Exam 11: A: Human Development Across the Life Span

In a study that is described in the textbook,researcher Renée Baillargeon showed 3-month-old infants a possible physical event and an impossible physical event.How did the infants respond?

What did fMRI scans reveal when subjects were exposed to emotionally charged pictures?

A baby is carried around by his mother in a tightly bound back cradle,common in his Native American culture.What effect will this experience likely have on the baby?

Tracey is a young adult.How would Tracey's stage of moral development be determined if she were participating in one of Kohlberg's studies?

Children in the stage of concrete operations have typically mastered what Piaget called "conservation."

What would one expect a 3- or 4-year-old to say if asked the question,"What will happen if you removed everything that is inside a cat?"

A baby is learning about his world.He already knows about the value of sucking and grasping in helping him to adapt to his world and he is now working on understanding pushing and pulling.Which Piagetian term best characterizes these mental structures?

Which of the following illustrates an error of over-regularization?

Alison Clarke-Stewart,an expert on daycare,has summarized the literature to provide a series of guidelines for quality day care.Which of the following is among her recommendations?

With respect to parenting styles,researchers have identified the "indulgent" style as generally most beneficial.

What have researchers investigating the auditory abilities of the fetus discovered?

What did the research by Smetana and colleagues (2006)indicate about most adolescents?

A father has just entered the room where he finds his son playing with his little sister's dolls.If this father is like most fathers,how will he respond?

According to Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky,children absorb knowledge from their social context,though a process of internalization.

With respect to theories of mind,which statement most directly captures the viewpoint of contemporary researchers who suggest that children develop foundational theories to explain their experiences of the world?