Adolescents may go through a period of actively exploring various personal identities without committing to one. Erikson called this __________.

A. extroverted behavior
B. preoperational thought
C. moratorium
D. thinking in terms of concrete things


Answer: C

Psychology

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Piaget suggested that the most important cognitive acquisition of the infancy period of cognitive development is the ability to form mental representations of absent objects—those objects with which the infant is not in direct sensorimotor contact

This ability is called a. object permanence. b. centration. c. assimilation. d. accommodation.

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Exploring with one's heart as well as one's mind is known as "wholesight."

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Infants spend most of their time:

a. crying b. with their mothers c. with their extended families d. exhibiting the primary emotions

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What role does the medial amygdala play in sexual behavior?

a. It is active while rats copulate. b. If stimulated, dopamine is released in the MPOA, which is known to be important in sexual behavior. c. Its role is to respond to sexually exciting stimuli, such as potential partners. d. All of the above

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