General Psychology/Test 5

Cognition refers to:

Maturation is to education as ________ is to ________.

According to Piaget, schemas are:

According to Piaget, a child can represent things with words and images but cannot reason with logic during the ________ stage

Chloe can clearly sense when her sister's teasing is intended to be friendly fun or a hostile put-down. This best illustrates that Chloe has developed a(n):

Little Karen will approach and play with unfamiliar animals only if her mother first reassures her that it is safe to do so. This best illustrates the adaptive value of:

Providing children with a safe haven in times of stress contributes most directly to:

A critical period is a phase during which:

Some mothers feed their infants when they show signs of hunger, whereas others fail to respond predictably to their infants' demands for food. These different maternal feeding practices are most likely to contribute to differences in infant:

Edith abuses both her 3-year-old and 1-year-old daughters. Her behavior is most likely related to a lack of

The McDougals use harsh discipline on their children and demand unquestioning obedience. Psychologists are likely to characterize the McDougals as ________ parents.

Authoritative parents are likely to have children who:

Adolescence extends from:

Primary sex characteristics are to ________ as secondary sex characteristics are to ________.

Puberty is most closely related to the onset of:

One argument against the death penalty for 16- and 17-year-olds is that maturation of the ________ lags behind maturation of the ________.

According to Erikson, trust is to ________ as identity is to ________.

Adolescence is typically a time of:

Lewis is a 70-year-old retired college professor. In contrast to when he was 30, he now probably:

Which of the following terms refers to a person's accumulated knowledge and verbal skills?

Fluid intelligence refers most directly to a person's

Researchers have discovered that the transition phase between early and middle adulthood is characterized by unusually high levels of:

When children grow up and leave home, mothers most frequently report feeling:

According to Erikson, adolescence is to identity as late adulthood is to:

A teratogen is a(n):

During the course of successful prenatal development, a human organism begins as a(n):

Psychologists who view the developmental process as a sequence of distinct stages generally believe that ________ is(are) the same for everyone.

One of the most consistently damaging teratogens is:

From ages 3 to 6, the brain's neural networks are sprouting most rapidly in the:

Piaget was convinced that the mind of a child: