When 10-month-old Mary Kate was placed on the floor with a pile of toys, she actively pushed toys out of her way in an effort to reach her partially covered favorite toy telephone. According to Piaget, Mary Kate demonstrated __________
a) target-directed behavior
b) goal-directed behavior
c) center-directed behavior
d) focused behavior
Answer: b
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b. Sex hormones exert their effects by different mechanisms in different areas. c. Different brain areas reach maturity at different ages. d. As one brain area grows, it leaves less room for growth of other areas.
Predicting dangerousness is most comparable to __________.
A. preparing a team for a sports competition B. reviewing for a comprehensive examination C. calculating your taxes at the end of the year D. preparing a weather forecast
Which of the following would NOT characterize the way Arnett (2006) describes emerging adulthood?
a. It is a self-focused time of life. b. It is a time of great pessimism. c. It is a period of identity formation. d. It is a situation of unusual autonomy.
Stage two of sensate focus involves "genital pleasuring" but prohibits intercourse or orgasm. The main purpose of this stage is to a. allow an individual to communicate his or her desires to a partner. b. allow sexual experience without the anxiety of performance
c. change the usual ways that the couple has tried to have sex. d. provide increased anticipation of intercourse.