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Question 1 0 out of 1 points

At the preconventional level of Kohlberg's stages of moral development, individuals decide right and wrong based on: Selected Answer: individual ethical principles. Answers:

society's laws. a sense of duty. individual ethical principles. punishments or rewards.

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Question 2 1 out of 1 points

_____ is the specialization of function in one hemisphere of the brain or the other. Selected Answer: Lateralization Answers:

Bicameralism Selective optimization Lateralization Ambidexterity

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Question 3 0 out of 1 points

"Out of sight, out of mind" can describe the behavior of a child who has not mastered the concept of: Selected Answer: conservation. Answers:

conservation. separation anxiety. attachment. object permanence.

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Question 4 1 out of 1 points

Puberty marks the onset of: Selected Answer: adolescence. Answers:

middle childhood. adolescence. infancy. gender identification.

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Question 5 0 out of 1 points

If children cannot grasp the concept of conservation, they are unable to: Selected Answer: think intuitively. Answers:

make judgments based on gut feelings. think intuitively. recognize that the quantity of a substance remains the same despite changes in its shape. represent their world with words, images, and drawings.

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Question 6 1 out of 1 points

Infant attachment is defined as the close emotional bond between an infant and: Selected Answer: its caregivers. Answers:

other infants. strangers. its caregivers. its environment.

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Question 7 1 out of 1 points

According to developmental psychologists, nature refers to: Selected Answer: an individual's biological inheritance. Answers:

an individual's environmental experiences. an individual's social experiences. an individual's biological inheritance. an individual's emotional characteristics.

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Question 8 0 out of 1 points

If 20-year-old Peter is unsure of what he should do with his life and where he fits in, Erikson would most likely agree that Peter did not successfully complete the stage of: Selected Answer: autonomy versus shame and doubt. Answers:

intimacy versus isolation. generativity versus stagnation. autonomy versus shame and doubt. identity versus identity confusion.

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Question 9 1 out of 1 points

In Harry Harlow's classic attachment study, they found that monkeys:

Selected Answer: were more attached to artificial mothers who were warm and soft. Answers:

were more attached to artificial mothers who provided milk. were more attached to artificial mothers who were warm and soft. displayed no preference for either cloth or wire mothers. preferred wire mothers over cloth ones.

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Question 10 1 out of 1 points

Which of the following is a difference between older and younger adults? Selected Answer:

Older adults tend to not do as well as younger adults in most aspects of memory.

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Younger adults are usually wiser than older adults. Older adults process information faster than younger adults. Older adults tend to not do as well as younger adults in most aspects of memory. Younger adults usually take longer than older adults to remember information about world knowledge.

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Question 11 1 out of 1 points

According to Piaget, accommodation refers to: Selected Answer: the adjustment of current schemas in order to make sense of new experiences. Answers:

the parental efforts made to include new children in an existing family structure. the incorporation of new information into existing knowledge. the developmental changes in a child's behavior that facilitate social acceptance by peers. the adjustment of current schemas in order to make sense of new experiences.

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Question 12 0 out of 1 points

Assimilation allows the person to enjoy a feeling of meaning, because: Selected Answer: new experiences create new schemas. Answers:

it modifies current ways of thinking. new experiences create new schemas. experiences fit into his or her preexisting schemas. it makes sense of life's previously incomprehensible events.

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Question 13 0 out of 1 points

Jason is working on a problem for his science class and is systematically going over every possible outcome. Jason is in the _____ stage of cognitive development.

Selected Answer: concrete operational Answers:

sensorimotor formal operational concrete operational preoperational

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Question 14 1 out of 1 points

Which of the following terms means that even in the face of adversity, a person shows signs of positive functioning? Selected Answer: Resilience Answers:

Assimilation Accommodation Resilience Integrity

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Question 15 1 out of 1 points

Which of the following best defines teratogen? Selected Answer: It is any agent that causes a birth defect. Answers:

It is any agent that causes a birth defect. It is a drug that enhances the growth of a fetus. It is any chemical that contains an alcohol group. It is a term used to describe all microorganisms that cause fatal diseases.

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Question 16 1 out of 1 points

The ability to multiply two numbers together falls under _____ development. Selected Answer: cognitive Answers:

physical cognitive socio-emotional personality

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Question 17 1 out of 1 points

The _____ technique in studying infant perception involves searching for a reliable preference for one stimulus over another.

Selected Answer: preferential looking Answers:

habituation preferential looking object permanence non-differential perception

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Question 18 1 out of 1 points

Which psychologist articulated the steps of cognitive development from infancy to adulthood? Selected Answer: Piaget Answers:

Maslow Piaget Erikson Kohlberg

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Question 19 1 out of 1 points

The main class of male sex hormones is: Selected Answer: androgens. Answers:

estrogens. androgens. estradiol. cortisol.

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Question 20 1 out of 1 points (Extra Credit)

The documentary titled "56 Up" is a great example of a _____________ study in development. Selected Answer: longitudinal Answers:

cross-sectional correlational genetic longitudinal

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Question 21 1 out of 1 points

A(n) _____ assesses the same participants multiple times over a lengthy period. Selected Answer: longitudinal study Answers:

cross-sectional study

longitudinal study accelerated study unobtrusive research...