Understanding Human Development Across the Life Span: A Comprehensive Overview, Exercises of Cognitive Psychology

Download Understanding Human Development Across the Life Span: A Comprehensive Overview and more Exercises Cognitive Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! After studying this chapter, you should be able to do the following: 1. List and discuss the stages of prenatal development and describe some harmful influences. 2. List and discuss the motor and sensory capacities of newborns and infants. 3. Describe the stages of language development. 4. Describe the principles and the stages of Piaget's theory of cognitive development. 5. Evaluate Piaget's theory of cognitive development. 6. Describe and evaluate Kohlberg's theory of moral development. 7. Distinguish between gender typing and gender identity and describe the explanations that have been given for gender development. Explain how gender typing changes over the lifespan. 8. List the various styles of child-rearing and discuss the effects of each, including the limitations of parents' influence on children. 9. Describe the events that signal the onset of puberty in males and females and the relationship between age of onset of puberty and later adjustment. 10. Summarize the evidence on the relationship between adolescence and emotional turmoil. 11. Describe the four approaches to balancing ethnic identity and acculturation. 12. List and discuss the stages of Erikson's theory of psychosocial development. 13. Summarize the biological and emotional changes associated with midlife. 14. Compare and contrast older and more recent notions about aging. 15. Discuss the effects of aging on intelligence and memory. 16. Discuss the impact of childhood experience on adulthood. Chapter 14: Development Over the Life Span Objectives Docsity.com