Carilyn would be described as unusually alive, engaged, and spontaneous. She values her solitude and is comfortable being alone. She has a wonderful capacity to laugh at herself, while a sunset or a beautiful flower can thrill her to the point of tears. According to humanistic psychologists, Carilyn
a. received social reinforcement from her parents for these behaviors.
b. is exhibiting an immature personality style.
c. is exhibiting fixation at the phallic stage of development.
d. is a self-actualizer.
D
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What can we conclude about the research on body image and women of color?
a. In general, women of color are more concerned about body image than are European American women. b. European American women are consistently more dissatisfied with their bodies than any other ethnic group. c. Research on Latina women consistently finds them to be more preoccupied with slimness than European American women. d. Black women are more likely than women in other ethnic groups to judge an average-weight woman as more attractive and a too-thin woman as less attractive.
The part of the brain that acts like a "thermostat," regulating hunger, thirst, sexual drive, and body temperature is the ______
a. hippocampus b. amygdala c. thalamus d. hypothalamus
Maggie plans to test the hypothesis that children develop reading skills in line with the continuity approach to development, rather than the discontinuity approach. She interviews parents about the behaviors they observed in their children in the weeks leading up to the first time they read on their own. What will she be looking for in this data to support her hypothesis?
A. Reports from parents that their children could not understand anything written but then suddenly were able to read without difficulty B. Reports from parents that suggested the behaviors observed in their children differed based on cultural background C. Reports from parents that suggested all of their children developed reading abilities at the same age D. Reports from parents that their children gradually began reading single words, then groups of words, sentences, and eventually whole books on their own
Discuss the impact of maternal employment on development in middle childhood
What will be an ideal response?