The phrase sturm und drang reflects Hall's idea that:
A) adolescence is a time of emotional instability.
B) parents find it highly stressful having adolescent children.
C) adolescence is "the calm before the storm."
D) an individual's growth mirrors the evolutionary development of its species.
Answer: A
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a) anhedonia; hyperarousal b) anhedonia; emotional lability c) blunted affect; hyperarousal d) blunted affect; emotional lability
Which of the following statements regarding Kagan's research on shyness is FALSE?
A) Kagan found that shy infants facing unfamiliar situations experience decreases in their heart rates compared to other children. B) Kagan argues that low thresholds of arousal in the limbic system and the hypothalamus influence the experience of shyness. C) Kagan found that shy infants were at an increased risk of developing social phobia as adolescents. D) Kagan observed that 16-week-old infants who responded negatively to unfamiliar stimuli were very shy by four years of age.
Todd has been struggling with ______, characterized by the intruding thought that his hands are covered in germs. He cannot pursue daily tasks unless he completes a ritualistic routine to wash his hands until he feels clean. These rituals have taken up so much of his time that he rarely manages to finish a task or complete his work at his job.
-acute stress disorder -agoraphobia -panic disorder -obsessive-compulsiive disorder
Speed of habituation in infancy is positively correlated with later cognitive development.
a. true b. false