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b. difficult
Juan is a child with a low activity level, and he tends to withdraw from new situations. He is
inflexible, and he displays low mood intensity. According to psychiatrists Stella Ches
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Juan is a child with a low activity level, and he tends to withdraw from new situations. He is
inflexible, and he displays low mood intensity. According to psychiatrists Stella Chess and
Alexander Thomas, Juan is said to have what type of temperament?
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d. sensorimotor
c. formal operational
a. preoperational
b. concrete operational
According to Piaget's theory of cognitive development, the ability to think about things that
are not concrete, make predictions, and use logic to come up with hypotheses about the
future is attained during the stage.
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d. resilience.
c. style of attachment.
a. level of cognitive development.
b. level of moral development.
The strange situation test is used to assess an infant's
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d. aversive
c. slow-to-warm-up
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c. ignorance.
d. immaturity.
b. egocentrism.
a. invulnerability.
Tanya, a 14-year-old girl, thinks that she is unique and assumes that other students in her
school notice everything about her. She is very confident and takes extra care of her looks.
In this scenario, Tanya is exhibiting adolescent
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c. authoritarian.
d. permissive.
b. authoritative.
a. conventional.
Mazie's mom is loving and caring. Her mom sets clear expectations on Mazie's behavior but
allows verbal give-and-take. In terms of parenting styles, Mazie's mon can be described as
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c. progestogen
d. estrogen
b. teratogen
a. androgen
A(n) is any agent that causes a birth defect.
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b. permissive
c. authoritative
d. eclectic
a. authoritarian
Parents who use the parenting style give strict rules to their children with little
discussion of the reasons for the rules.
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d. Older adults take less time than younger adults to remember information about world
knowledge.
c. Younger adults do better than older adults in most aspects of memory.
a. Younger adults are usually wiser than older adults.
b. Older adults process information faster than younger adults.
Which of the following is a difference between older and younger adults?
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Oscar, a 4-month-old baby, is a participant of a preferential-looking experiment.
Researchers show Oscar two photographs: a photo of his mother and a photo of a female
stranger. The photographs are presented repeatedly in differing locations, and the amount
of time Oscar spends looking at the photographs is recorded. What will researchers
conclude if Oscar shows a reliable preference for the photograph of his mother over that of
the stranger?
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a. Oscar can discriminate the photograph of his mother from that of the stranger.
b. Oscar is afraid of strangers.
c. Oscar likes strangers as much as his mother.
d. Oscar can't see very well.
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a. an identity
According to Erikson's theory of socioemotional development, establishing is the
key challenge of adolescence.
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c. Sexual orientation
d. Gendered sexuality
b. Gender expression
a. Gender identity
refers to ways in which people present themselves through their appearance,
including hairstyle, clothing choices, voice, and behavior.
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c. the presence of teratogens
d. the absence of teratogens
b. low levels of androgens
In a female embryo, what allows for the normal development of female sex organs?
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a. high levels of testosterone
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b. identity foreclosure
c. identity moratorium
d. identity achievement
a. identity confusion
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Elijah, a 17-year-old high school junior, is an integral part of the school soccer team. He is a
good vocal artist and is part of the school's music club. He is equally passionate about
calculus and is an active member of the high school calculus club. However, he is unsure of
what he wants to pursue in life. In the context of Marcia's theory of identity status, which of
the following is Elijah's identity status?
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a. She will gain the ability to plan for herself, or she will live within the limits of others.
b. She will learn to meet the demands of life, or she will start to feel more inferior.
Annie, a 20-year-old, is in Erikson's psychosocial development stage of intimacy vs.
isolation. Which of the following statements is true of Annie at this particular stage?
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b. intimacy with a partner
c. generativity
d. integrity
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a. learned.
b. unlikely to have evolved from the emotions of animals.
In The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, Charles Darwin stated that the
facial expressions of human beings are
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c. resilience.
d. recovery.
b. delayed grief or trauma.
a. chronic dysfunction.
Thomas's sister passed away in a car accident. He did not experience any sadness when
he heard the news or in the days and weeks that followed her death. After a few months, he
was hit by an intense wave of sadness and distress. According to the patterns of grief
identified by George Bonanno, this scenario illustrates the pattern of grief called
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d. She will form meaningful relationships, or she will become socially segregated from
others.
c. She will acquire a sense of self, or she will become confused about her role in life.
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c. It rejects the idea that the human body tends to maintain a steady state.
d. It focuses on the Yerkes-Dodson law.
b. It states that performance is best under conditions of high arousal rather than moderate
arousal.
a. It emphasizes the Cannon-Bard theory.
Which of the following statements is true of optimum arousal theory?
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c. It functions to calm the body.
d. When it is activated, heart rate and blood pressure drop.
b. It prepares the individual for fighting or running away.
a. It promotes relaxation and healing.
Which of the following is true of the sympathetic nervous system?
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d. different in different cultures around the world.
c. innate.
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d. It consists of unconscious drives.
c. It does not consider reality.
a. It operates according to the pleasure principle.
b. It does not consider whether something is right or wrong.
According to the Freudian structures of personality, which of the following statements is true
of the superego?
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b. explicitly focus on trying to be happy.
c. avoid failure.
d. acquire new possessions.
a. keep a gratitude journal.
One technique for practicing positive self-reflection is to
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c. phallic
d. latency
b. oral
a. anal
Clarissa always needs to have something in her mouth. She is trying to give up smoking,
but she can't get through the day without sucking or chewing on her nails, pencils, or any
other object she can get her hands on. Freud would suggest that Clarissa may be fixated at
the stage of psychosexual development.
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d. He is addicted to smoking cigarettes.
a. He is excessively concerned about cleanliness.
b. He has a puritanical attitude toward sex.
c. He is stubborn and prefers simplicity and structure.
According to Freud's stages of psychosexual development, which of the following
statements best indicates that 30-year-old Gayle is fixated at the oral stage?
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d. agreeableness
c. conscientiousness
a. openness to experience
b. extraversion
Which of the following traits is related to generosity and altruism, to reports of religious faith,
and to more satisfying romantic relationships?
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d. ego
c. id
a. superego
b. archetype
Carolyn's parents were extremely religious, and they brought her up with strict moral codes.
She was not permitted to have male friends, and even her female friends were not allowed
to spend time in their home. In college, Carolyn fell in love and despite her strict upbringing,
engaged in premarital sex. In the context of Freud's psychoanalytic theory, which
personality structure was most likely responsible for Carolyn's action?
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c. acetylcholine
d. GABA
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