Chapter 9 Reading Quiz

according to ________ lifespan development encompasses eight stages and at each stage we encounter a psychosocial crisis that must be resolved

Erik Erikson

One-year-old Ainsley learned the schema for trucks because his family has a truck. When Ainsley sees trucks on television, she says, "Look mommy, truck!" This exemplifies ________.

assimilation

Early maturing girls are ________

at a higher risk of depression, substance abuse, and eating disorders

Jory, a six year old, is picking out a card for his mother's birthday. He picks the card with a picture of Lightning McQueen, reasoning that since he loves Cars his mother does to. What does this exemplify?

egocentrism

Grasping a toy, writing with a pencil, and using a spoon are all examples of ________ motor skills.

fine

According to Jean Piaget, in what stage do children begin to use abstract thinking processes

formal operational

During adolescence there is a tendency to see people engage in higher levels of risk taking behavior, emotional outbursts are also common. This is explained by the relative under development of the ______ lobe of the cerebral cortex

frontal

adolescence ages (12-18) experiment with and develop a sense of who they are and what roles they want to play. Erikson would argue that during this period adolscents face the_________ task of development

identity vs. confusion

Elroy decided not to cheat on the exam because he would fail the class if he was caught. What stage of moral development does this exemplify?

pre-conventional

Ross has learned that he has Parkinson's disease, and that in time he will lose some of his cognitive faculties. He and his wife have a lawyer draw up a document that names her a health care ________ who will be able to make medical decisions for Ross when he is unable to do so for himself.

proxy

_____ are concepts (mental models) that are used to help us catagorize and interpret information

schemata

which theorist is credited with propsing the psychosexual stages of development

sigmund freud

Emily is a doctoral student in psychology. She plans to use ________ to complete her doctoral paper, asking individuals to self-report important information about how their thoughts, experiences, and beliefs differ over a 10-year period.

surveys

What is an advanced directive?

A legal document that provides specific interventions that a person wants.

Which parenting style is most encouraged in modern America?

authoritative

_______ development involves learning, attention, memory, language, thinking, reasoning, and creativity

cognitive

The goal of hospice care is to provide

death with dignity and pain management in a humane and comfortable setting.

When development proceeds in a stepwise fashion with periods of growth interrupted by periods where growth is not occuring, wead say that development is taking an _______ trajectory

discontinuous

Age-specific approximations of when a certain skill or ability should first occur in normal development are called developmental ________.

milestones

The notion that the manner in which one's brain develops can have a significant impact on a persons cognitive functioning is central to the _________ perspective in developmental psychology

neuroconstructivist

Carissa's parents let her stay up as late as she wants. She is allowed to pick out her own clothes and decide when and what she wants to eat. Her parents act more like her friends than authority figures. What kind of parenting style is this?

permissive

________ development involves growth and changes in the brain and body, the senses, motor skills, and health and wellness

physical

Which theorist proposed the idea that development is fudamentally affected by ones culture as well as their interactions with their own environment

vygotsky

Which of the following is not one of the reasons for the new lifespan development category called emerging adulthood

younger average for marriage

A(an) ________ begins as a one-cell structure that is created when a sperm and egg merge.

zygote