Exam 8: Development Across the Life Span

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

The wear-and-tear theory of aging suggests that unstable oxygen molecules cause damage to the structure of cells, increasing with age.

Which sense is the LEAST functional at birth?

Which field of study tries to determine how much of behavior is the result of genetic inheritance and how much is due to a person's experiences?

Traits which are typical of a sex but not directly concerned with reproduction are called _______.

Older adults who look back on their lives with regrets, wishing they could relive their lives, have not successfully resolved Erikson's psychosocial crisis of ________.

How many pairs of chromosomes are normally in each cell of the human body?

Kohlberg found that the typical responses of seven-year-old children to the moral dilemmas he presented them were at the ________ level.

The reckless risk taking found among many adolescents is most likely due to the effects of ________.

Collecting the responses of different people at different ages all at the same time characterizes ________ research.

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?

The placenta is ________.

Which of the following terms is used to describe any substance, such as a drug, chemical, or virus that can bring about a birth defect?

Smith believes people who are very aggressive have become so because of their life experiences. Dr. Goldberg believes people are more or less aggressive from birth because of genetic factors. Which of the following terms BEST describes an issue in human development that is highlighted by their disagreement?

Anna, a one-year-old, fears being away from her mother. It appears that Anna has ________.

Psychologists say that an elderly person who is looking back over his or her life and coming to terms with the actions of that life is engaging in ________.

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 is an advantage of longitudinal research?

The mother of a young child who didn't like to drink milk was trying to coax him to drink some. Taking the glass of milk, 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.

Infant reflexes are ________.