Freud theorized that the core of personality is formed before age six
a. in a series of psychosexual stages.
b. through social reinforcement.
c. because of conditions of worth.
d. through the development of instrumental behaviors.
ANSWER: a
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a. subconscious mind. b. preconscious mind. c. conscious mind. d. unconscious mind.
If you were to observe the development of psychomotor abilities in infants across cultures, you would find the most similarities in the
a. ages at which each ability appears. b. child-rearing practices used to foster development. c. sequence in which abilities appear. d. relationship between intellectual and psychomotor development.
Lately, you have been reinforcing your child's temper tantrums with your attention. If you withhold your attention, ignoring the temper tantrums for several days, the temper tantrums will eventually stop. A psychologist would call this effect
a. aversive conditioning. b. shaping. c. negative reinforcement. d. extinction.
The abnormal saccades seen in relatives of people with schizophrenia are
A. eye movements during the visual tracking of a stimulus. B. eye movements during REM sleep. C. EEG waveforms recorded over the occipital lobe. D. chemicals found in the cerebrospinal fluid.