Betty just celebrated her fiftieth birthday. She marked the occasion by taking hang-gliding lessons and purchasing a more mature wardrobe. According to Levinson, Betty is engaged in which developmental task?

According to the general adaptation syndrome, long-term stressors ____

a. can cause physiological (but not psychological) damage b. can cause psychological (but not physiological) damage c. can cause both physiological and psychological damage d. have temporary negative effects, but cannot cause either physiological damage or psychological damage

Which is the best example of an autobiographical memory?

a. Recalling that the War of 1812 was fought in 1812 b. Recalling the heated argument between you and you mom that broke out at your wedding c. Thinking about the hot ham sandwich that you are going to have for lunch d. Understanding that numbers are easier to recall when they are chunked into groups

Concerning language development, joint attention is best defined as occurring when

a. a baby and parent view an object together. b. a parent directs a child's gaze to an object and names the object for the child. c. two infants repeat the same nonsense word. d. the same word is used to describe several unrelated objects.

How do people represent and navigate in and through space? This is a question of ______ cognition.

a. navigational b. representational c. spatial d. visual