Developmental Psychology: Conception to Lifespan
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What is the primary characteristic of Stage 3 of moral development?

  • Mutual interpersonal expectations and relationships (correct)
  • Adopting social contract or utility and individual rights
  • Adopting universal ethical principles
  • Judging right and wrong based on personal standards

    • According to the theory of moral development, what is the primary difference between conventional morality and postconventional morality?

  • Conventional morality is based on justice, while postconventional morality is based on laws
  • Conventional morality is based on social standards, while postconventional morality is based on personal standards (correct)
  • Conventional morality is based on personal standards, while postconventional morality is based on social standards
  • Conventional morality is based on laws, while postconventional morality is based on justice

    • What is the primary concern of Social Systems Morality?

  • Maintaining social order, law, and justice (correct)
  • Evaluating laws based on their utility
  • Understanding universal human rights
  • Adopting moral standards of parents

    • What is the term for the process by which people examine and evaluate their lives during late adulthood?

    <p>Life review</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary consequence of single-parent households on children?

    <p>Difficulty in establishing close relationships later in life</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the theory that suggests successful aging is characterized by maintaining the interests and activities of earlier stages of life?

    <p>Activity theory of aging</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary characteristic of the formal operational stage?

    <p>Abstract, idealistic, and logical thought</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary concept of Vygotsky's view of cognitive development?

    <p>Cognitive development occurs through social interactions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the 'zone of proximal development' (ZPD) in Vygotsky's theory?

    <p>The gap between what children can do alone and what they can do with guidance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary characteristic of adolescent egocentrism?

    <p>The state of self-absorption in which a teenager views the world from their own point of view</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary difference between fluid intelligence and crystallized intelligence?

    <p>Fluid intelligence is based on information processing, while crystallized intelligence is based on experience</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary concept of Erikson's theory of psychosocial development?

    <p>The development of individual's interactions and understanding of themselves and others</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary concept of attachment in social development?

    <p>A positive emotional bond between a child and a caregiver</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary concept of imprinting in attachment theory?

    <p>A behavior that takes place during a critical period and involves attachment to the first moving object observed</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary characteristic of Kohlberg's preconventional morality stage?

    <p>Judging right and wrong based on the probability of rewards and punishments</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary characteristic of securely attached children in the Ainsworth strange situation?

    <p>They show a strong attachment to their caregiver and are distressed when separated</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the study of the pattern of change from conception to the end of life?

    <p>Developmental psychology</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the period called when the developing individual has a heart, a brain, and other organs?

    <p>Embryonic period</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the point at which a fetus can survive if born prematurely?

    <p>Age of viability</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for unlearned, involuntary responses that occur automatically in the presence of certain stimuli?

    <p>Reflexes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the period between childhood and adulthood?

    <p>Adolescence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the period at which maturation of the sexual organs occurs?

    <p>Puberty</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the process by which a child's understanding of the world changes as a function of age and experience?

    <p>Cognitive development</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the stage from birth to 2 years, during which a child constructs their understanding of the world through coordinating sensory experiences and motor movements?

    <p>Sensorimotor stage</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the ability to understand that objects continue to exist even if they are out of sight?

    <p>Object permanence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the stage from 7 to 12 years of age that is characterized by concrete and logical thought?

    <p>Concrete operational stage</p> Signup and view all the answers

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