Exam 4: Human Development

Which of the following changes do we see in the brain as we age?

Which of the following is NOT one of Thomas and Chess' temperament categories?

According to Erikson,the difference in psychosocial development between early adults and middle adults is that early adults are focused on ___ and middle adults are focused on ___.

One of the criticisms of Piaget's view of object permanence is that

A researcher places 5 daisies and 3 roses in a vase.He then asks Gabriella if there are more daisies or more flowers in the vase.Gabriella responds that there are more flowers.This answer reflects Gabriella's ability of ___ and suggests she is in the ___ stage of cognitive development.

The elimination of excess neurons in our brains is called

___% of single parent families and ___% of two-parent families use some form of non-parental care for their children.

Colin,age 4,used his previous impressions of his pet cats at home to understand the behaviour of the lions he saw for the first time at the zoo.According to Piaget,what process did Colin use?

The purpose of myelin is to

Patricia's grandmother gave her a sweater for her birthday that Patricia really does NOT like.Although she has managed to avoid wearing it,now her mother is pushing her to wear it to school."But,Mom! Everyone will laugh!" responds Patricia.Patricia's outburst illustrates Elkind's concept of the ___.

Four-year-old Lenka's mother shows her a box of Smarties and asks her if she wants one.When she opens the box,however,Lenka finds the box contains pencils rather than Smarties.When she is asked what her brother Filip will think is in the box,Lenka responds "pencils".Lenka clearly has no understanding of

What term is used to describe a point in development when an organism is especially sensitive to particular kinds of environmental stimuli?

One thing that separates the field of developmental psychology from all of the other fields in psychology is that developmental psychology

Georgia is 48 years old and is seeing her doctor for some unusual symptoms.She has moments where she gets very hot and sweaty,she feels very moody,and very often she has a headache.What is Georgia's doctor likely to say is happening to her?

Erikson would argue that children who successfully act on and express their own desires develop a sense of

What is the difference between a qualitative and a quantitative shift in development?

Not everyone agreed with Kohlberg's interpretation of his data on moral development.In particular,Gilligan argued that

Which of the following is true about those who hit puberty either early or late,as compared to those who hit puberty "on time"?

Which of the following statements about aging is FALSE?

A sequential design is different from a cross-sectional design in that the sequential design ___ and the cross-sectional design ___.