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In Piaget’s stage of concrete operational intelligence, the child acquires an understanding of the principle of
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Conservation
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Deduction
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Attachment
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Object permanence
Question 2
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Piaget held that egocentrism is characteristic of the...
Question 3
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Through natural selection, the traits that are most likely to be passed on to succeeding generations are those that contribute to...
Question 4
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The Harlow’s studies of attachment in monkeys showed that...
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Provision of nourishment was the single most important factor motivating attachment
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A cloth mother produced the greatest attachment response
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Whether a cloth or wire mother was present mattered less than the presence or absence of other infants
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Attachment in monkeys is based on imprinting
Question 5
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According to Erikson, the central psychological challenges pertaining to adolescence, young adulthood, and middle age, respectively, are...
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Intimacy; identity formation; generativity
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Generativity; intimacy; identity formation
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Identity formation; intimacy; generativity
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Intimacy; generativity; identity formation
Question 6
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Anxious-ambivalent (aka, pre-occupied) attached infants who are left by their mothers in an unfamiliar setting often will...
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Display intense, prolonged distress, hold fast and cling to their mothers on their return
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Display distress, but then quickly calm down and again explore the new surroundings confidently
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Be indifferent toward their mothers on their return
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Display little emotion at any time
Question 7
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After their grown children have left home, most married couples experience...
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The distress of the empty nest syndrome
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Increased strain in their marital relationship
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The intense need and desire to have their children visit often
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Greater happiness and enjoyment in their marital relationship
Question 8
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A child can be born a drug addict because...
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Drugs used by the mother will be passed into the child’s bloodstream
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Drugs used by the mother create genetic defects in her chromosomes
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Addiction is an inherited personality trait
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The fetus’ blood has not yet developed a resistance to drugs
Question 9
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Newborns vigorously root for a nipple when...
Question 10
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In terms of incidence, susceptibility to short-term illnesses _____ with age and susceptibility to long-term ailments ______ with age.
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Decreases; increases
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Increases; decreases
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Increases; increases
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Decreases; decreases
Question 11
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The average age of one’s earliest conscious memory is...
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3.5 years
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6.5 years
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1.5 years
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6 months
Question 12
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The cognitive ability that has been shown to decline for many during adulthood is the ability to...
Question 13
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Compared to when he was younger, 4-year-old Antonio is better able to empathize with his friend’s feelings. This growing ability to take another’s perspective indicates that Antonio is acquiring a...
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Self-concept
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Schema
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Temperament
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Theory of mind
Question 14
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Underlying Alzheimer’s disease is a deterioration in neurons that produce...
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Epinephrine
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Morphine
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Serotonin
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Acetylcholine
Question 15
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In a 1998 movie, a young girl finds that a flock of geese follows her wherever she goes because she was the first “object” they saw after they were born. This is an example of...
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Conservation
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Imprinting
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Egocentrism
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Generativity