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Louann is expecting her first child and her best friend asks her how far along in the pregnancy she is. “I’ll give you a hint,” Louann says. “I’m in the prenatal period that is a critical time for organ formation.” Louann’s friend has taken a course in developmental psychology, so she knows that the baby is in the __________ period.

While walking home, Danny finds a wallet containing $100. He turns in the wallet and money at the police station. He thinks that he did the right thing because it is what his parents and others would have expected him to do. According to Kohlberg, Danny is in the __________ level of moral reasoning.

Inez, who is five months pregnant, is thrilled when she begins to feel her baby move inside her. At which stage of prenatal development is her baby?

Mercedes takes her 14-month-old son, Justice, to a playground. While he is in the sandbox a stranger begins to play with him, and Justice seems to prefer playing with the stranger to playing with his mother. Moreover, when Mercedes leaves Justice to play in the sandbox and takes a seat on a nearby bench, Justice does not become upset and does not look in her general direction. Justice’s behavior indicates that he and Mercedes

Katrice is 86 years old. She has never been married, has no children, and lives alone. She has only one or two friends whom she rarely sees, and as she thinks back over her life, she realizes that she never did most of the things she wanted to do. She now is full of regret and feels that she has wasted her life. According to Erikson, Katrice is most likely experiencing the psychosocial crisis of

Marisol is an infant. Her mother picks her up and gently strokes the side of her cheek, which makes Marisol turn her head to the side of the cheek that was stroked. This is an example of the __________ reflex.

Sherri is a 29-year-old woman who has finished school and is successful in her career. She has not been able to find a long-term relationship that is stable and has started wondering if she will ever find someone whom she will want to marry. Erikson would say that Sherri is struggling with the psychosocial crisis of

Which of Erik Erikson’s stages of development do teens experience? 

Piaget’s term for the knowledge that an object exists even when it is out of sight is __________.

Seventeen-year-old Juan thinks he wants to be a preschool teacher, but he also wants to be a professional boxer. According to Erikson, Juan is most likely experiencing the major psychosocial crisis known as