Psychologists use the term _____ to refer to the patterns of physical, cognitive, and socioemotional change occurring throughout life.
A) learning
B) maturation
C) development
D) cognition
Answer: C) development
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According to gender schema theory, children of same-gender parents do not differ in gender role development from children of opposite-gender parents __________.
A. in the case of girls raised by two male parents, but not in the case of boys raised by two female parents B. because children use observational learning of both parents as a model for their own gender-role development C. in the case of boys raised by two female parents, but not in the case of girls raised by two male parents D. because children get information about their own gender role from sources other than the parents
Dr. Rudy wants to compare the characteristics of family members. Which type of research would you recommend that Dr. Rudy use?
A) kinship study B) case study C) structured observation D) experimental design
When two images are fused into one overall image, a three-dimensional sight occurs, which is referred to as
a. accommodation. b. convergence. c. linear perspective. d. stereoscopic vision.
How do people become "fixated" in a Freudian stage?
They are excessively emotional. Their normal developmental urges are frustrated. Their mother is not the primary caregiver. They fail to undergo a normal "cognitive metamorphosis."