Developmental Psychology MCQ
1. Gender is to ____ as sex is to ____.
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Psychosocial; biological
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2. Gains in __________ permit the transition to rule-oriented games.
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Perspective taking
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3. Formal operational thought is most necessary for the development of ________ morality.
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Postconventional
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4. Foods that are high in __________ are particularly important for preschool children.
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Iron content (ex. dark green vegetables, whole grains, and some kinds of meat)
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5. Firstborn and only children are alike in that both are _____ than later-born children.
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More achievement-oriented
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6. Fewer than ____ of teens are out of school, unemployed, and looking for full-time work.
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7. Family stress predicts earlier than normal puberty in _____.
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Girls alone
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8. Cigarette smoking is implicated in ______ percent of all low-birthweight births worldwide.
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9. Choose all that apply: according to social learning theory, ________________________
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Children can learn to act aggressively simply by watching other people act aggressively.
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10. Children with williams syndrome are characterized by ____.
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Good language abilities despite low overall intelligence
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11. Children of __________ parents tend to be more popular that those whose parents use other styles.
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Authoritative
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12. Cattell and horn called the ability to solve new and unusual problems __________ intelligence.
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13. By the age of ____ months, babies can move themselves in different directions.
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14. Between the seventh and the ninth days after fertilization, __________ occurs.
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Implantation
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15. Behaviorists emphasize the crucial role of _____ on behavior.
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Environmental influences
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16. Before the age of 3, most children are unable to demonstrate __________ speech.
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17. At the onset of puberty, ____.
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There is substantial gray matter growth
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18. At least _____ billion children were born between the years 1950 and 2015.
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19. At age 3, elliot is able to break down __________ into __________.
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Basic-level categories; subcategories
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20. As compared to piaget, vygotsky placed _____ emphasis on the _____ bases of cognitive development.
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More; social
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21. As a typical young teen, maurice would be best at detecting ____ flaws in arguments.
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22. An infant's anger is usually triggered by _____.
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Frustration
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23. An individual's socioeconomic status includes, among other things, his or her _____.
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Education level
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24. Adhd occurs _____ more frequently in boys than in girls.
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Four to nine times
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25. According to kbler-ross, sadness based on events that have already occurred is called __________.
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Reactive depression
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26. According to kohlberg's theory, the 4th stage of development is __________.
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Authority and social-order-maintaining morality
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27. According to john horn, the ability to reason abstractly is _____ intelligence.
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28. According to bowlby, the __________ serves as a guide for all future close relationships.
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Strange situtation
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29. According to a growing body of research, infant-directed speech _____________ across cultures.
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Is basically similar
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30. About __________ of parents who were abused when they were young go on to abuse their own children.
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One-third
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31. A cause can have many final manifestations. this is referred to as _____.
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Multifinality
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32. _____ reflects an individuals personal investment in identity.
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Commitment
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33. _____ reflect expectations for how males and females should think, act, and feel.
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Gender roles
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34. _____ is the belief that i can; helplessness is the belief that i cannot.
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Self-efficacy
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35. The number of reported maltreatment cases are _____ the number of substantiated maltreatment cases.
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36. The majority of rape victims are __________, and the abusers are __________.
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Under age 30; men they know well
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37. A teratogen is any agent or condition that increases the risk for _____.
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Prenatal abnormalities
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38. Maternal mortality has ______ since 1980, but is highest for _______.
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Been rising steadily; African Americans.
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39. The sentence "the pencil sang a lovely tune" is ______, but __________.
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Syntactically correct but semantically incorrect
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40. Myelination is important because ______________________________.
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Speeds up the transmission of neural impulses
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41. The time of rapid growth of an organ system is called its ____ period.
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42. The suicide rate for men in late adulthood __________.
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Climbs steadily, especially for men over the age of 85
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43. Finish the statement: inductive-reasoning ______________________________________.
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Promotes guilt and
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44. Chris is high in extroversion and therefore will probably _____.
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Get married
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45. Choose the best statement. brain development refers to the _______________________.
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Increase in weight and neuron connectivity
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46. _____ increases an employee's ability to move into jobs that may not yet exist.
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Development
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47. Studies indicate that we ignore, forget, distort, or misunderstand ____ percent of what we hear.
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48. A family attempting to improve self-esteem in a child would not __________.
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Criticize mistakes
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49. Blade-based technology is associated with the ________ paleolithic.
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50. To apply the fitt principles to eating habits we use __________.
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Frequency of eating, intensity of calories contained in foods, times a day that you eat, and types of food you eat
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51. During childbirth, a cephalic presentation means any part of the _______ emerges first.
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52. A trainee who learns best by seeing a demonstration is called a(n) ____.
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Visual learner/nonverbal
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53. With regard to modern contraception, _____ has a failure rate of about 1 in 400 women.
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Depo-provera
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54. The onset of _____ peaks around age 21, with men more likely to develop the disorder than women.
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Schizophrenia
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55. As medical knowledge improved beginning in the 18th century, psychological disorders became ____.
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Less mysterious
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56. A psychologist using a humanistic approach views society as a ____.
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Source of psychological discontent
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57. Elderly people's relationships with members of younger generations _____.
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Are usually positive but can also include tension and conflict
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58. Elderly people are more likely to perceive, prefer, and remember _____ images and experiences.
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59. The defining characteristic of centration is ____ thought.
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Narrowly focused
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60. The concept of childhood as a special period did not exist until the __________ century.
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Seventeenth
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61. Jean piaget believed that children's thinking in one stage is _____ that in another stage.
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Qualitatively different from
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62. Information processing focuses on _________ changes in infants.
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Quantitative.
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63. Infants pay attention to _____ more than anything else.
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64. Preschoolers seem to use __________ play as a way station or a crossroad to new activities.
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65. Prenatal differentiation of sex organs of a fetus in the mother's womb is due to ______.
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Sex hormones
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66. Pregnant women are wise to avoid __________ to reduce the likelihood of mercury exposure.
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Getting X-rays.
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67. Possible consequences of low birthweight include infant death, hearing impairment, and _____.
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Delayed walking
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68. Play assists preschoolers in __________.
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Developing socially, cognitively, and physically
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69. Paternity uncertainty makes it _________ for males, compared with females, to invest in offspring.
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Less profitable
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70. Parents of boys with high self-esteem were likely to be ______.
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None of the above
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71. The emotion that binds parents and children is ______.
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Happiness
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72. In adolescence, self-esteem __________ for most young people.
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73. The deep sorrow that people feel after the death of another is called _____.
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74. In assessing the health of newborns, the _____ identifies high-risk infants who need resuscitation.
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Apgar Scale
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75. In almost every industrialized nation today, _____ are college students.
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More females than males
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76. In the "middle-age spread," women accumulate fat __________, whereas men accumulate it __________.
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Around the waist; on the back
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77. In terms of university enrollment across the world, arnett (2015) found that __________.
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The number of women usually exceeds the number of men
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78. In most non-western developing cultures, ____ is the most important determinant of adult status.
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79. In most industrialized nations today, doctors rely on __________ to signify death.
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Brain death
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80. In middle age, the role of work _____ in peoples lives.
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Is very central
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81. In its most extreme form, __________ parentage results in neglect.
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Uninvolved
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82. People who are shy, quiet, anxious, and dependable exhibit ______ personalities.
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Overcontrolled
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83. Piagets intrigue concerning _____ initially spurred his interest in cognitive development.
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Age-related mistakes in children's responses
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84. In choosing the best day care center for his or her child, a parent should _______.
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Visit a day care center before enrolling a child there
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85. The cause of most learning disorders is ____.
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Genetically based neurological problems
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86. In the united states, __________ is/are the most frequent source of childhood injury.
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Motor vehicle collisions
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87. In piaget's terminology, sensorimotor stage one is described as _____.
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The stage of reflexes
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88. In most nations other than the united states, _____ make(s) decisions regarding public education.
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The central government
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89. Preparedness is often linked to the concept of __________.
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90. In the second stage of grief, people tend to __________.
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Fully experience grief and acknowledge the reality that the separation from the dead person is permanent
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91. Overweight teens are most at risk for developing ____ later in life.
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92. Individuals in late adulthood are more likely to have high status in cultures where _____.
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Extended families are common
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93. In the united states today, _____ percent of all deaths occur in nursing homes.
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94. The elderly use _____ more often for processing information than do younger adults.
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Prior knowledge.
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95. The early 20th-century zeitgeist in science was marked by ____.
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Positivism
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96. Preschool programs are called child-centered when they stress children's _____.
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Development and growth.
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97. Planning, monitoring, and attending to goals are examples of _____ attention.
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Executive.
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98. Peers and _____ influences are believed to be especially important factors in adolescent problems.
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99. Colleges that __________ have a higher percentage of dropouts.
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Do little to help high-risk students
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100. ____ is the preference for using either the right or left hand in gross or fine motor activities.
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Handedness
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101. Just as monkeys do in their rough-and-tumble play, human children _____.
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Look angry
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102. Interaction among __________ promotes moral understanding.
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Peers who present differing viewpoints
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103. Persons who work as sales managers, therapists, and teachers may be high in ____ intelligence.
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Interpersonal
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104. In almost every developed nation today, it is true that _____ are college students.
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More females than males
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105. Today, most never-married older adults are _____.
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About as happy as people in long-term marriages
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106. When healthy babies are born, they usually _____.
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Breathe and cry on their own immediately
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107. When adolescents and their parents disagree, it is usually regarding __________.
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Minor issues, such as music preference or style of dress
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108. The ____________ demonstrates the limits to a three-year-old child's theory of mind.
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False belief task
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109. Shawn was born with fetal alcohol syndrome. shawn's symptoms would be least likely to include ____.
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Missing extremities
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110. Responsiveness to sound begins during ________ development.
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111. Researchers who study biological maturation most likely believe in the _____ theory of development.
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112. Research on infant long-term memory has shown that infants can remember if the researchers _____.
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Use special measures to aid memory retrieval, such as reminders
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113. Research indicates that a majority of adolescent girls in the united states are trying to _____.
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Lose weight
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114. Research has found that child-directed speech is _____.
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Spoken in a high pitch with simple vocabulary and short sentences
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115. A genotype is _____ percent of a person's genetic material.
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116. A gender _____ organizes the world in terms of female and male.
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Schema bias
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117. A fetus whose mother contracts ______ may be born blind, deaf, and brain-damaged.
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118. A fetus begins to respond to sound around _____________ weeks after conception.
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119. A commitment by both parents to cooperate in raising the child is referred to as parental _____.
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120. A child born premature that lives has most likely ____.
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Spent at least 24 weeks inside the womb
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121. A boy's first ejaculation of seminal fluid is called _____.
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Spermarche
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122. A 65-year-old retina receives only about _________ as much light as its former 20-year-old self.
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One-third
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123. __________ increases the chance of sibling conflict.
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Lack of parental involvement
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124. __________ are strongly associated with childhood injury.
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Poverty, single parenthood, and low parental education
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125. _____ memory refers to remembering that occurs without effort or even conscious awareness.
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126. _____ is a process in which nerve cells are covered and insulated with a layer of fat cells.
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Myelination
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127. _____ intelligence increases up to old age.
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Crystallized
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128. Around the age of ____, most children have self-esteem that reflects a(n) ____________________.
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7; global, fairly simple view of themselves.
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129. ____ underscore the social nature of learning in vygotskys theory of cognitive development.
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Scaffolding and the zone of proximal development
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130. ____ refers to positive or negative responses to social interactions.
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Sociability
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131. Women who gain less than 20 pounds are more likely to have babies who are _____.
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Preterm and have low birth weight
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132. The risk of birth complications _____ with in vitro fertilization (ivf).
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Increase slighty.
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133. The most underdeveloped sense at birth is _________.
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134. The major shift to autonomy does not occur until about age _____ or later.
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135. The first comprehensive life-span view was developed by _____.
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Erick Erickson
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136. One of the most common diseases of young children in developed nations is _____.
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Tooth decay
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137. One in every _____ children in the united states develops cancer before the age of 19.
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138. One clear difference between fatherinfant and motherinfant interactions is that _____.
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Babies laugh and smile more with their fathers
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139. Obedience to rules because of the fear of punishment is a characteristic of _______.
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Preconventional morality
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140. Naveen is entering the third stage of childbirth, also known as the _____ stage.
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Postpartum
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141. Midlife is most often a time of ____.
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Midlife crisis
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142. Middle-school-age girls tend to __________; middle-school-age boys tend to __________.
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Play in pairs; develop a dominance hierarchy.
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143. Many developmentalists are concerned that modern children spend too little time _____.
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Focused more on parental attitudes than on the daily interactions between parent and child.
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144. Malorie was born during her mothers 32nd week of pregnancy. malorie would be termed a _____ baby.
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145. Levels of self-esteem in children are highest among children with ________ parents.
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Permissive
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146. Kristen is tested on her mastery of college physics. she is taking a(n) _____.
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Achievement test.
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147. Conflicts between adolescents and their parents tend to be over _______.
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Trivial things
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148. Comprehension of _____ is necessary for children to develop an understanding of conservation.
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149. Compared to neonates, toddlers sleep ____ fewer hours per day.
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150. Compared to first marriages, remarriages tend to be __________ stable.
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151. Child labor has been deemed _____ by the united nations.
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152. A parent and a toddler meet someone who makes the parent nervous. the toddler will probably _____.
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Act anxious
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153. A pace for a regular activity keeps an adolescents heart rate about ____ beats per minute.
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154. _____ studies provide more in-depth developmental information.
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Longitudinal
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155. Early maturation has been shown to increase -----____in females.
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Smoking and drinking
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156. Early childhood is __________ for language learning.
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A sensitive period
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157. During the __________ month of pregnancy, the embryo responds to touch.
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158. During pregnancy, deficiencies in folic acid may result in ____.
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Anencephaly and spina bifida
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159. During middle childhood, children understand all of these aspects of language except _____.
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160. During late adulthood, ______ decreases and _____ increases.
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Speed of information processing / wisdom
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161. During early childhood, on average, girls are _____ than boys.
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Slightly smaller
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162. During early childhood, emotional self-regulation is considered ____.
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One of the major developmental tasks
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163. Emotional reactions, especially those connected to self-awareness, depend in part on _____.
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164. During adolescence, the development of the _____ is faster than that of the _____.
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Limbic system; prefrontal cortex
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165. During adolescence, maturation of the ________ lags behind maturation of the ________.
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Limbic system; frontal lobes
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166. During adolescence, individuals' iq scores _____, whereas their mental abilities _____.
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Remain stable; increase
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167. Dendritic connections between neurons are pared down through synaptic ____.
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168. Dendrite growth is the main reason that brain weight _____ from birth to the age of 2.
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169. Currently in the united states, newborn mortality is about _____.
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1 in 250.
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170. Contemporary views on human development focus on age-related changes that occur ____.
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Across the life span
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171. A father's presence at a child's birth _____.
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Reduces the likelihood of birth complications
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172. A drug will prevent an action potential if it ____.
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Blocks the movement of sodium across the membrane
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173. A "zeitgeber" is a(n) ____.
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Environmental cue that resets a biological clock
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174. __________ is the best available predictor of infant survival and healthy development.
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Birth weight
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175. Ainsworth innovated the __________ method to study attachment.
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Strange situation
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176. Ainsworth concluded that the quality of attachment was based mainly on how ____ the mother was.
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Sensitivity and responsiveness
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177. Aging is most accurately defined as involving _____ in the maturing organism.
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Both negative and positive changes.
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178. Age changes are to age differences as _____ research designs are to _____ research designs.
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Longitudinal; cross-sectional
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179. Developmental psychologists describe prenatal development as occurring in ____.
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All of these
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180. Development is believed to ____.
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Continuous in aspects & discontinuous in others
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181. Children who demonstrate ________ are especially likely to experience academic success.
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Delay of gratification
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182. Childhood or infantile amnesia is defined as the inability to access _____ memories.
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Autobiographical
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183. For most people, social networking has _____ social isolation in emerging adulthood.
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Decreased
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184. Genes with various repeats or deletions of base pairs are referred to as _____.
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Copy number variations
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185. From birth until age 2, dendrites in the cortex increase _____.
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186. Vygotsky is best known for __________________________-.
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The Zone of Proximal Development
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187. The ________________________ protects the personal information of children online.
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Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
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188. Children must be secured in an appropriate child safety seat until they are ______.
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Age eight or 4 feet 9 inches tall
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189. An estimated ______ children are sexually abused each year.
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190. The individual who probably grew up with authoritative parents is _____.
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Paul, who is unhappy and lacks self-control
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191. Vygotskian classrooms are more likely to utilize __________ than piagetian classrooms.
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Peer collaboration
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192. Traditionally in the united states, most private schools were operated by _____.
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The Catholic Church
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193. Holly is taking the pirls, which is the main international test of _____.
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194. Children's growing interest in moral issues is driven by _____.
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195. As early as 3 months, infants prefer and more easily discriminate among __________ than __________.
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Female faces; male faces
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196. An example of a fine motor skill is _____.
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Using scissors to cut paper
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197. Approximately __________ of obese children remain overweight as adults.
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198. Erik eriksons stages of psychosocial development represent _____ adulthood stages.
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199. Deep brain stimulation of the ________ is partially effective in treating ________.
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Subthalamic nucleus; OCD
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200. Fatigue, irritability, and difficulty sustaining attention are all symptoms of ____.
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201. The ________ includes the upper layer of the brain, and the _________ lie(s) below it.
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Cerebral cortex; subcortical levels
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202. The idea of the language acquisition device supports the role of ________ in language development.
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203. The notion that dna regulates the aging process is referred to as the _____.
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Genetic clock
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204. The latest research regarding children raised in lesbian and gay households suggests __________.
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Children develop similarly to children of heterosexual families and are equally well-adjusted.
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205. The _____ is one area that shrinks more than others with aging.
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Prefrontal cortex
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206. On average, emerging adults today show _____ compared to older adults.
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Implicit signs of prejudice
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207. Occupations that are associated with getting things accomplished are called __________.
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. Agentic professions.
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208. Obese adolescents stand a(n) __________ chance of becoming obese adults.
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100 percent
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209. Researchers have primarily used _____ studies to assess stability and change across the life span.
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Longitudinal
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210. The identity crisis of adolescence may interact with the ________ in increasing family conflict.
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Midlife crisis of adults
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211. The idea that ability is innate, a fixed quantity present at birth, is referred to as _____ theory.
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212. The first step in grieving for most survivors in western countries, is ___________.
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Planning a funeral
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213. The rate of adolescent suicide has ___________ in the last 30 years.
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214. Women's __________ may lead them to feel less need to remarry following the death of a spouse.
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Kinkeeper role
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215. The new image of a good father in todays society says that fathers __________.
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Not only take financial responsibility but also are actively involved in child care
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216. The information processing approach is an example of _______ developmental change.
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217. Since 1980, the rate of childhood asthma in the united states has _____.
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218. Of all western nations, __________ has the highest percentage of extremely poor children.
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The United States
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219. Occurrences that people expect are called __________ life events.
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Normative crises
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220. The three dimensions of _____ include effortful control, negative mood, and exuberance.
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Temperament
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221. Henry was just given the five-minute apgar and his score was 4. this means henry is _____.
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In need of emergency medical attention
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222. In a typical military family, income is _____ and _____ is absent.
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Higher; stability
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223. For girls, the usual sequence of physical changes in puberty is _____.
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Nipple growth, the growth spurt, and menarche
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224. Compared with nuclear families, extended families typically _____.
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Include grandparents
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225. According to piaget, a stage-five sensorimotor baby is like a _____.
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Scientist who experiments to see what will happen
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226. A recent study revealed that _____ improves the sleep profile of older adults.
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Regular exercise
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227. A mentor provides ____ learning experiences to mentees.
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On-the-job
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228. For several months after birth, newborns gain approximately _____ per day.
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One ounce
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229. A person's average body mass index (bmi) is the lowest at the ages of _____.
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230. A student might be identified as gifted and talented if he or she has a high iq or _____.
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Divergent thinking skills
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231. Compared with vaginal births, c-section births _____.
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Increases risk of complications after birth
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232. A gender _____ is a child's cognitive concept or general belief about male and female differences.
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233. ______________ is the single most preventable cause of death in industrialized nations.
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Cigarette smoking
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234. _____ are the most noticeable changes in physical appearance in late adulthood.
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Wrinkles and age spots
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235. Sally is born with 47 chromosomes instead of the usual 46. sally's chances of survival are _____.
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236. The work of harry harlow established that _____.
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Contact comfort is more important than feeding in the attachment process
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237. Stage 2 of labor lasts __________ for a first baby and __________ in later births.
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About 50 minutes; 20 minutes
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238. Separation protest is initially displayed around ____ months and peaks at about _____ months.
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239. Condoms are less effective against the spread of _____.
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240. For men, binge drinking is defined as __________ drinks in one sitting.
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5 or more
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241. Exposure to a teratogen during the _____ period is most likely to result in a spontaneous abortion.
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242. Exercise helps protect _____ from serious illness.
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243. Executive function is apparent when _____.
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Denzel concentrates on his reading in class while ignoring all distractions
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244. Women experience menopause; men experience _____.
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Andropause
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245. When robert says, "i have brown eyes and black hair", it reflects robert's _____.
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Self-concept
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246. The ___________________ shape their first words, regardless of the language they speak.
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Experiences children have
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247. Richard considers himself to be gay. this orientation is part of richards _____ identity.
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248. In 2012, an estimated _____ adults in the united states had alzheimer disease.
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5.4 million
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249. In __________, people hold different beliefs and customs from those held by the larger culture.
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Subcultures
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250. If a child successfully resolves erikson's first stage, he or she can be expected to _____.
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Explore his or her world
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251. Identity _____ is the status of individuals who have undergone a crisis and made a commitment.
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Achievement
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252. Identical twins have a _____ genetic similarity and are more likely than ordinary siblings to ____.
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100%; differ in handedness
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253. High school classmates are part of the same _____.
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254. Harm or endangerment about which someone has notified the authorities is called _____.
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Reported maltreatment
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255. Happiness among those who cohabit is associated with national _____.
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Acceptance of cohabitation
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256. Grandparents under 65 are more likely to display a _____ style.
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Fun-seeking
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257. Grandparents are an example of __________ that can promote children's development.
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Third parties
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258. Girls who bully typically _____.
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Use words to attack
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259. Girls who bully tend to use ______ aggression.
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260. Girls who begin puberty late tend to go through the changes at _____ rate.
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261. Genes are arranged in specific locations and in a specific order along __________ chromosomes.
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262. Generally, ____ show the least anxiety about death.
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Older adults
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263. Evan and evelyn are twins but are not genetically identical. they are ________ twins.
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Dizygotic
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264. From about _____, children show autonomous morality.
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10 years of age and older
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265. Mothers who __________ have fewer birth complications and shorter labors.
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Are supported by a trained companion during childbirth
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266. Jills parents set very few limits or boundaries for her. they use a(n) _____ parenting style.
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Permissive
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267. On average, an adult american can expect to lose ____ of lean tissue each year.
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0.5 pounds
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268. During weeks 17-20, quickening occurs, which is when the __________.
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Mother is able to feel the fetus move inside her womb
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269. Atmospheric shortwaves usually move ____ at a speed that is ____ than longwaves.
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West to east; faster
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270. The church modes were ______.
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The basic scales of western music during the Middle Ages
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271. Thomas weelkes's as vesta was descending is notable for its _______.
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Word painting
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272. ________ are defined as states of felt deprivation.
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273. Piaget would place an interesting toy under a cloth, in full view of the baby, to test _____.
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Object permanence
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274. Boys account for about _____ percent of cases of anorexia.
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275. Levinson sees the twenties as a(n) _____ phase of adult development.
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276. Erik erikson's term ____ is what james marcia has termed ____.
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Identity crisis; exploration
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277. Female friendships involve more _____ than male friendships.
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Self disclosure
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278. "jocks" who are good at sports or "druggies" who take drugs are examples of _____.
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279. The ____ parenting style is best described as both controlling and warm.
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Correct Answer:
Authoritative
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280. In middle childhood, the __________ becomes an increasingly important context for development.
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Correct Answer:
Society of peers
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281. _____ processes refer to changes in the individuals thought, intelligence, and language.
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Correct Answer:
Cognitive
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282. _____ are cognitive groupings of similar objects, events, people, or ideas.
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283. In the 1950s, los angeles became famous for its smog. one part of the problem was ________.
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The relative humidity dropped from 100% to 55%
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284. The logistic growth model differs from the exponential growth model in that it _____.
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Correct Answer:
Expresses the effects of population-limiting factors on exponential growth
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285. Output from the amygdala to the ____ modifies approach and avoidance responses.
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Correct Answer:
Prefrontal cortex
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286. During the third stage of group development, ________.
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Correct Answer:
The group demonstrates cohesiveness
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287. The early stages of love have more _____ love ingredients.
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288. The term _____ refers to an individual's behavioral style and characteristic way of responding.
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Correct Answer:
Temperament
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289. The peak of synaptic overproduction in the _____ takes place at around one year of age.
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Correct Answer:
Prefrontal cortex
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290. Intentional harm to or avoidable endangerment of anyone under 18 years of age is considered _____.
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Correct Answer:
Child maltreatment
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291. An adolescent who thinks about the injustice of a situation is in piaget's _____ period.
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Correct Answer:
Formal operational(Formal operational thinkers are capable of abstract, hypothetical thought.)
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292. Infants as young as________ of age can distinguish speech sounds.
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Correct Answer:
One month
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293. Surveys indicate most adults in middle adulthood are afraid of having __________.
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294. In rogers theory of personality, maladjustment is the result of _____.
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Incongruence between self concept and life experiences
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295. In middle childhood, once friendship forms, __________ becomes its defining feature.
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296. Psychosocial development during adolescence involves the search for a(n) _____.
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Correct Answer:
Understanding of oneself
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297. Age-related declines are more apparent in _____ memory than in _____ memory.
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Correct Answer:
Episodic; semantic
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298. __________ commit the vast majority of child abuse incidents.
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299. According to rochel gelman, _____ is especially important in explaining conservation.
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Attention
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300. Some unpopular children are ______, not rejected.
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Correct Answer:
Neglected
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301. Guidelines recommend that preschool children engage in _____ of physical activity per day.
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302. Based on research about sids, caregivers are advised that babies should be _____.
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Correct Answer:
Put to sleep on their backs
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303. According to david elkind, __________ is the heightened sense of self-consciousness in adolescence.
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Correct Answer:
Adolescent egocentrism 358
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304. Research indicates that most individuals progression through kohlbergs stages is ____.
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Correct Answer:
In sequence
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305. Most divorces occur in the _____ year of marriage.
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Correct Answer:
Fifth to tenth
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306. In fetal circulation, the __________ bypasses the liver and the __________ bypasses the lungs.
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Correct Answer:
Ductus venosus; ductus arteriosus
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307. This famous experiment by _____ involved rearing monkeys with two artificial mothers.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Harry Harlow
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308. The same people are restudied and retested over a long period in a ________ study.
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Correct Answer:
Longitudinal
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309. The obvious evolutionary purpose of puberty is to prepare an individual for ____.
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310. Physical exercise helps maintain the ________ protecting the ends of chromosomes.
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Correct Answer:
Telomeres
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311. Kuhl described babies as universal _____ because they can easily recognize differences in sounds.
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Correct Answer:
Linguists
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312. After age 8, girls begin __________ at a faster rate than boys.
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Correct Answer:
Accumulating fat
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313. The term imaginary audience refers to adolescents' _____.
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Correct Answer:
Belief that everyone is watching their behavior and appearance
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314. Young brains are more flexible because they have less __________.
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315. Brain growth is especially dramatic during __________, when the brain more than doubles in size.
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The first year
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316. _____ are tiny gaps, or junctions, between neurons fibers.
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317. During development embryonic cells will fuse to form muscle fibers. this will result in ________.
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Correct Answer:
Multinucleated muscle fibers that can extend as long as 30 centimeters
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318. About _____ of school-age children live in a two-parent family.
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Correct Answer:
Two thirds
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319. The three stages of kaplan's three-stage model are _________.
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Correct Answer:
Desire, excitement, orgasm
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320. To explain a child's development of gender attitudes and roles, behaviorists stress _____.
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Correct Answer:
Reinforcement and punishment
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321. The gender effects of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (cah) on girls cause them to ________.
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Correct Answer:
Engage in many sex-atypical behaviors
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322. The __________ and _________ are folds of tissue that surround the urethral and vaginal openings.
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Correct Answer:
Labia majora; labia minora
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323. In early childhood, __________ aggression __________.
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Correct Answer:
Relational; tends to rise
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324. After children have grown, most couples find that _____.
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Correct Answer:
Their relationships improve
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325. Each of the following is a general principle of developmental psychopathology except _____.
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Correct Answer:
Disability does not change year by year
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326. Most emerging adults think that _____ is the purpose of sex.
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Correct Answer:
Relationship
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327. Infants prefer to stare at _____.
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Correct Answer:
Stuffed animals.
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328. By 24 months, most children are about ____ percent of their adult height.
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329. Between _____ months of age, most infants can lift their midsections and crawl on ?all fours.?
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330. As infants acquire language, they say more _____ than any other parts of speech.
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331. A typical child at 24 months weighs about _____ pounds.
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332. Between ages 2 and 6, most children learn about _____ new words each __________.
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333. A true "drama queen" may well have ______ personality disorder.
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Correct Answer:
Histrionic
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334. The most common nutritional concern during adolescence is __________.
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335. A child's appetite _____ between the ages of 2 and 6.
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Correct Answer:
Decreases.
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336. Friends _____ mental health and _____ physical health.
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Correct Answer:
Strengthen; strengthen
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337. Rough-and-tumble play between boys and fathers may prevent _____ at a later age.
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Correct Answer:
Antisocial behavior
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338. As part of your resistance posture you should portray ______ at all times
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Correct Answer:
Innocence
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339. Ten-year-old india caught lyndsey, her best friend, lying to her mom. india will probably _____.
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Keep quiet about it
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340. Research shows that obesity has caused a dramatic rise in cases of __________ in children.
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341. According to jean piaget, children gain the ability to use _____ during middle childhood.
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342. With respect to child maltreatment, permanency planning is a _____ level of prevention.
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343. With regard to children of divorced parents, all of the following are true except __________.
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Twice as many children of divorced parents enter psychological counseling as children from intact families
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344. Whenever the eyes, ears, tongue, skin, or mouth detect a stimulus, a(n) _____ has occurred.
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Sensation
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345. When children assume that the world is unchanging, they engage in _____.
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Static reasoning
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346. Vygotsky's research is best applied in ___________________________.
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In educational settings by allowing a child to collaborative with a more knowledgeable adult or a peer.
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347. The new emotions that appear toward the end of a child's second year are _____.
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Pride, shame, embarrassment, and guilt.
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348. The incidence of cancer in children has _____ in recent years.
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Slightly increased.
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349. The first motor movements a newborn exhibits are limited to _____.
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350. The dozing, half-awake state often seen in newborns is called _____.
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Transitional sleep
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351. A historical example of the different-equals-deficit error is _____.
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Men perceiving women as intellectually inferior
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352. ____________ is the period in which parents and children jointly control children's behavior.
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Coregulation
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353. Research shows that a child is most likely to be a victim of bullying if the child is _____.
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Withdrawn-rejected
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354. Research indicates that toddlers with proximal mothers were more ______ but less _______.
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Compliant; self aware
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355. Pubic hair, breasts, facial hair, and deepening of the voice are called _____.
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Secondary sex characteristics
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356. Preoperational thinking is all of the following except _____.
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357. Most adults reach their peak physical development during their _____.
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358. In terms of visual acuity, newborns _____.
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Possess 20/20 vision
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359. Compared with mothers, fathers are more likely to make their infants _____.
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360. Children whose parents __________ typically do well in delaying gratification.
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Encourage selective and sustained ...
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361. Children who __________ develop a sense of academic self-efficacy.
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Acquire effective self-regulatory skills.
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362. Children acting as parents and trying to take care of everyone is called _____.
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Parentification
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363. Between 6 and 12 years of age, gains in __________ lead to quicker and more accurate movements.
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364. Almost all social networking engaged in by adolescents is between adolescents _____.
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Who are friends
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365. According to piaget, children are first able to __________ in middle childhood.
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Seriation.
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366. Adolescent egocentrism is best characterized by _____.
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A personal fable and an imaginary audience
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367. Secure attachment makes a toddler _____.
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Want to talk a lot.
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368. Research on younger and older adolescents' analytic thinking indicated that _____.
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Most adolescents do no think as analytically as their capabilities allow.
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369. Preschoolers with warm parents who use induction are __________ likely to __________.
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Refrain from wrongdoing,
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370. Peak fertility occurs _____ years after activated gonads produce mature ova and sperm.
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Four to six
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371. One of the first signs of the growth spurt is _____.
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Growth of fingers and toes
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372. Most research regarding marital satisfaction __________.
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Substantiates the
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373. Jason and justin are twins and are genetically identical. they are __________ twins.
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374. In middle childhood, __________ contributes to the development of trust and sensitivity.
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Friendships
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375. Immaturity of the _____ makes young children impulsive.
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Prefrontal cortex
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376. Fathers engage in more _____ than mothers do.
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Rough-and-tumble play.
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377. During middle childhood, children begin to understand the role of _____ in language.
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Metacognition
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378. Due to smell recognition, babies prefer to sleep _____.
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Nuzzled into their caregiver's chest
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379. Children who lack __________ reach an average mature height of only 4 to 4? feet.
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Growth hormone
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380. Children show evidence of memory as early as _____ months of age.
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381. Children as young as _____ old exhibit signs of the own-race effect.
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382. Children about age _____ can be toilet trained because of frontal lobe development.
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383. At all ages, __________ develops ahead of __________.
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Overextension; underextension
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384. At 6 weeks of age, baby jessica's newest emotional reaction is most likely to be _____.
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Social smile
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385. As teens move through adolescence, __________.
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Freedom increases, but so does responsibility
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386. According to piaget, during ________, children create new schemes or adjust old ones.
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Accommodation.
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387. Approximately _____ percent of gay men are parents.
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388. The ability to multiply two numbers together falls under _____ development.
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Cognitive
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389. Tertiary prevention begins _____ an injury.
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390. Stranger anxiety peaks around _____
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15 months
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391. The number of children diagnosed and treated for adhd has _____ in recent decades.
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Increased substantially
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392. __________ parenting is correlated with unrealistically high self-esteem.
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Indulgent
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393. Unhappiness with one's physical appearance is a _____ phenomenon.
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Aggressive-rejected,
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394. Fluid intelligence is to _____ as crystallized intelligence is to ________,
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Creative intelligence.
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395. Because emotional regulation requires practice, maturation, and work, it is referred to as _____.
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Effortful control
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396. _____ reflects an individual's personal investment in identity.
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Commitment
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397. Today, the most notable digital divide is based on _____.
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398. Writing your name is a _____, whereas kicking a ball is a(n) _____.
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Fine motor skill; gross motor skill
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399. Traditional models of formal operational thinking value _____ thought and devalue _____ thought.
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Objective; subjective
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400. The wear-and-tear theory of aging is weakened by the fact that _____.
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Many body functions benefit from use
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401. The most successful approach to child rearing is a(n) __________ style.
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Authoritative
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402. The knowledge that things can be arranged in a logical order is the logical principle of _____.
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Seriation
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403. Rates of ever experiencing major depressive disorder range from _____ percent for adolescents.
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404. Perry found that over the four years of their college careers, students typically _____.
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Move through nine levels of complexity in their thinking
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405. Compared to men, women have a higher incidence of _____ disorders during middle adulthood.
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Nonfatal chronic
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406. Approximately _____ percent of u.s. women are estimated to develop bulimia nervosa.
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407. Anorexia nervosa is about _____ likely to occur in females than males.
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10 times more likely
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408. According to vaillant, __________ is a major preoccupation of midlife.
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Passing the torch
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409. Research suggests that __________ and __________ are important contributors to homosexuality.
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Genetic factors; prenatal biological influences
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410. Erik erikson saw the major challenge of middle adulthood as that of ______.
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Ego-integrity-versus-despair stage
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411. A boy's first ejaculation of seminal fluid is called _____.. penis growth
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Penis growth
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412. Emotional regulation is influenced by maturation, learning, and _____.
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413. Research found that 3-year-olds _____ were better at recognizing differences in newborn faces.
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With younger siblings
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414. In menopause, production of _____ by the ovaries declines dramatically.
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415. In a typical family, the kinkeeper is most apt to be _____.
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A young adult son
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416. Advances in the _____ of the brain are linked to children's _____.
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Prefrontal cortex; improved attention, reasoning and cognitive control
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417. In the twenty-first century, early puberty positively correlates with _____.
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Aggression and antisocial behavior in boys.
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418. Approximately 12 percent of u.s. couples are _____.
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Infertile.
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419. According to noam chomsky, all children have a __________ device that contains a universal grammar.
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Language acquisition
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420. A child who can adapt effectively in the face of threats is demonstrating _____.
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Resiliency
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421. Fast-mapping allows a child to be exposed to a word _________ before remembering it.
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422. Use the ________ attribute on a
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423. Children who lack self-control are most likely to have parents who have the ______ parenting style.
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Permissive
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424. Career development is related to _____ in adolescents and emerging adults.
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Ethnocentrism
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425. Most u.s. high schools emphasize learning based on _____, which is developmentally appropriate.
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Formal thinking
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426. All of the following factors drive children's growing interest in moral issues except _____.
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Antipathy
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427. A person trying to develop higher self-esteem should attempt to choose friends who __________.
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Accept who you are
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428. _____ makes children believe that they will be good at anything they try to do.
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Protective optimism
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429. The medication that reduces hypertension in middle-aged adults can _____ for the oldest-old.
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Be counterproductive
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430. The more successful therapy for eating disorders during adolescence appears to be _____.
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Family based therapy
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431. The mortality rate of emerging adults is _____ the mortality rate of adolescents.
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More than twice
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432. A recent study found that about _____ of u.s. high school seniors had tried alcohol.
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433. The ortho evra contraceptive skin patch is worn for _______________ before being replaced.
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434. ____ order arranges labels in reverse alphabetical order, from a to z
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Descending
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435. New concepts are best learned when they are connected to _____.
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What is already known about a subject.
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436. Three-month-old jefferson will probably listen longer to __________ than to __________.
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Human speech; nonspeech sounds
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437. The specialization of the functioning of the two halves of the brain is called _____.?
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Lateralization
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438. The individual most likely to have grown up with authoritative parents is _____.
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Raquel, who is happy
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439. The idea that child maltreatment is rare and perpetuated by disturbed strangers _____.
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Has been disproved by research
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440. Some children of every ethnicity are classified as _____, based on their proficiency in english.
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441. Of the different types of aggression, the most worrisome is _____.
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442. __________ is/are vital in managing emotion in early childhood.
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Effortful control
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443. Piaget stressed the _____, whereas vygotsky stressed the _____.
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Child's own discovery of concepts; importance of instruction by others.
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444. Choose all that apply: the bobo doll experiment provides empirical support to ___________________.
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The Social Learning theory
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445. _____ is defined as the ability to base logical reasoning on a hypothetical premise.
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Naïve idealism
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446. Fatal disease is _____ worldwide during emerging adulthood.
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447. According to kübler-ross, sadness based on events that have already occurred is called __________.
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Denial.angel
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448. Developmentalists define the preschool period as ages __________.
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Three to six years
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449. Two aspects of family closeness during adolescence are _____.
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Support and connectedness
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450. According to the styles of love theory, storge love is characterized by _______.
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Friendship
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451. Co-sleeping may be harmful to the baby if the mother _____.
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Has been drinking.
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452. Gilligan's major criticism of kohlberg's stages of moral development is that they _____.
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Emphasized male values over female values
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453. Hyphae with two nuclei per cell are called __________.
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Dikaryotic
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454. Adults who were low-birthweight babies have higher rates of _____.
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455. With some exceptions, adolescent boys use ____ drugs, and use them ______ often, than girls do.
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More; more
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456. The power of the invincibility fable may be observed in _____.
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Young military recruits who hope to be sent into combat.
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457. According to the seattle longitudinal study, the five primary mental abilities _____ around age 60.
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458. According to labouvie-vief, _____ describes the cognitive development of the emerging adult.
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Complex, integrated, logical thinking
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459. Earl, age 50, is terminally ill. he is primarily focused on _____.
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A fear of leaving something undone.
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460. The peak rate of pubertal change occurs at _____ years for girls and _____ years for boys.
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461. The irreversible changes that naturally occur with time are called ______ aging.
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462. Erikson argued that each of his stages presents a(n) ________ that the individual must resolve.
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463. During emerging adulthood, self-esteem and happiness _____ for most people.
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Increase.
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464. Developmentalists consider _____ to be "developmentally regressive."
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Correct Answer:
Middle schools
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465. Abstinence-only sex-education programs _____ the adolescents' engagement in sexual activity.
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Have no impact on
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466. About _____ percent of all new cases of stis worldwide occur in people under the age of 26.
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467. The term holophrase is used to denote _____.
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The infant's use of one word to express a whole thought
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468. Social smiling occurs as early as ________ of age in response to a caregiver's voice.
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Correct Answer:
4-6 weeks
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469. Research on taxi drivers in london indicates that drivers with more experience _____.
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Had a brain that adjusted to the need for a particular kind of ...
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470. Behaviors that involve small body movements are known as _____ motor skills.
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471. Research demonstrates that only children __________ compared to children with siblings.
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Are higher in self-esteem and achievement motivation
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472. Over- and underextension are best associated with the ____ aspect of language.
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473. John bowlby argued that infants develop a(n) _____ model of attachment.
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Internal working
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474. In several studies, affluent teenagers were __________ likely than low-ses youths to __________.
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More; report high levels of anxiety and depression.
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475. Among college-educated young adults, kohlberg's stage _____ reasoning is the typical response.
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476. Adults tend to be ______ when their children are adolescents than the past generation.
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477. About _____ percent of grandparents in the united states are raising grandchildren.
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478. About _____ college men admit to forcing sexual activity.
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Correct Answer:
A quarter of.
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479. Free-floating anxiety refers to anxiety that is ________.
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Generalized anxiety
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480. Ovulation tends to occur _____ of the menstrual cycle.
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Correct Answer:
Within the first week
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481. Research indicates that achievement in middle childhood is _____ teacher and parent expectations.
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Impacted by
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482. Sociodramatic play helps children to develop _____ when they act out fear, bravery, and fury.
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Correct Answer:
Emotional regulation.
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483. Piaget believed that in middle childhood, children are in the cognitive period of _____ thought.
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Concrete operational
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484. The aspect of hearing that declines most significantly in midlife is the ability to __________.
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Hear high-pitched tones
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485. The area in the brain that plans, anticipates, and controls impulses is the _____ cortex.
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Correct Answer:
Prefrontal
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486. With regards to teaching mathematics, research finds that __________ is most beneficial.
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Correct Answer:
a blend of drill in computing and "number sense"
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487. The time in a woman's life when menstruation ends is called ____.
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Correct Answer:
Menopause
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488. Males begin producing sperm ____, whereas females produce ova ____.
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Correct Answer:
At puberty; while in the womb
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489. During intercourse, _____ million or more sperm are released.
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250 million
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490. Adolescent acne is usually caused by _____.
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Correct Answer:
An increase in skin oils and sweat
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491. A(n) _____ that carries the chromosomes x and y is male, and one with two x chromosomes is female.
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492. ________ is the dominant hormone in males, whereas ________ is the dominant hormone in females.
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Testosterone; estradiol
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493. In contrast to piaget, vygotsky emphasized the role of _______ during development.
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Social interactions
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494. Gross motor skills are to fine motor skills as _____ is to _____.
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Throwing;writing
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495. Family conflict and stress _____.
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Correct Answer:
May contribute to an early onset of puberty
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496. Research shows that men prefer to date women who are in ____ careers.
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Traditional
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497. Most well-educated, career-oriented women expect a(n) __________ marriage.
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Egalitarian
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498. From puberty until menopause, a female will ovulate about every ____ days.
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499. From ages 3 to 6, the typical american child grows ____ inches per year and adds ____ pounds.
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500. Type 2 diabetes often goes undiagnosed in overweight children and teens because _____.
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Correct Answer:
There are frequently no symptoms
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501. Two of the most notable aspects of postformal thinking in emerging adulthood are ____.
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Correct Answer:
Pragmatism and reflective judgment
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502. The discrepancy between the actual and the ideal self is the greatest during ____.
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Correct Answer:
Mid-adolescence
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503. The concept of childhood as a special period did not exist during the ________ century.
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Correct Answer:
Seventeenth
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504. In its study of growth, change, and stability, lifespan development takes a(n) ______ approach.
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Correct Answer:
Scientific.
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505. What happens for women in many cultures during midlife? there is a rise in ____.
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Correct Answer:
All of these
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506. Vygotsky's theory emphasizes how _____ guides cognitive development.
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Culture and social interaction.
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507. Vygotsky saw __________ as the foundation for all higher cognitive processes.
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Language.
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508. Vygotsky differs from piaget in how he stresses the importance of _____ for cognitive development.
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Children's interactions with other people
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509. Only _____ of stepfamily couples stay remarried.
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One-third.
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510. The __________ perspective regards children as active thinkers about social rules.
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Social learning
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511. The 20s is a time of___________.
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Peak physical health
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512. Self-esteem takes on a __________ structure in the mid-elementary school years.
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Hierarchical.
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513. Lily is 21 inches long and weighs 8 pounds at birth. she is __________ than the average newborn.
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Longer and heavier
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514. Girls typically experience the adolescent growth spurt _____ than do boys.
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2 years earlier
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515. Freud claimed that during the anal stage _____.
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Infants find pleasure in stimulating and controlling the bowels
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516. During toddlerhood, as at all ages, ____ in language development.
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Production lags behind comprehension
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517. Children improve in their emotional self-regulation in part because their ____ requires it.
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Environment
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518. By the time they enter first grade, it is estimated that children know about _____ words.
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519. Authoritarian parents are ________ disciplinarians and they are ________ with punishment.
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Strict; quick
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520. Animal ethologist _____ conducted classic studies of imprinting among newborn goslings.
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Konrad Lorenz
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521. Jean piaget is best known for his pioneering work in the area of _____ development.
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Cognitive
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522. In general, a professional athlete's physical edge tends to decline when __________.
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523. Early brain development is distinguished by the steep increase in ____.
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Synaptic density
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524. Children of _____ parents tend to be socially competent, self-reliant, and socially responsible.
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Permissive
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525. By the end of his or her first year, the typical infant ____.
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Triples his or her body weight
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526. Approximately _____ percent of lesbians are parents.
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527. Wom works best on inherently __________ products.
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Expensive
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528. With the transition to toddlerhood, attraction to __________ declines and __________ improves.
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Novelty; sustained attention
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529. With age, children become better at ignoring ________________ stimuli.
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Irrelevant
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530. When toddlers say ""meh"" for milk, ""na-na"" for banana and ""dah"" for dog, they are using ____.
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Poor speech
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531. The youngest age at which most colleges label an individual as a returning adult student is ____.
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532. The years from 2 to 6 are often called ?the __________ years.?
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533. The immune system and the central nervous system both rely on _____ mediators for communication.
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534. The imaginary audience involves ________, whereas the personal fable involves ________.
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Preoccupation with self; uniqueness of self
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535. The phrase, ?interest but no interaction,? best describes ____ play.
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536. The philosophy of ______________ emphasizes personal identity and the uniqueness of the individual.
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Individualistic orientation
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537. For most children, ________ is/are reasonable predictors of school performance.
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IQ scores
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538. An individual's _____ provides an example of developmental continuity.
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Personality
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539. According to erikson, when a person is in his/her 30s, intimacy is related to __________.
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The degree of selflessness or sacrifice of one's own needs for those of another
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540. According to erikson, the major personality attainment of adolescence is __________.
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541. According to erikson, a mother who __________ is likely to promote autonomy in toddlerhood.
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Correct Answer:
Gives a child an extra five minutes to finish playing before they leave the park
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542. According to baltes, __________ decline with age, whereas __________ may actually improve.
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Correct Answer:
Cognitive mechanics; cognitive pragmatics
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543. According to james marcia's definition, commitment is __________.
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A psychological investment in a course of action or an ideology.
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544. Children with oppositional defiant disorder show abnormalities in the _____.
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545. Children typically begin to exhibit simple social play around ____ months of age.
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546. Between early and later childhood, schemes tend to have more ____ properties.
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Correct Answer:
Abstract.
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547. Preconventional moral reasoning is based on ____ forces.
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548. Infants who display secure attachment _____.
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Correct Answer:
Use their caregiver as a secure bass from which to explore the environment
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549. Infants develop behavioral schemes, whereas children develop _____ schemes.
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550. School-age children use frequent __________ in their self-descriptions.
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Social comparisons.
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551. Preconventional morality is to postconventional morality as ________ is to ________.
Answer
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Self-interest; ethical principles
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552. ____ ability involves the realization that a solution will actually work.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Practical
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553. Research indicates that some ____% of couples suffer from infertility.
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554. During adolescence, gender intensification is often considerably stronger in ____.
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Correct Answer:
Traditional cultures than in the West
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555. Kohlberg used the label ____ when referring to the first level of moral reasoning.
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Correct Answer:
Preconventional
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556. Postconventional morality involves _____.
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The careful consideration of all options
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557. Older adulthood emotional experience is characterized by _____ emotions.
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Correct Answer:
Fewer negative
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558. On average, adults remarry within _____ year(s) after their divorce.
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559. Researcher gisela labouvie-vief promoted _________, and piaget believed in ________.
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Postformal thought; formal operations.
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560. Research indicates that preschoolers spend approximately ________ reading on the average day.
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561. In peck's developmental stages, body transcendence refers to __________.
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Correct Answer:
Moving beyond physical changes
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562. Caregivers who view play as mere entertainment are __________ likely to __________.
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Correct Answer:
Less; encourage pretend play than those who value its cognitive and social benefits
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563. Follow-ups reveal that __________ are especially prone to lasting difficulties.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Early-maturing girls
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564. Expressions of emotion called nonverbal ___________ are fairly consistent among people of all ages.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Nonverbal encoding
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565. In a study, almost 50 percent of high school dropouts cited _____ reasons for leaving school.
Answer
Correct Answer:
School-related
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566. Current evidence pinpoints __________ as a ""toxic"" ingredient of the type a behavior pattern.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Hostility
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567. Approach and avoidance responses are modified by output from the amygdala to the ____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Prefrontal cortex
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568. Hospice care is expensive because it _____.
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Is labor-intensive
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569. Emerging adulthood is when most people move toward making definite, long-term choices in ____.
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Correct Answer:
Love and work
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570. Being single offers the potential advantage of _____, but the potential disadvantage of _____.
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Correct Answer:
Self-reliance; lack of intimacy
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571. For exploring the environment, humans depend on __________ more than any other sense.
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572. Ethan is an award-winning swimmer. his desire to compete and win is part of his need for ________.
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Correct Answer:
Achievement
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573. Erikson's basic principle for understanding development was the __________ principle.
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Correct Answer:
Epigenetic
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574. Erikson proposed that middle-aged adults face a significant issue which he termed _____.
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Correct Answer:
Generativity versus stagnation
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575. Compared to childhood, self-esteem ____ during adolescence, then ____ during emerging adulthood.
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Correct Answer:
Declines; rises
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576. Choose all that apply: bonobos have shown that they can communicate ___________________________.
Answer
Correct Answer:
All of these
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577. _________ is assistance and comfort supplied by a network of caring, interested people.
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Social support
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578. _____ play occurs when children engage in the self-regulated creation of a product or a solution.
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Correct Answer:
Constructive
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579. About half of individual differences in temperament have been attributed to __________.
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Correct Answer:
Genetic makeup
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580. A secure infant attachment predicts _____________ during later childhood.
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Correct Answer:
More capable peer interactions
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581. The basic underlying, inevitable aging process called senescence is also known as ____________.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Primary aging
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582. Rodlike structures called ______________ store and transmit genetic information.
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Correct Answer:
Chromosomes
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583. When a baby acts upset because a caregiver is about to leave, the baby is exhibiting _____.
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Correct Answer:
Separation anxiety.
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584. According to carol gilligan, kohlberg's theory puts _____ at the heart of morality.
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585. Both __________ and __________ stress changes in thinking.
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Correct Answer:
Cognitive-developmental theory; information processing
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586. When children are not changing much cognitively, they __________ more than they __________.
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Assimilate; accommodate
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587. Theories can do all of the following except _____.
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Correct Answer:
Solve developmental problems
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588. The iqs of 96 percent of individuals fall between _____ and _____.
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589. Piaget is to cognitive development as erikson is to ________ development.
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Psychosocial
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590. Piaget believed that the earliest schemes are limited to ________ that we have when we are born.
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591. Maturation is to education as ________ is to ________.
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Correct Answer:
Nature; nurture
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592. Mary ainsworth observed that securely attached infants ________.
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Correct Answer:
Cry if the mother leaves the room, are easily soothed, and welcome her back when she returns
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593. Jeremy is 17 years old. according to erikson, his chief task will be acquiring a sense of ________.
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594. Individualism is to collectivism as ________ is to ________.
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Correct Answer:
Independence; interdependence
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595. In the context of creative thinking, _____ produces many solutions to the same problem.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Divergent thinker
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596. If a child is exposed to the ""strange situation,"" then he or she _______.
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Correct Answer:
Will be left with a stranger or alone in an unfamiliar situation
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597. Finish the sentence: the concept of object permanence___________________
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Correct Answer:
Is universal
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598. Each u.s. state selects and educates gifted and talented students. across the country _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
The selection and education processes can be different
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599. Compared with securely attached infants, avoidant babies tend to receive __________ care.
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Overstimulating, intrusive
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600. Children whose parents have an authoritarian parenting style can be ________.
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Correct Answer:
Anxious, withdrawn, and unhappy
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601. By the age of _________, children are well aware of gender roles.
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602. Between the ages of 24 months and 6 years, the average child will gain _____ in height.
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603. At birth, newborns seem most responsive to ________.
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Correct Answer:
High pitches and low pitches
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604. According to piaget, during times of rapid cognitive change, children are in a state of ________.
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Correct Answer:
Disequilibrium
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605. According to erikson, people engage in the process of life review in the _____ stage.
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Correct Answer:
Ego-integrity vs. despair
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606. __________, infants can focus on objects about as well as adults can.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Around 2 months
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607. ________ is the process of selecting experiences based on temperament.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Niche-picking
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608. Adolescent membership in particular cliques and crowds is often determined by __________.
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Correct Answer:
The degree of similarity between members of the group
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609. According to freud, boys in the third psychoanalytic stage of development _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Secretly want to replace their fathers
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610. The term norm communicates _____.
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Correct Answer:
A common behavior that results from biological or social pressure
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611. According to piaget, around age 11 young people enter the __________ stage.
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Correct Answer:
Formal operational
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612. According to gilligan, girls view morality in all the terms below except __________.
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Correct Answer:
Broad principles of justice and fairness
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613. Aging that results from disease, abuse, and disuse is called ______________ aging.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Secondary
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614. The frontal lobes become fully developed ________.
Answer
Correct Answer:
By 25 years old
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615. A ball thrown by a(n) __________ travels an average speed of 29 feet per second.
Answer
Correct Answer:
6-year-old girl.
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616. __________ have a harder time regulating __________ emotion.
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Correct Answer:
Boy;negative
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617. A 6-year-old child with a mental age of 6 would have an iq of _____.
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618. One in _____ u.s. children are being raised by single parents.
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619. _____ theory examines development by connecting biological and social growth.
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Correct Answer:
Psychoanalytic
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620. Development described as head to tail is _____; trunk out is ________.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Cephalocaudal; proximodistal
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621. Sally's mental age is 12, but her chronological age is 9. sally's iq is _____.
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622. Many teens get their first job during adolescence, which __________.
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Correct Answer:
Teaches workplace skills and etiquette
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623. Many of the reflexes that infants are born with have ________ value.
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624. Many more americans attend college today than in the 1900s, which best exemplifies ________.
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Correct Answer:
Cohort Effects
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625. Currently in the united states, _____ of adults are overweight.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Two-thirds
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626. _____ is at work in perspective taking.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Executive functioning
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627. An individual's ability to adjust his or her schemas to new information is called _____.
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Correct Answer:
Accommodation
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628. _____ involves knowing about knowing.
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Correct Answer:
Metacognition
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629. A toddler with secure attachment _____.
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Correct Answer:
Is willing to explore
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630. Young adults who return to live in the homes of their middle-aged parents are called __________.
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Correct Answer:
Boomerang children
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631. With the transition to early childhood, many children __________.
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Correct Answer:
Become unpredictable, picky eaters
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632. Female breasts are to ___________ as male testes are to ___________.
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Correct Answer:
Secondary sex characteristics; primary sex characteristics
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633. Anna, a one year old, fears being away from her mother. it appears that anna has _______.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Separation anxiety
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634. The concept of __________ is characteristic of __________ theories.
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Correct Answer:
Stages; discontinuous
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635. A child's passion for continuity and sameness is normal at about _____ year(s) of age.
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636. The ________ aspect is at the forefront of emotion in infancy.
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Correct Answer:
Communication.
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637. Child-centered programs are often influenced by the theories of _____ and _____.
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Correct Answer:
Piaget; Vygotsky
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638. In collectivistic cultures, the emphasis is placed on ____.
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Correct Answer:
Family, the kinship group, and the ethnic group
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639. Eric learned in his college biology class that, with respect to the sex chromosomes, the _____.
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Correct Answer:
X chromosome is larger than the Y chromosome and has more genes
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640. Charles darwin's theory of evolution emphasized __________ and __________.
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Correct Answer:
Natural selection; survival of the fittest
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641. For infancy, the central crisis in erikson's theory is ____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Trust vs. mistrust
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642. The development of formal operations in adolescence leads to _______.
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Correct Answer:
Introspection and egocentrism
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643. When capable of concrete operational thought, children _____.
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Correct Answer:
Are limited to intuitive, perceptual focusing
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644. The information-processing theory was inspired by the knowledge of how _____ function.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Computers
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645. Research indicates that stress can produce direct physiological effects such as __________.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Elevated blood pressure
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646. Pruning is the process by which _____.
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Correct Answer:
Unused connections between neurons are eliminated
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647. Logical extension involves _____.
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Linking a newly learned word to other objects in the same category
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648. Expressions of __________ are less frequent than __________.
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Correct Answer:
Sadness; anger
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649. According to current research, the brain has ____.
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Correct Answer:
Complex pathways for processing language that connect Broca's and Wernicke's areas to other cortical areas involved in cognition
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650. If–then propositions require _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Hypothetical thought
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651. The ability to think abstractly or hypothetically occurs in piaget's _____ stage.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Formal operational
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652. Preconventional moral reasoning is to conventional moral reasoning as _____ is to _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Self-interest; social relationships
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653. Phonology is to _____ as morphology is to _____.
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Correct Answer:
Sound; meaning
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654. Operant conditioning emphasizes ________ whereas classical conditioning emphasizes ________.
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Correct Answer:
Active learning; passive learning
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655. Older adults in developed countries __________.
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Correct Answer:
Are the wealthiest segment of the population
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656. Newborns can only really focus on things that are about _____ from them.
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8 to 12 inches
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657. Newborns prefer _____.
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Their mother's language more than any other language
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658. Most psychologists agree that defense mechanisms _____.
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Correct Answer:
Can be healthy when not used excessively
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659. Kohlberg viewed moral development as based on ____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Cognitive development
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660. Individualistic culture is to independent self as collectivistic culture is to __________ self.
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Correct Answer:
Interdependent
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661. In researching cross-sex friendships, dr. danek has found that they are _____.
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662. Gender schema theory is to _____ as social learning theory is to _____.
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Correct Answer:
Cognitive categories; reinforcement, punishment, and modeling
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663. Feelings of dislike or even hatred for another person are known as _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Antipathy
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664. During the sensorimotor stage, _____ are the raw materials for infant cognition.
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Correct Answer:
Words and language
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665. During the preconventional level of moral development _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
All of these options
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666. During prenatal development, teratogens _____.
Answer
Correct Answer:
Increase the risk of prenatal abnormalities
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667. Developmental psychologists contend that development is the product of _____.
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Correct Answer:
The complex interaction of nature and nurture
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668. Crystallized intelligence tends to _____ with age.
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669. Conventional morality involves _____.
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Following what parents, teachers, and peers do
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670. Conservation is to concrete operations as _____ is to preoperational thinking.
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Egocentrism
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671. Bob has just been diagnosed with diabetes. his diagnosis will contribute to the _____ rate.
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Morbidity
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672. As many as _____ of older adults with depressive symptoms receive no treatment at all.
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80 percent
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673. After age 8, girls __________ than boys.
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Begin accumulating fat at a faster rate
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674. According to the textbook, a form of prenatal sex selection involves __________.
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Consuming only specific diets prior to conception to encourage fertilization of the egg by Y or X carrying sperms, accordingly
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675. According to piaget, adolescents are in the _____ stage of cognitive development.
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Formal operational
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676. According to b. f. skinner, behaviors that are _____ will be learned.
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Reinforced
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677. According to abraham maslow, all people _____.
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Have the same basic needs and drives.
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678. A personality difference can be caused by a difference in ______.
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679. A person's understanding of the thoughts of other people is called _____.
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Theory of mind
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680. A child's typical activity during the oral stage is _____.
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Sucking on a pacifier
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681. __________people more often report depressive feelings than __________ people.
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Young adults; middle-aged
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