Monsena is an independent and adventurous child who likes to explore new places in her environment. However, her mother is overprotective and forbids Monsena from playing in the backyard or the garden of their house. Developmental psychologists would say that this discrepancy concerns
A. nonreciprocal interactions.
B. insecure attachment.
C. goodness of fit.
D. social dysfunction.
Answer: C
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a. setting goals b. pursuing, or striving for, goals c. making plans about how to execute goals d. monitoring oneself
A novice sailor who is having trouble telling port from starboard may remember that port and left both have four letters or may remind him or herself that "I left port.". This illustrates the use of
a. eidetic imagery. b. rote learning. c. mnemonics. d. maintenance rehearsal.
In their study, Courage, Edeson, and Howe (2004) combined the microgenetic and cross-sectional approaches to investigate
a. cross-cultural child-rearing practices. b. play behavior in toddlers. c. mother-child interactions. d. the development of visual self-recognition in infants.
In correlational research, when one variable increases as the other variable decreases, it is a __________ correlation
a. positive c. invalid b. dubious d. negative