Chapter 10: Life Span Development
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1.  

A health psychologist is interested in determining if an inability to cope with stress during adolescence is correlated with an inability to cope with stress in adulthood. She assesses coping skills in a group of 100 adolescents and then contacts the same people 10 years later. This is a _____________ study.



2.  

When a sample of people of various ages are part of a research study done at one point in time, this study is utilizing the _______ method.



3.  

The __________ period of development is from conception to birth.



4.  

Jean Piaget is most famous for his theory of _____________ development.



5.  

Conflicts over what is moral and what is legal are likely to occur during the __________ level of moral thinking.



6.  

The process of _________ teaches children what behaviors and attitudes are appropriate in their family, friends, and culture.



7.  

Authoritarian parents are to ________ children as permissive parents are to ________ children.



8.  

______________ is knowing what behavior is appropriate for each gender.



9.  

Focusing on the resulting concrete consequences of a behavior is demonstrated in the __________ level of moral thinking.



10.  

The suicide rate among adolescents has increased by ______% since 1950.

Note: answer choices in this exercise are randomized.

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