Chapter 11 Test Study Guide
Chapter 11: Human Development Across the Life Span
1. Summarize the impact of environmental factors on prenatal development.
2. Describe general principles of motor development.
3. Explain the difference between longitudinal and cross-sectional studies.
4. Summarize Thomas and Chess's longitudinal study of infant temperament and Kagan’s work
on temperament.
5. Describe Harlow’s and Bowlby’s views on attachment.
6. Summarize research on patterns of attachment and their effects.
7. Outline the basic tenets of Erikson’s theory and describe his stages of childhood personality
development.
8. Outline Piaget’s stages of cognitive development, and discuss the strengths and weaknesses
of Piaget’s theory.
9. Describe Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory of cognitive development.
10. Outline Kohlberg’s stages of moral development, and discuss the strengths and weaknesses
of Kohlberg’s theory.
11. Describe the effects of physiological changes of puberty and research on neural
development in adolescence.
12. Evaluate the assertion that adolescence is a time of turmoil.
13. Discuss some common patterns of identity formation in adolescence.
14. Outline Erikson’s stages of development in adulthood.
15. Describe typical transitions in family relations during the adult years.
16. Describe the evidence on Alzheimer’s disease.
17. Summarize evidence on gender differences in behavior, and discuss the significance of
these differences.
18. Explain how environmental factors are thought to contribute to gender differences.