Regarding early emotional development, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Experts agree that anger is the most common infant expression shown during the first year of life.
b. By the age of eight to 12 months, infants smile more frequently when another person is nearby.
c. Early emotional development follows a pattern closely tied to maturation.
d. A child by the age of three has a unique personality.
A
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Polly has gone in for a psychiatric assessment. She tells the clinician that she has been feeling anxious and apprehensive lately and is fearful of leaving her own home. The clinician would classify these abnormal behaviors using:
a. DSM b. MMPI c. NEO-PI d. TAT
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
a. Social behavior evolves and is transmitted from generation to generation. b. Behavior patterns are termed species-specific because they evolve within certain species. c. Instinctive behavior can be modified by learning. d. Psychologists have found no human behaviors that are instinctive.
Concepts are ideas that represent
a. a class or category of objects, ideas, or experiences. b. patterns of behavior. c. higher-order conditioning and secondary reinforcers. d. rules for public displays of emotion. e. none of these
Unexpected events motivate people to
A) think in more complex ways. B) protect their self-images. C) engage in downward social comparison. D) engage in upward social comparison.