Chapter 5- PSY

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Nutrients and oxygen are transferred from a mother to her developing fetus through the
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placenta.
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If research suggested that a pregnant mother's use of an artificial sweetener caused harm to the fetus, the artificial sweetener would be considered a
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teratogen.
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Dr. Matsuko's major research interest is the long-term effects of child-rearing practices on the psychological adjustment of offspring. It is most likely that Dr. Matsuko is a ________ psychologist.
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developmental
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Infants' tendency to gaze longer at novel stimuli than at familiar ones provides compelling evidence regarding their
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mental abilities.
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Questions about the extent to which maladaptive habits learned in childhood can be overcome in adulthood are most directly relevant to the issue of
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stability and change.
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"I don't care whether you want to wash the dishes, you will do so because I said so!" This statement is most representative of a(n) ________ parenting style.
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authoritarian
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Although 3-year-old Adam happily explores the attractive toys located in the dentist's waiting room, he periodically returns to his mother's side for brief moments. Adam most clearly displays signs of
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secure attachment.
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A child's realization that others may have beliefs that the child knows to be false best illustrates the development of
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a theory of mind.
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Two closed, pyramid-shaped beakers containing clearly identical amounts of a liquid are judged by a child to hold different amounts after one of the beakers is inverted. The child apparently lacks a
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concept of conservation.
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The importance of schemas was most clearly highlighted by
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Piaget's cognitive development theory.
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Jessica acts so differently with her parents than with her girlfriends that she often thinks her personality is completely phony. Erik Erikson would have suggested that Jessica is experiencing
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role confusion.
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Adolescents are most likely to be influenced by their parents with respect to ________, and they are most likely to be influenced by their peers with respect to ________.
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career choices; clothing preferences
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Adolescents' sense of what's fair is most likely to change from simple equality to what's proportional to merit when they achieve
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an identity.
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Mark believes that choosing to violate government laws is morally justifiable if it is done to protect the lives of innocent people. Kohlberg would suggest that this illustrates ________ morality.
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conventional
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During adolescence, maturation of the ________ lags behind maturation of the ________.
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frontal lobes; limbic system
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A researcher who administers a personality test to the same children every 3 years as they progress through school is conducting a(n) ________ study.
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longitudinal
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Physical exercise in late adulthood has been found to
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do all of these things.
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Researchers have discovered that the midlife transition between early and middle adulthood is characterized by unusually high levels of
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none of these feelings or events.
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There is very little relationship between the age of an adult and his or her
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level of life satisfaction.
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The preferred age for retirement is quite different in Mexico than in Western Europe. This best illustrates that ________ differs from culture to culture.
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the social clock