Exam 11: Human Development Across the Life Span

The shift to formal operational thought sets the stage for moral reasoning at the __________ level.

Which of the following sequences of Piagetian stages is the correct order?

An identity crisis is most likely experienced,according to Erikson,at which of the following stages?

The sounds of "t," "th," and "sh" are __________.

Erikson saw the major challenge of young adulthood as that of ________.

According to Piaget,children begin to develop concepts and the ability to think in terms of abstractions in the __________ stage.

According to Erikson,a sense of producing and contributing to the world is called _______.

Gloria was born prematurely.She may be able to live outside her mother's body if:

Adjusting behaviour or thoughts to fit new environmental demands is called _______.

A typical statement of someone in the _______ level of Kohlberg's moral development would be "I'm not going to steal because I'll probably be punished if I do."

Lawrence Kohlberg is noted for his theories of __________ development.

The mother of a young child who didn't like to drink juice was trying to coax him to drink some.Taking the glass of juice,she poured it all into a smaller cup and said,"There! Now you won't have to drink so much." She would never have fooled the child if he had not been in the _______ stage.

Erik Erikson found that each stage in personality development has a particular _______.

Which of the following concepts was NOT used by Piaget?

The first stage of Erikson's personality theory is known as:

Which of the following theorists believe that people go through stages,each of which has a "crisis" associated with it?

A reflex crucial to an infant's survival is __________.

Research indicates that onset of puberty _______________.

A psychologist spends his entire career studying how and why changes occur in people as they get older.This psychologist is most likely a(n)__________ psychologist.

The most obvious change ushering in adolescence is _______.