Quiz Preview 8-Psychology - Developmental Psychology

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When considering a workable and conceptually adequate definition of attention, a number of important characteristics have been identified. According to the text, attention can be viewed from the perspective of all but which of the following characteristics?

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In the 1990s, U.S. public education was marked with

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Which of the following is not one of the self-actualizing dimensions Maslow mentions?

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Give an example of how formal operational thinking allows adolescents to become very good at arguing or debating with their parents

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Mr. and Mrs. Hopewell are concerned because they have been trying without success to have a baby for over a year. Which procedure would you recommend to them?

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Andria makes different figures such as a tower, a building, and even a toy slide with her Lego kit. It is evident that Andria is engaged in _____

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Teacher ratings of classroom disruptive behavior decline for children who have

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The inability to focus clearly on near objects is clinically known as

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Alzheimer's disease is definitively diagnosed

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Approximately __________ percent of people in the United States rate themselves as "very happy," while only __________ percent rate themselves as "not too happy."

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Penny broke her brother's baseball trophy after he used her favorite doll to play tug-of-war with their dog. Which type of aggression is Penny demonstrating?

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Researchers who propose that individuals are aggressive because there is competition for resources such as food adhere to the ____ theory of aggression

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Wally is facing an important test and expects to do poorly. He is so anxious that he cannot concentrate or study effectively, but he figures that since he's going to do badly anyway, he shouldn't bother studying. This reasoning is an indication of Wally's __________.

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The most consistent asset of resilient children is

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There were many benefits of breastfeeding discussed in this video. Which of the following was not mentioned?

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Which of the following is true about social contexts of language development across cultures?

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Amy, a two-year-old, is often hit by her father who has a violent temper. Her father is a successful lawyer who provides his family with a decent lifestyle. However, he cannot control his anger and often lashes out on his family members. Amy is a victim of _____

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Fluid intelligence stimulates the negative effect of work stress on emotional experience.

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Finding that cultures vary in their use of number systems is evidence that culture affects:

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Bottom-up processing has to work with ____, whereas top-down processing is associated with _________.

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The author confronted a store owner over an inappropriate statement

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Physical changes of aging are multidimensional and variable across individuals

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Which term refers to a child's capacity to take multiple aspects of a situation into account?

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Research by Kim et al. (2013) has shown that tiger parenting is becoming

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__________ increases the risk for cataracts

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Most studies have found that onhypothetical dilemmas as well as everyday moral problems, adolescent and adult females ________

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According to Piaget, children represent what they understand about the world in cognitive structures he called

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Which action most directly reduces the risk of injury to children?

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An emerging adult answered the question "What is the most important criterion for becoming an adult?" with the response of "becoming capable of supporting my parents financially." This person is most likely from ______________

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Among Chinese adults, one is considered highly intelligent if he or she possesses ____

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Abby and Lillian are twins approaching their 18-month birthday. Given the number of hours the girls have spent watching educational videos, their mother Cory is disappointed the twins don’t know more vocabulary words. Their limited vocabulary may be as

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Our understanding of death not only affects our process of dying, but also how we choose to

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Workers over 50 are often valued for their ______.

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Elena moved to the United States from Guatemala when she was 6 years old. Research shows that if her school curriculum integrates both Spanish and English, she will

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Which of the following is a finding of Charles Nelson's studies on infants of diabetic mothers?

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In an experiment by Moscovitch (1982), when older and younger adults were asked to call an answering service once a week without using any reminders:

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The term plasticity describes the

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Adolescents whose peers have lower average levels of school achievement tend to have better __________.

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What is a category of by-product that is produced in the body and has been related to aging?

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Marie takes her four children, ages 4, 9, 12, and 14 years, to the museum. If they are typical of children of their age, energy usage by the brain (in terms of consumption of glucose) is most likely highest in which child?

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There are a number of theories that try to explain self-development. One common aspect of these theories is that they

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Which is not a common reason for a woman to need to have a baby delivered surgically?

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Evaluate the contextual perspective and its approach to memory. How does it change our understanding of memory loss? What strategies can people adopt to resist memory loss, and why?

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In the first months after birth, much of the infant's weight gain is ______, which provides both insulation and a source of nourishment

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Which statement about the emergence of self-esteem is true?

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Bob and Mark are "playing astronauts." They interact with each other, sharing both toys and a story line that describes a scenario in which their space ship is trying to land on the moon. This type of play is best described as:

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Cell differentiation intensifies and organs appear in the ________ period of prenatal development.

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Unlike a school-based health center, a school-________ health center is located adjacent to a school, but is not in a school

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