Psychology Chapter 9

developmental milestones

Crawling, walking, writing, dressing, naming colors, speaking in sentences, and starting puberty are all examples of ________.

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

How is lifespan development defined?

postformal

In ________ thinking, decisions are made based on situations and circumstances, and logic is integrated with emotion as adults develop principles that depend on contexts.

influence

Our individual culture and background ____________ how we view death. In some cultures, death is accepted as a natural part of life and is embraced. In others, death is not often discussed openly.

Facilitating a dignified and peaceful death

Which of the following explains the primary purpose of hospice?

peak physical abilities

Which of the following is a characteristic of early adulthood?

having growth spurts

Which of the following is common during puberty for both boys and girls?

denial

Which of the following is the first stage of grief according to Kübler-Ross?

assimilation

Which term refers to the adjustment of a schema by adding information similar to what is already known?

Lawrence Kohlberg

Which theorist proposed that moral thinking proceeds through a series of stages?

Cicely Saunders

Who created the first modern hospice?

Erik Erickson

Who developed the psychosocial theory of development?

stage theories

_____ ________ hold that the sequence of development is universal.

brain growth

______ ______ continues in our early 20s, with the development of the frontal lobe being particularly important during this stage.

adulthood

___________ begins around 20 years old and has three distinct stages: early, middle, and late.

Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance

According to Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, what are the five stages of grief?

forming an identity

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

acceptance

According to Kübler-Ross's five-stage model of grief, which of the following is typically the last stage?

accommodation

At 18 months, Gordon learned the schema for apples. One day, when Gordon sees tomatoes at the grocery store, he says, "Look mommy, apples!" His mother tells him that the food is a tomato, not an apple. Gordon now modifies his schema for apples and forms a new one for tomatoes. Which of the following does this situation illustrate?

28

At _______ weeks, the fetus's brain grows rapidly.

three

At age ______, the cognitive developmental milestone of a child is that the child can play make-believe and work with toys that have parts.

psychological

Developmental psychologists study human growth and development across three domains. Which of the following is not one of these domains?

preoperational

In the ________ stage, children use words and images to represent things, but they lack logical reasoning.

at a higher risk of depression

Late maturing boys are ________.

psychosocial development

The _________ __________ theory emphasizes the social nature of our development rather than its sexual nature.

secure

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

physical

The three domains of lifespan development are ________, cognitive, and psychosocial.

continuous development

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