1. Summarize the three stages of prenatal development.
   
2. Discuss the factors that can have a negative impact on prenatal development.
   
3. Summarize the newborn's sensory and perceptual abilities.
   
4. Define cognitive development, and differentiate between the two approaches to studying it.
   
5. Describe the cognitive skills that characterize each of Piaget's four cognitive stages.
   
6. Present the two main criticisms of Piaget's theory.
   
7. Discuss age-related changes in learning and memory.
   
8. Explain Kohlberg's theory of moral development and discuss its strengths and weaknesses.
   
9. Describe Erikson's first four childhood stages of development.
   
10. Explain the development of gender identity and its effects on social development.
    
11. Discuss the importance of attachment and some of the problems in forming attachments.
    
12. Define adolescence and discuss the two conflicting views of adolescence.
    
13. Describe puberty and the effects of early or late puberty on an individual.
    
14. Explain the challenge of identity formation in adolescence, and summarize the adolescent’s search for identity as described by Erikson.
    
15. List the four ways suggested by Marcia for resolving identity issues, and explain how age and identify status are related.
    
16. Describe the characteristic developments and issues of early adulthood.
    
17. Explain the issues involved in marriage, having children, and choosing a career from a psychological perspective.
    
18. Summarize the issues typically faced during middle adulthood.
    
19. Describe the elderly population in the United States and the problems associated with ageism.
    
20. Discuss Kübler-Ross's theory of death and dying and its criticisms.
    
21. Explain how elderly people feel about death.