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People to know: Gibson, Piaget, Kohlberg, Erikson

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Malnourished mothers run an increased risk of miscarriages, stillbirths, and premature births.

Mothers who smoke are more likely to have low-birth-weight babies, or babies with hearing defects. Smoking mothers may also have more miscarriages, stillbirths, and babies who die soon after birth than mothers who do not smoke.

Mothers who heavily drink alcohol increase the probability of having smaller babies and babies with retarded physical growth, poor coordination, poor muscle tone, and intellectual retardation. Collectively these conditions are known as fetal alcohol syndrome.

FAS is the leading preventable cause of birth defects leading to mental retardation. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that 8,000 babies are born with FAS every year in United States.

Most doctors advise that no drugs be taken by the mother during pregnancy, unless absolutely necessary and approved by the personal physician. Even some over-the-counter drugs (like aspirin) can be harmful.

One-third of all Down's syndrome, a particular form of mental retardation, babies are the result of difficulties with the father's sperm. There is also evidence that undernourishment, alcohol or drug abuse, or stress in the father near time of conception may have developmental consequences on the child.

Critical periods for in utero development:

Central nervous system -- 3-12 weeks

Heart -- 3-6

Arms -- 4-8

Eyes -- 4-8

Legs -- 4-8

External genitalia -- 6-12

Ears -- 4-12

 REFLEX – an involuntary reaction or response.

-         Examples: Sucking, swallowing, Babinski reflex (push your finger into a child’s foot, and it will spread its toes), reaction to pain. If you do not use some of these reflexes, the child will forget them.

HEIGHT AND WEIGHT-  The most dramatic increases in these happen prior to birth.

At conception, the size of a cell.

At eight weeks, about 1 ½ inches long.

At birth, a child averages 20 inches in length and 7 ½ pounds – nearly a billion times larger than it was nine months earlier.

-         During INFANCY, the first two years of life, a child doubles his or her birth weight in the first five months and triples it by a year. That slows off a bit in the second year.

MOTOR DEVELOPMENT (Movement)

-         Happens in stages ... see the chart on page 231.

-         NATURE vs. NURTURE – Uganda vs. United States. Why the difference in walking ages?

PERCEPTION

-         5-10 week olds like complex patterns, no matter the object. Eyesight is not fully developed.

-         Depth perception – the visual cliff. Children realize they would fall off the glass-covered “cliff” around nine months. No fear prior to this on average. Once they learn to crawl, most babies fear the edge of the cliff (Elanor Gibson)

-         Hearing is better than eyesight at this time.

At a GLANCE / PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT

Zygote (10 days) ---Embryo (6 wks) ---Fetus (2 - 37 mos)

1. Zygote: the fertilized egg; it enters a 2-week period of rapid cell division and develops into an embryo.

2. Embryo: the developing person from about 2 weeks following conception through the 2nd month.

3. Fetus: the developing person from 9 weeks after conception to birth.

4. Neonate: A newborn infant.

5. Teratogens: chemicals or viruses that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm.

6. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS): physical and cognitive abnormalities in children caused by a pregnant woman's drinking.

Typical physical achievement timeline

3 mos. Can reach for an object

7 mos. Can sit up without support

11 mos. Can walk when led

2 y.o. Can use a crayon to mark on paper

3 y.o. Can draw a straight line and circle

4 y.o Can button his/her own clothes

5 y.o. Tie his/her own shoelaces

Note the development of fine motor skills over the five-year period. As the brain develops, neurons begin to connect, making these skills possible.

 

FREUD

Oral (0-1)

Anal (1-3)

Phallic (3-5)

Latency (5-12)

Genital (12 -)

 

ERIKSON

Trust v. Mistrust (0-1)

Autonomy v. Shame/Doubt (1-3)

Initiative v. Guilt (3-5)

Industry v. Inferiority (5-12)

Identity v. Role Confusion (12-20 or so)

Intimacy v. Isolation (20-40)

Generativity v. Stagnation (40-60)

Integrity v. Despair (60 - )

 

 KOHLBERG - Moral Reasoning

Level One -- Self interest; Preconventional (stage one -- fear of punishment; stage two -- doing something for what's in it for you)

 Level Two -- Social approval; Conventional (stage three -- making others like/appreciate you; stage four -- conforming to society's laws and norms)

 Level Three -- Abstract ideas; Postconventional (stage five -- finding the balance between law and human rights; stage six -- changing society's laws and norms to fit human rights)

 

Cognitive Development (Cognitive Theories): Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development

|Typical Age Range |Description of Stage |Developmental Milestones |

|Birth to about 2 years |Sensorimotor: Children experience the world through senses and actions (looking, |Object Permanence |

| |touching, sucking, etc.) |Stranger Anxiety |

| |Infancy). In this period (which actually has 6 stages), intelligence is demonstrated | |

| |through motor activity without the use of symbols. Knowledge of the world is limited | |

| |(but developing) because it’s based on physical interactions / experiences. Children | |

| |acquire object permanence at about 7 months of age (memory). Physical development | |

| |(mobility) allows the child to begin developing new intellectual abilities. Some | |

| |symbolic (language) abilities are developed at the end of this stage. | |

|About 2 to 6 years |Preoperational: Children represent things with words and images, but lack logical |Pretend Play |

| |reasoning. |Egocentrism |

| |Toddler and Early Childhood). In this period (which has two sub-stages), intelligence is|Language Development |

| |demonstrated through the use of symbols, language use matures, and memory and |Private Speech |

| |imagination are developed, but thinking is done in a non-logical, non-reversible manner.|Theory of Mind - ability to understand |

| |Egocentric thinking predominates |that others have beliefs, desires and |

| | |intentions that are different from one's |

| | |own |

|About 6 years to 11 years |Concrete Operational: Children can think logically about concrete events and can perform|Logical Thought |

| |arithmetical operations. However, they have problems with abstract thought (i.e., |Conservation |

| |analogies and metaphors). |Mathematical Transformations |

| |Elementary and early adolescence). In this stage (characterized by 7 types of |Reversibility |

| |conservation: number, length, liquid, mass, weight, area, volume), intelligence is | |

| |demonstrated through logical and systematic manipulation of symbols related to concrete | |

| |objects. Operational thinking develops (mental actions that are reversible). Egocentric | |

| |thought diminishes. | |

|About 12 to Adulthood |Formal Operational: Individuals can logically explore both concrete and abstract |Abstract Reasoning |

| |concepts. They can systematically think about all possibilities, project into the future|Potential for Mature Moral Reasoning |

| |or recall the past, and reason by analogy and metaphor. | |

| |(Adolescence and adulthood). In this stage, intelligence is demonstrated through the | |

| |logical use of symbols related to abstract concepts. Early in the period there is a | |

| |return to egocentric thought. Only 35% of high school graduates in industrialized | |

| |countries obtain formal operations; many people do not think formally during adulthood. | |

Parenting styles:

Permissive

Authoritarian

Authoritative (go with this one)

Neglectful

|Chronological|Piaget Cognitive Development |Kohlberg |

|Age | |Moral Development |

| |Locomotor Skills |Nonlocomotor Skills |Manipulative Skills |

|1 month |Stepping Reflex |Lifts head slightly |Holds object if placed in hand |

| | |Follows slowly moving objects with eyes | |

|2-3 months |  |Lifts head up to 90 degrees when lying on stomach |Begins to "swipe" at objects in sight |

|4-6 months |Rolls over |Holds head erect in sitting position |Reaches for and grasps objects |

| |Sits with some support | | |

| |Moves on hands and knees | | |

| |("creeps") | | |

|7-9 months |Sits without support |  |Transfers objects from one hand to the other |

| |Crawls | | |

|10-12 months |Pulls him/herself to standing |Squats and stoops |Some signs of hand preference |

| |Walks while grasping furniture | |Grasps a spoon across palm but has poor aim of food to |

| |("cruising") | |mouth |

| |Then, walks without help | | |

|13-18 months |Walks backward and sideways |Rolls ball to adult |Stacks two blocks |

| |Runs (14-20 mos) | |Puts objects into small containers and dumps them |

Teratogens: chemicals or viruses that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm.

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS): physical and cognitive abnormalities in children caused by a pregnant woman's drinking.

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INFANCY & CHILDHOOD

Reflexes: sucking, grasping, & rooting (a baby's tendency when touched on the cheek, to open it's mouth and search for a nipple).

Maturation: biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relative uninfluenced by the environment.

Cognition: refers to all mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating.

Schema: according to Piaget, a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information.  The lens through which we see and interpret the world around us.

Assimilation: Interpreting one's new experiences in terms of one's existing schemas.

Accommodation: changing or adapting one's current schemas to incorporate new information and experiences.

                                                     

Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development

Sensorimotor Stage: (birth to 2 yrs) stage during which infants know the world through their senses and motor activities.

       *Object Permanence: the awareness that things continue to exist even when they cannot be perceived.

       *Stranger Anxiety: the fear of strangers that infants commonly display, beginning by about 8 months of age.

Preoperational Stage: (2-7 yrs) stage during which a child learns to use language but does not yet comprehend concrete logic.

        *Egocentrism: the inability of the preoperational child to take another person's perspective or point of view.

        *Theory of Mind: peoples ideas about their own and other peoples' mental states.

Concrete Operational Stage: (7-11 yrs) stage during which children gain the mental operations that allow them to logically about concrete events.

        *Conservation: the principle that properties such as mass, volume, and number remain the same despite changes in the forms of objects.

Formal Operational Stage: (begins about 12 yrs) stage during which people begin to think logically about abstract events and develop the capacity for moral reasoning.

Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development

|Typical Age Range |Description of Stage |Developmental Milestones |

|Birth to about 2 years |Sensorimotor: Children experience the world through senses and actions |Object Permanence |

| |(looking, touching, sucking, etc.) |Stranger Anxiety |

|About 2 to 6 years |Preoperational: Children represent things with words and images, but lack |Pretend Play |

| |logical reasoning. |Egocentrism |

| | |Language Development |

| | |Private Speech |

| | |Theory of Mind |

|About 6 years to 11 years |Concrete Operational: Children can think logically about concrete events and |Logical Thought |

| |can perform arithmetical operations. However, they have problems with abstract |Conservation |

| |thought (i.e., analogies and metaphors). |Mathematical Transformations |

| | |Reversibility |

|About 12 to Adulthood |Formal Operational: Individuals can logically explore both concrete and |Abstract Reasoning |

| |abstract concepts. They can systematically think about all possibilities, |Potential for Mature Moral Reasoning |

| |project into the future or recall the past, and reason by analogy and metaphor.| |

Attachment

Attachment: an emotional tie with another person; shown in young children by their seeking closeness to the caregiver and showing distress on separation.

Imprinting: As described by Lorenz, the process by which certain animals (not humans) form attachments during a critical period early in life.  It is mainly seen in birds (i.e., a newly hatched chick will follow the first moving object it sees).

Critical Period: an optimal period shortly after birth when an organism's exposure to certain stimuli or experiences produces proper development.

*In his study with baby monkeys and cloth or wire "mothers", Harlow found that body contact not nourishment was most important in the formation of attachment in the baby monkeys.

ADOLESCENCE

Physical Development

Puberty: the period of sexual maturation, during which a person becomes capable of reproducing.

Primary Sex Characteristics: the body structures (ovaries, testes, and external genitalia) that make sexual reproduction possible.

Secondary Sex Characteristics: nonreproductive sexual characteristics, such as female breasts and hips, male voice quality, and body hair.

Menarche: the first menstrual period.

Cognitive Development: An important aspect of cognitive development in teens is the ability to form moral judgments.  Kohlberg outlined the

Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development

 POSTCONVENTIONAL LEVEL

(May develop from adolescence on)

Morality of Abstract Principles: to affirm agreed-upon rights (e.g., justice, equality, liberty) and personal ethical principles

CONVENTIONAL LEVEL

(Develops during late childhood and early adolescence)

Morality of Law and Social Rules: to gain "social approval" or avoid "social disapproval" or to obey the Law because it is the Law

PRECONVENTIAL LEVEL

(Develops during early childhood)

Morality of Self-interest: to avoid punishment or gain concrete rewards

Stages of Moral Development

Preconventional Morality: (before age 9) the morality of self-interest.  Children obey either to avoid punishment or to obtain rewards.

Conventional Morality: (early adolescence) upholding the laws and social rules simply because they are laws and rules. Or obey rules to obtain social approval and avoid social disapproval.

Postconventional Morality: affirmation of people's agreed upon rights or following what one personally perceives as basic ethical principles.

Social Development

Identity: one's sense of self; according to Erikson, the adolescent's task is to solidify a sense of self by testing and integrating various roles.

Intimacy: according to Erikson, the ability to form close, loving relationships; a primary developmental task in late adolescence and early adulthood.

Erikson’s Stages of Psychosocial Development

|Approximate Age |Description of Developmental Task |

|Infancy |Trust vs. Mistrust: During the first year, babies are torn between trusting and mistrusting their parents. If the baby’s |

|(1st Year) |needs are dependably met, they will develop a sense of basic trust in the predictability of their environment. Otherwise,|

| |frustrated infants may become suspicious, fearful, and overly concerned about security. |

|Toddler |Autonomy vs. Shame & Doubt: Due to children’s growing physical development, they begin to have greater contact with their|

|(2nd Year) |surroundings. They learn to hold things, manipulate objects, and control their excretory functions. If a child repeatedly|

| |fails to master skills during this stage, the child may experience self-doubt and shame. |

|Preschooler |Initiative vs. Guilt: Preschoolers learn to initiate tasks, carry out plans, and undertake new projects. Parental support|

|(3-5 years) |for these initiatives can lead to a sense of joy in the children. However, if children are unable to acquire a sense of |

| |initiative, they may develop strong feelings of guilt, unworthiness, and resentment. |

|Elementary School |Competence (or "Industry") vs. Inferiority: At home and school, children encounter a new set of expectations. They need |

|(6 years to puberty) |the skills to become fully-functioning adults. If the are unable to meet these expectations, they may conclude that they |

| |are inadequate, mediocre, or inferior and lose faith in their power to become competent. |

|Adolescence |Identity vs. Role Confusion: At puberty, childhood ends and adulthood begins. The critical problem at this stage is to |

|(teen years into early 20’s) |find one’s identity. Failure to forge an identity leads to role confusion and despair. |

|Young Adulthood |Intimacy vs. Isolation: During this stage, men and women must learn to be intimate (physically and emotionally) with |

|(20’s to early 40’s) |another adult. Usually, this occurs in the form of marriage. Erikson felt we must have resolved earlier developmental |

| |issues in order to become intimate. To form an intimate relationship, lovers must be trusting, autonomous, capable of |

| |initiative, and must understand themselves. Failure at intimacy can bring a painful sense of loneliness and isolation. |

|Middle Adulthood |Generativity vs. Stagnation: During this stage, the challenge is to remain productive and creative in all aspects of |

|(40’s to 60’s) |one’s life. People who have successfully negotiated the earlier 6 stages are likely to find meaning and joy in all |

| |aspects of their lives—career, family, community, etc. For others, life becomes a drab routine. |

|Late Adulthood |Integrity vs. Despair: As people get older, they must come to terms with the approach of death. People who have gained |

|(Late 60’s and up) |full maturity by resolving earlier stages possess the integrity to face death with a minimum of fear. |

 ADULTHOOD & AGING

Menopause: the time of natural cessation of menstruation and decline in the woman's ability to reproduce.

Alzheimer's Disease: a progressive, irreversible, and fatal  brain disorder characterized by gradual deterioration of memory, reasoning, language, and physical functioning.

Cognitive Development

 

Aging and Intelligence

Cross-sectional Studies: researchers test and compare people of various ages. Early studies of this type showed a significant decline in intelligence as a person aged.

Longitudinal Studies: researchers test and retest the same group of subjects over a long period of time. Studies of this type do not show a decline in intelligent and are likely more accurate than the cross-sectional studies.

Crystallized Intelligence: (measured as verbal IQ) one's accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; it tends to increase with age.

Fluid Intelligence: (measures as non-verbal IQ) one's ability to reason speedily and abstractly; it tends to decrease with age.

Social Development

Generativity vs Stagnation: According to Erikson, people in middle age discover a sense of contributing to the world, usually through family or work, or they may feel a lack of purpose.

Integrity vs Despair: when reflecting on his or her life, the older adult may feel a sense of satisfaction or failure.

                    

DEATH AND DYING

Elizabeth Kubler-Ross identified 5 stages that terminally ill people may pass through. 

DABDA - They are: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, & acceptance.

Chapter 4 Development Study Guide

___ 1. Dr. Joan Goodman is studying how memory changes as people get older. She is most likely a(n) ________ psychologist.

A) social B) cognitive C) developmental D) experimental

___ 2. Which is the correct order of stages of prenatal development?

A) zygote, fetus, embryo C) embryo, zygote, fetus

B) zygote, embryo, fetus D) embryo, fetus, zygote

___ 3. A child can be born a drug addict because:

A) drugs used by the mother will pass into the child's bloodstream.

B) addiction is an inherited personality trait.

C) drugs used by the mother create genetic defects in her chromosomes.

D) the fetus's blood has not yet developed a resistance to drugs.

___ 4. A child whose mother drank heavily when she was pregnant is at heightened risk of:

A) being emotionally excitable during childhood.

B) becoming insecurely attached.

C) being born with the physical and cognitive abnormalities of fetal alcohol syndrome.

D) addiction to a range of drugs throughout life.

___ 5. The rooting reflex occurs when a:

A) newborn's foot is tickled.

B) newborn's cheek is touched.

C) newborn hears a loud noise.

D) newborn makes eye contact with his or her caregiver.

___ 6. When psychologists discuss maturation, they are referring to stages of growth that are not influenced by:

A) conservation. B) nature. C) nurture. D) continuity.

___ 7. Calvin, who is trying to impress his psychology professor with his knowledge of infant motor development, asks why some infants learn to roll over before they lift their heads from a prone position, while others develop these skills in the opposite order. What should Calvin's professor conclude from this question?

A) Calvin clearly understands that the sequence of motor development is not the same for all infants.

B) Calvin doesn't know what he's talking about. Although some infants reach these developmental milestones ahead of others, the order is the same for all infants.

C) Calvin needs to be reminded that rolling over is an inherited reflex, not a learned skill.

D) Calvin understands an important principle: motor development is unpredictable.

___ 8. Research findings on infant motor development are consistent with the idea that:

A) cognitive development lags significantly behind motor skills development.

B) maturation of physical skills is relatively unaffected by experience.

C) in the absence of relevant earlier learning experiences, the emergence of motor skills will be slowed.

D) in humans, the process of maturation may be significantly altered by cultural factors.

___ 9. Most people's earliest memories do not predate ________ of age.

A) 6 months B) 1 year C) 2 years D) 4 years

|___ 10. |Before Piaget, people were more likely to believe that: |

|A) |the child's mind is a miniature model of the adult's. |

|B) |children think about the world in radically different ways from adults. |

|C) |the child's mind develops through a series of stages. |

|D) |children interpret their experiences in terms of their current understandings. |

|___ 11. |Which is the correct sequence of stages in Piaget's theory of cognitive development? |

|A) |sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational |

|B) |sensorimotor, preoperational, formal operational, concrete operational |

|C) |preoperational, sensorimotor, concrete operational, formal operational |

|D) |preoperational, sensorimotor, formal operational, concrete operational |

|___ 12. |During which stage of cognitive development do children acquire object permanence? |

|A) |sensorimotor |C) |concrete operational |

|B) |preoperational |D) |formal operational |

|___ 13. |I am 14 months old and fearful of strangers. I am in Piaget's ________ stage of cognitive development. |

|A) |sensorimotor |C) |concrete operational |

|B) |preoperational |D) |formal operational |

|___ 14. |As a child observes, liquid is transferred from a tall, thin tube into a short, wide jar. The child is asked if there is now|

| |less liquid in order to determine if she has mastered: |

|A) |the schema for liquids. |C) |the concept of conservation. |

|B) |the concept of object permanence. |D) |the ability to reason abstractly. |

|___ 15. |Piaget held that egocentrism is characteristic of the: |

|A) |sensorimotor stage. |C) |concrete operational stage. |

|B) |preoperational stage. |D) |formal operational stage. |

|___ 16. |I am 3 years old, can use language, and have trouble taking another person's perspective. I am in Piaget's ________ stage of|

| |cognitive development. |

|A) |sensorimotor |C) |concrete operational |

|B) |preoperational |D) |formal operational |

|___ 17. |Four-year-old Jamail has a younger sister. When asked if he has a sister, he is likely to answer ________; when asked if his|

| |sister has a brother, Jamail is likely to answer ________. |

| |A) yes; yes B) no; no C) yes; no D) no; yes |

|___ 18. |In Piaget's theory, conservation is to egocentrism as the ________ stage is to the ________ stage. |

|A) |sensorimotor; formal operational |C) |preoperational; sensorimotor |

|B) |formal operational; sensorimotor |D) |concrete operational; preoperational |

|___ 19. |Compared to when he was younger, 4-year-old Antonio is better able to empathize with his friend's feelings. This growing |

| |ability to take another's perspective indicates that Antonio is acquiring a: |

| |A) self-concept. B) schema. C) temperament. D) theory of mind. |

|___ 20. |In Piaget's stage of concrete operational intelligence, the child acquires an understanding of the principle of: |

| |A) conservation. B) deduction. C) attachment. D) object permanence. |

|___ 21. |Thirteen-year-old Irene has no trouble defeating her 11-year-old brother at a detective game that requires following clues in order to |

| |deduce the perpetrator of a crime. How might Piaget explain Irene's superiority at the game? |

|A) |Being older, Irene has had more years of schooling. |

|B) |Girls develop intellectually at a faster rate than boys. |

|C) |Being an adolescent, Irene is beginning to develop abstract reasoning skills. |

|D) |Girls typically have more experience than boys at playing games. |

|___ 22. |According to Piaget, the ability to think logically about abstract propositions is indicative of the stage of: |

|A) |preoperational thought. |C) |formal operations. |

|B) |concrete operations. |D) |fluid intelligence. |

|___ 23. |Stranger anxiety develops soon after: |

|A) |the concept of conservation. |C) |a theory of mind. |

|B) |egocentrism. |D) |the concept of object permanence. |

|___ 24. |Harlow's studies of attachment in monkeys showed that: |

|A) |provision of nourishment was the single most important factor motivating attachment. |

|B) |a cloth mother produced the greatest attachment response. |

|C) |whether a cloth or wire mother was present mattered less than the presence or absence of other infants. |

|D) |attachment in monkeys is based on imprinting. |

|___ 25. |In a 1998 movie, a young girl finds that a gaggle of geese follows her wherever she goes because she was the first “object” |

| |they saw after they were born. This is an example of: |

| |A) conservation. B) imprinting. C) egocentrism. D) basic trust. |

|___ 26. |The term critical period refers to: |

|A) |prenatal development. |C) |the preoperational stage. |

|B) |the initial 2 hours after a child's birth. |D) |a restricted time for learning. |

|___ 27. |Insecurely attached infants who are left by their mothers in an unfamiliar setting often will: |

|A) |hold fast to their mothers on their return. |

|B) |explore the new surroundings confidently. |

|C) |be indifferent toward their mothers on their return. |

|D) |display little emotion at any time. |

|___ 28. |Joshua and Ann Bishop have a 13-month-old boy. According to Erikson, the Bishops' sensitive, loving care of their child |

| |contributes to: |

|A) |the child's sense of basic trust. |C) |the child's sense of control. |

|B) |the child's secure attachment. |D) |a. and b. only. |

|___ 29. |The developmental theorist who suggested that securely attached children develop an attitude of basic trust is: |

| |A) Piaget. B) Harlow. C) Vygotsky. D) Erikson. |

|___ 30. |Which of the following was not found by Harlow in socially deprived monkeys? |

|A) |They had difficulty mating. |

|B) |They showed extreme fear or aggression when first seeing other monkeys. |

|C) |They showed abnormal physical development. |

|D) |The females were abusive mothers. |

|___ 31. |Adolescence is marked by the onset of: |

|A) |an identity crisis. |C) |the concrete operational stage. |

|B) |parent-child conflict. |D) |puberty. |

|___ 32. |The average age at which puberty begins is ________ in boys; in girls, it is ________. |

| |A) 14; 13 B) 13; 11 C) 11; 10 D) 10; 9 |

|___ 33. |Among the hallmarks of growing up are a boy's first ejaculation and a girl's first menstrual period, which is also called: |

| |A) puberty B) menopause. C) menarche. D) generativity. |

|___ 34. |Based on the text discussion of maturation and popularity, who among the following is probably the most popular sixth |

| |grader? |

|A) |Jessica, the most physically mature girl in the class |

|B) |Roger, the most intellectually mature boy in the class |

|C) |Rob, the tallest, most physically mature boy in the class |

|D) |Cindy, who is average in physical development and is on the school debating team |

|___ 35. |Which of the following is correct? |

|A) |Early maturation places both boys and girls at a distinct social advantage. |

|B) |Early-maturing girls are more popular and self-assured than girls who mature late. |

|C) |Early maturation places both boys and girls at a distinct social disadvantage. |

|D) |Early-maturing boys are more popular and self-assured than boys who mature late. |

|___ 36. |Whose stage theory of moral development was based on how people reasoned about ethical dilemmas? |

| |A) Erikson B) Piaget C) Harlow D) Kohlberg |

|___ 37. |To which of Kohlberg's levels would moral reasoning based on the existence of fundamental human rights pertain? |

|A) |preconventional morality |C) |postconventional morality |

|B) |conventional morality |D) |generative morality |

|___ 38. |Sam, a junior in high school, regularly attends church because his family and friends think he should. Which stage of moral |

| |reasoning is Sam in? |

|A) |preconventional |C) |postconventional |

|B) |conventional |D) |too little information to tell |

|___ 39. |In preconventional morality, the person: |

|A) |obeys out of a sense of social duty. |

|B) |conforms to gain social approval. |

|C) |obeys to avoid punishment or to gain concrete rewards. |

|D) |follows the dictates of his or her conscience. |

|___ 40. |Which of the following was not mentioned in the text as a criticism of Kohlberg's theory of moral development? |

|A) |It does not account for the fact that the development of moral reasoning is culture-specific. |

|B) |Postconventional morality appears mostly in educated, middle-class persons. |

|C) |The theory is biased against the moral reasoning of people in communal societies such as China. |

|D) |The theory is biased in favor of moral reasoning in men. |

|___ 41. |According to Erikson, the central psychological challenges pertaining to adolescence, young adulthood, and middle age, |

| |respectively, are: |

|A) |identity formation; intimacy; generativity. |

|B) |intimacy; identity formation; generativity. |

|C) |generativity; intimacy; identity formation. |

|D) |intimacy; generativity; identity formation. |

|___ 42. |In Erikson's theory, individuals generally focus on developing ___ during adolescence and then ____ during young adulthood. |

|A) |identity; intimacy |C) |basic trust; identity |

|B) |intimacy; identity |D) |identity; basic trust |

|___ 43. |After a series of unfulfilling relationships, 30-year-old Carlos tells a friend that he doesn't want to marry because he is |

| |afraid of losing his freedom and independence. Erikson would say that Carlos is having difficulty with the psychosocial task|

| |of: |

|A) |trust versus mistrust. |C) |intimacy versus isolation. |

|B) |autonomy versus doubt. |D) |identity versus role confusion. |

|___ 44. |After puberty, the self-concept usually becomes: |

|A) |more positive in boys. |C) |more positive in both boys and girls. |

|B) |more positive in girls. |D) |more negative in both boys and girls. |

|___ 45. |Fourteen-year-old Cassandra feels freer and more open with her friends than with her family. Knowing this is the case, |

| |Cassandra's parents should: |

|A) |be concerned, because deteriorating parent-adolescent relationships, such as this one, are often followed by a range |

| |of problem behaviors. |

|B) |encourage Cassandra to find new friends. |

|C) |seek family counseling. |

|D) |not worry, since adolescence is typically a time of growing peer influence and diminishing parental influence. |

|___ 46. |Research on social relationships between parents and their adolescent children shows that: |

|A) |parental influence on children increases during adolescence. |

|B) |high school girls who have the most affectionate relationships with their mothers tend to enjoy the most intimate |

| |friendships with girlfriends. |

|C) |high school boys who have the most affectionate relationships with their fathers tend to enjoy the most intimate |

| |friendships with friends. |

|D) |most teens are strongly influenced by parents in matters of personal taste. |

|___ 47. |Which of the following statements concerning the effects of aging is true? |

|A) |Aging almost inevitably leads to dementia if the individual lives long enough. |

|B) |Aging increases susceptibility to short-term ailments such as the flu. |

|C) |Significant increases in life satisfaction are associated with aging. |

|D) |The aging process can be significantly affected by the individual's activity patterns. |

|___ 48. |The end of menstruation is called: |

| |A) menarche. B) menopause. C) the midlife crisis. D) generativity. |

|___ 49. |After menopause, most women: |

|A) |experience anxiety and a sense of worthlessness. |

|B) |lose interest in sex. |

|C) |secrete unusually high levels of estrogen. |

|D) |feel a new sense of freedom. |

|___ 50. |In terms of incidence, susceptibility to short-term illnesses ________ with age and susceptibility to long-term ailments |

| |________ with age. |

|A) |decreases; increases |C) |increases; increases |

|B) |increases; decreases |D) |decreases; decreases |

|___ 51. |Of the following, which is a possible cause of dementia? |

|A) |stroke |C) |alcoholism |

|B) |brain tumor |D) |all of the above are possible causes |

|___ 52. |Underlying Alzheimer's disease is a deterioration in neurons that produce: |

| |A) epinephrine. B) norepinephrine. C) serotonin. D) acetylcholine. |

|___ 53. |The cognitive ability that has been shown to decline during adulthood is the ability to: |

|A) |recall new information. |

|B) |recognize new information. |

|C) |learn meaningful new material. |

|D) |use judgment in dealing with daily life problems. |

|___ 54. |Which statement illustrates cognitive development during the course of adult life? |

|A) |Adults in their forties have better recognition memory than do adults in their seventies. |

|B) |Recall and recognition memory both remain strong throughout life. |

|C) |Recognition memory decreases sharply at midlife. |

|D) |Adults in their forties have better recall memory than do adults in their seventies. |

|___ 55. |The cross-sectional method: |

|A) |compares people of different ages with one another. |

|B) |studies the same group of people at different times. |

|C) |tends to paint too favorable a picture of the effects of aging on intelligence. |

|D) |is more appropriate than the longitudinal method for studying intellectual change over the life span. |

|___ 56. |Longitudinal tests: |

|A) |compare people of different ages. |

|B) |study the same people at different times. |

|C) |usually involve a larger sample than do cross-sectional tests. |

|D) |usually involve a smaller sample than do cross-sectional tests. |

|___ 57. |Cross-sectional studies of intelligence are potentially misleading because: |

|A) |they are typically based on a very small and unrepresentative sample of people. |

|B) |retesting the same people over a period of years allows test performance to be influenced by practice. |

|C) |they compare people who are not only different in age, but of different eras, education levels, and affluence. |

|D) |of all of the above reasons. |

|___ 58. |A person's general ability to think abstractly is called ________ intelligence. This ability generally ________ with age. |

|A) |fluid; increases |C) |crystallized; decreases |

|B) |fluid; decreases |D) |crystallized; increases |

|___ 59. |A person's accumulation of stored information, called ________ intelligence, generally ________ with age. |

|A) |fluid; decreases |C) |crystallized; decreases |

|B) |fluid; increases |D) |crystallized; increases |

|___ 60. |Sixty-five-year-old Calvin cannot reason as well as he could when he was younger. More than likely, Calvin's ________ |

| |intelligence has declined. |

| |A) analytic B) crystallized C) fluid D) both b. and c. |

|___ 61. |Notable achievements in fields such as ________ are often made by younger adults in their late twenties or early thirties, |

| |when ________ intelligence is at its peak. |

|A) |mathematics; fluid |C) |science; crystallized |

|B) |philosophy; fluid |D) |literature; crystallized |

|___ 62. |Deborah is a mathematician and Willie is a philosopher. Considering their professions: |

|A) |Deborah will make her most significant career accomplishments at an earlier age than Willie will. |

|B) |Deborah will make her most significant career accomplishments at a later age than Willie will. |

|C) |Deborah will make her most significant career accomplishments at about the same time as Willie. |

|D) |there is still not enough information for predicting such accomplishments. |

|___ 63. |Stage theories have been criticized because they fail to consider that development may be significantly affected by: |

|A) |variations in the social clock. |

|B) |each individual's experiences. |

|C) |each individual's historical and cultural setting. |

|D) |all of the above. |

|___ 64. |The social clock refers to: |

|A) |an individual or society's distribution of work and leisure time. |

|B) |adulthood responsibilities. |

|C) |typical ages for starting a career, marrying, and so on. |

|D) |age-related changes in one's circle of friends. |

|___ 65. |Research on the American family indicates that: |

|A) |fewer than 23 percent of unmarried adults, but nearly 40 percent of married adults, report being “very happy” with life. |

|B) |the divorce rate is now one-half the marriage rate. |

|C) |of those who divorce, 75 percent remarry. |

|D) |all of the above are true. |

|___ 66. |After their grown children have left home, most couples experience: |

|A) |the distress of the “empty nest syndrome.” |

|B) |increased strain in their marital relationship. |

|C) |both a. and b. |

|D) |greater happiness and enjoyment in their marital relationship. |

|___ 67. |Research on the relationship between self-reported happiness and employment in American women has revealed that: |

|A) |women who work tend to be happier. |

|B) |women who do not work tend to be happier. |

|C) |women today are happier than in the past, whether they are working or not. |

|D) |the quality of a woman's experience in her various roles is more predictive of happiness than the presence or absence |

| |of a given role. |

|___ 68. |Given the text discussion of life satisfaction patterns, which of the following people is likely to report the greatest life|

| |satisfaction? |

|A) |Billy, a 7-year-old second-grader |

|B) |Kathy, a 17-year-old high-school senior |

|C) |Mildred, a 70-year-old retired teacher |

|D) |too little information to tell |

|___ 69. |An elderly person who can look back on life with satisfaction and reminisce with a sense of completion has attained |

| |Erikson's stage of: |

| |A) generativity. B) intimacy. C) isolation. D) integrity. |

|___ 70. |The popular idea that terminally ill and bereaved people go through predictable stages, such as denial, anger, and so forth:|

|A) |is widely supported by research. |

|B) |more accurately describes grieving in some cultures than others. |

|C) |is true of women but not men. |

|D) |is not supported by research studies. |

|___ 71. |Most contemporary developmental psychologists believe that: |

|A) |personality is essentially formed by the end of infancy. |

|B) |personality continues to be formed until adolescence. |

|C) |the shaping of personality continues during adolescence and well beyond. |

|D) |adolescent development has very little impact on adult personality. |

|___ 72. |Which of the following statements is consistent with the current thinking of developmental psychologists? |

|A) |Development occurs in a series of sharply defined stages. |

|B) |The first two years are the most crucial in determining the individual's personality. |

|C) |The consistency of personality in most people tends to increase over the life span. |

|D) |Social and emotional style are among the characteristics that show the least stability over the life span. |

Chapter 4 Development

Answer Key

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