Human Growth Final

Kohlberg proposes that moral development occurs in a fixed order and that people are unable to reach the highest stage of moral reasoning until _____________ due to ____________

__________ behavior is done to help others and requires clear self-sacrifice

What is the term that refers to the changes in people's sense of justice and of what is right and wrong and in their behavior related to moral issues?

Prosocial behavior that is learned indirectly by observing the behavior of others is called

According to developmentalists, what lies in the heart of moral behavior?

Gender, the sense of being male or female, is well established by the time children are

What is the term for parents who are firm, set clear and consistent limits , and try to reason with their children, giving explanations for why they should behave in a particular way?

What is the term for parents who are controlling, punitive, rigid, and cold, and whose word is law?

In its most extreme form, ____________ parenting results in neglect

Joan feels a strong sense of attachment to a sacred entity. This feeling is called

What is the term for intentional injury or harm to another person?

What is the term that related to one's sense of being male or female?

Male sex hormones are called

At approximately what age do boys and girl understand the concept of gender constancy?

Which of the following terms describes the period of sexual maturation?

The age at which adolescents have sexual intercourse for the first time is ______, and _______ have had sex before the age of 20.

Studies indicate that sexual orientation is

According to Erikson, the focus of a person's early 30s is

Preschoolers' peer relationships are based on

according to Robert Sternberg, when two people have a "fling" or short-term relationship based only on sexual attraction, this is called

according to Robert Sternberg, when two people enjoy each other's company and their relationship, although they no longer feel much sexual interest in each other, it is called

What is the term for play in which children manipulate objects to produce or build something?

According to Damon, the first stage of building friendship for middle-school-age children is basing friendship on

Middle-school-age girls tend to __________; while middle-school-age boys tend to _________.

Which of the following is considered to be the centerpiece of friendship during middle childhood (ages 8 to 10)

The segregation of friendships according to gender occurs

groups of people with whom one compares oneself are called

What developments lead to the change in the way adolescents view the opposite sex?

the desire to have independence and a sense of control over one's life is called

which term below refers to the experience that related to parents' feelings of unhappiness, worry, loneliness, and depression resulting from their children's departure from home?

a major drawback of homeschooling cited by critics focuses on

Anthropologist John Ogbu that members of certain minority groups may have low academic achievement because

which of the following is the reason why older, nontraditional students attend college

what was the result of a study on technology use conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation?

The phenomenon known as the "digital divide" is

_____________ is the term for the integration of cultures, social movements, and financial markets around the world

Certain people not only may adopt the values and beliefs of the majority, but are only relatively weakly identified with their own culture and may reject the values and beliefs of their own culture. Which of the following terms best describes this position?

Marcus believes that Anna must be shy and introverted because she is female. He does not think badly of her for these attributes but assumes all women carry such personality traits. Marcus's beliefs about all women are an example of ___________

according to ___________ theory, adolescents use group membership as a source of pride and self-worth

a diagnosis of death based on the cessation of all signs of brain activity, as measured by electrical brain waves, is called

what is the occurrence in adolescents where they tend not to think that death can happen to them, and, therefore, get involved in risky behavior(s)?

in early adulthood, the leading cause of death is

what is the most frequent cause of death in middle adulthood?

according to Kubler-Ross, what is the first step people pass through as they moved toward death?

Gloria is an 85-yar-old woman who has a long history of strokes which have debilitated her and left her bed-ridden. She has now just experienced another stroke and she knows her death is impending. She has no emotional reaction to this occurrence; however, she wants to be left alone. According to Kubler-Ross, it is likely that Gloria is experiencing which of the stages of death and dying?

a legal document designating what medical treatments people want or do not want if they cannot express their wishes is called a

an alternative to hospitalization in which dying people stay in their homes and receive treatment from their families and visiting medical staff, is called

In the final stage of grief, people tend to

For widowed people, the risk of death after a spouse has died is ____________ time higher than normal the first year after the death of a spouse.