Chapter 9 multiple choice

Forming an identity

According to Erikson's theory of psychosocial development, what is the main task of the adolescent?

Psychological

Developmental psychologists study human growth and development across three domains. Which of the following (cognitive, psychological, physical, and psychosocial) is not one of these domains?

The study of how we grow and change from conception to death.

How is the lifespan development defined?

Secure

The child uses the parent as a base from which to explore her world in which attachment style?

25 years of age

The frontal lobes become fully developed by what age?

object permanence

The idea that even if something is out of sight, it still exists is called

the critical period.

The time during fetal growth when specific parts or organs develop is known as

continuous development

The view that development is a cumulative process, gradually adding to the same type of skills is known as

fine motor skills

Using scissors to cut out paper shapes is an example of

Zygote

What begins as a single-cell structure that is created when a sperm and egg merge at conception?

Zygote, embryo, fetus

Which of the following is the correct order of prenatal development?

Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance

Which of the following is the order of stages in Kübler-Ross's five stage model of grief?

Cicely Saunders

created the very first modern hospice

Lawrence Kohlberg

proposed that moral thinking proceeds through a series of stages