized-disoriented.

Isabelle's baby was born blind,deaf,and with heart defects.Most likely Isabelle was exposed to _________ during her pregnancy.

Which of the following theories sees aging as a process whereby cells are assumed to have a limitation on the number of times they can reproduce to repair damage?

Piaget's stage theory assumes that:

If a child successfully navigates this stage of psychosocial development,they will make decisions and act independently.

Which of the following stages is the most critical,according to Erikson?

The prenatal period during which tremendous growth occurs and the organs continue to develop and become functional is called the ___________ period.

According to Piaget,what are the ages for the formal operational stage?

A weakness of longitudinal studies is that they _______.

Professor Sanchez is interested in studying development of motor skills.She collects data from 200 one-year-olds and follows and assesses them for a period of five years.What type of research design is Professor Sanchez using?

In which of Piaget's stages does the child become capable of understanding conservation?