Unit 9 and 4 Quiz

According to Piaget, during the formal operational stage people begin to

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

which of the following is true of adolescence as compared with a century ago?

James Vicary spliced messages between slides of film stating "Eat Popcorn" during the playing of a movie. This was an example

The first ejaculation is to an adolescent boy as ________ is to an adolescent girl.

Abner, a 70-year-old retired teacher, feels that his life has not been of any real value or significance. According to Erikson, Abner has failed to achieve a sense of

Which receptor cells most directly enable us to distinguish different wavelengths of light?

The amplitude of electromagnetic waves determine the ________ of light

Erik Erikson maintained that the two basic aspects of life that dominate adulthood are

A baby girl receive an

Some people are better than others at detecting slight variations in the tastes of various blends of coffee. This best illustrates the importance of

Adolescence extends from

Piaget is to cognitive development as Erikson is to ________ development.

Under very dim levels of illumination

After listening to your high-volume car stereo for 15 minutes, you fail to realize how loudly the music is blasting. This best illustrates

If the just-noticeable difference for a 10-ounce weight is 1 ounce, the just noticeable difference for an 80-ounce weight would be ________ ounce(s).

Experiencing a green afterimage of a red object is most easily explained by

After about 10 days, a fertilized egg cell attaches to the uterine wall. What is the developing human called at this point in development?

Research suggests that during early and middle adulthood

The effect prior experience and current expectations on perception best illustrates the importance

Why is transduction important to sensation?

Boys who mature at an early age tend to be more

Alzheimer's disease involves a deterioration of neurons that produce

Vincent's ability to reason hypothetically in his geometry class indicates that he is in the ________ stage of development.

Jean Piaget is to cognitive development as Lawrence Kohlberg is to ________ development.

Ten-year-old Heidi is maturing early and already towers over all the girls and most of the boys in her fifth-grade class. Heidi is likely to be

Studies of monkeys raised with artificial mothers suggest that mother-infant emotional bonds result primarily from mothers providing infants with

A time when certain events must take place to facilitate proper development is called the ______ period.

As men progress through middle adulthood they experience a ________ sperm count and a ________ in testosterone level.

Humans experience the longest visible electromagnetic waves as

Weber's law is relevant to an understanding of

The body structures that enable reproduction are the

An elaborate ceremony used to celebrate a person's emergence into adulthood is an example of a

Although Manuel was sitting right next to his parents, he smelled a skunk minutes before they did. Apparently, Manuel has a lower ________ for skunk odor than his parents have.

Which of the following represents the correct order, from earliest to latest, of Erikson's childhood stages?

Even though smoking marijuana would reduce the pain associated with her chronic medical condition, Juanita believes it would be morally wrong because it is prohibited by the laws of her state. Kohlberg would suggest that Juanita demonstrates a(n) _______ morality.

Habituation refers to the

Fluid intelligence refers most directly to a person's

Dementia is most commonly associated with

Sensory adaption refers to

According to the Young-Helmholtz theory

Adjusting current schemas to make sense of new information is called

Damage to the fovea would have the greatest effect on

Mr. Eskenazi frowns when his son cries but hugs his daughter when she cries. Mr. Eskenazi's contribution to the gender typing of his children would most likely be highlighted by

Bottom-up processing with vision involves analysis that begins in the

Which of the following represents the correct order of Kubler-Ross's stages from earliest to latest

According to Erikson, infancy is to trust as adolescence is to

Fraternal twins originate from the fertilization of

Which cells for visual processing are located closest to the back of the retina?

The area of the retina where the optic nerve leaves the eye, and there are no receptors, is called the