Chapter 10: Human Development across the Life Span

Rachel just turned 4, but she has the language ability of a 6-year-old. For language ability, Rachel's ________ age is greater than her ________ age.

Your friend Pat says, " I'm sure Caroline recognized my voice as soon as she was born." If Pat is Caroline's ________, Pat's claim is probably correct.

Tamara is a child whose thought is marked by egocentrism and centration. With respect to Piaget's theory, you infer that Tamara is in the ________ stage.

You are testing 20-year-old Keith and his 45-year-old father, Matthew. If they are both average members of their age groups, you'd expect Keith to show more ________ and Matthew to show more ________.

If Siyun believes that "mommy" applies to all women, that is an ________. If she believed that "mommy" applies only to her own mother, that is an ________.

According to Erik Erikson, the major crisis of age 6 to puberty is

As a mother, Lisbeth is high on the dimension of demandingness and low on the dimension of responsiveness. This combination would be described as a(n) ________ style of parenting.

Which of these statements was not mentioned as a recommendation for quality day care?

Whereas ________ differences are affected by culture, ________ differences are affected by biology.

You are asked to guess whether 6-year-old Chris is a girl or boy. Which observation would most lead you to believe that Chris is a girl?

For moral behavior, Gracie is most concerned about following the rules and avoiding the censure of authorities. She is at the stage of ________ morality.

Carol Gilligan criticized Kohlberg's theory by arguing that women are more focused on the standard of ________, Whereas men are more focused on the standard of ________.