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16 Cards in this Set
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A study that follows a person through different ages as he or she develops is called a(n)________ study.
A. cross-sectional B. longitudinal C. cohort D. experimental |
B. longitudinal
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The Longest stage of prenatal development is the ________ stage
A. zygote B. fetus C. embryo D. newborn |
B. fetus
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In a study of visual preferences, researches presented newborns with head-shaped forms that a properly featured face, a scrambled face, or blank, featureless face. The infants' visual tracking behavior indicated:
A. a preference for the scrambled face. B. a preference for the properly featured face. C. no preferences among the three stimuli. D. a preference for the blank, featureless face. |
B. a preference for the properly featured face.
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After a child's pet kitten runs away, his parednts buy him a puppy. The child finds out that puppies are different from kittens and then acts differently with the puppy. This best illustrates Piaget's concept of:
A. assimilation. B. accommodation. C. egocentrism. D. conservation. |
B. accommodation.
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A child who is reading a book upstairs calls to his mother who is downstairs, "Mommy, what is this a picture of?" This illustrates that the child is:
A. egocentric. B. accommodation C. experiencing separation anxiety. D. babbling. |
A. egocentric.
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A child returns from Halloween trick-or-treating and promptly dumps a bag of candy in a pile on the kitchen table. She then spreads it out at and it looks like more, but she knows it is the same amount of candy. You can conclude she:
A. is in the preoperational stage of development. B. is not longer egocentric in her thinking C. has a good understanding of conservation |
C. has a good understanding of conservation
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In classic series of experiments on attachment by Harlow, newborn monkeys were placed in cages that contained "surrogate mothers." how did the monkeys react to these "moms"?
A. They developed as normally as if they were with their real mothers. B. They became attached to the one that provided milk. C. They became attached to the one that was soft and cuddly. D. They became attached to both kinds of "mothers" |
C. They became attached to the one that was soft and cuddly.
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In the context of parent-child relationships, attachment refers to:
A. a deep emotional bond between infant and primary caretaker. B. the fondness that a child sometimes has for inanimate objects like "blankies." C. clinging behavior that is characteristic of insecure relationships. D. an instinctive tendency for babies to follow their mothers. |
A. a deep emotional bond between infant and primary caretaker.
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How do children with secure attachment behave in the strange situation procedure when their mother returns after leaving them earlier?
A. They are indifferent B. They actively ignore her. C. They react with anger. D. They appear delighted |
D. They appear delighted
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According to Kohlberg, post-conventional moral thought:
A. violates a person's conscience. B. reflects norms set by sources of authority. C. is based on satisfying self-interests. D. is based on abstract principles like justice |
D. is based on abstract principles like justice
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According to Erikson, the central task in adolescence is resolving the ________ crisis.
A. intimacy B. identity C. autonomy D. trust |
B. identity
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Making "riskier" decisions during adolescence may be correlated with:
A. lack of peer contact. B. differential parenting. C. slower frontal lobe development. D. delays in reaching puberty. |
C. slower frontal lobe development.
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The most likely cause of changes in personality with increased age is:
A. life experiences. B. further maturation. C. dementia. D. changes in physical abilities. |
A. life experiences.
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Older adults tend to have declines in cognitive processes but show little decline in:
A. crystallized intelligence. B. memory recall. C. fluid intelligence. D. speed of processing. |
A. crystallized intelligence.
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People's ratings of satisfaction with their lives are:
A. higher in adolescence. B. higher in older adults. C. lower in adolescence. D. about the same across the life span. |
D. about the same across the life span.
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The case study of identical twin boys, one of whom suffered the loss of his penis and was raised as a girl, suggests that in this case, the medical specialist under-weighted the importance of _____________ to gender identity.
A. biology B. socialization C. both nature and nurture D. attachment |
A. biology
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