Marsha is a messy and disorganized adult, a behavior Freud might attribute to a fixation that developed during a specific stage in her psychosexual development. Which stage, when lacking proper parental care and attention, could have led to this outcome?
A. Oral fixation
B. Anal fixation
C. Phallic fixation
D. Latent fixation
Answer: B
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In the Dutch study by van den Boom (1994), mothers of temperamentally irritable infants were randomly assigned to either be trained in sensitivity and responsiveness or to a control group that received no intervention. Several months later, infants in the experimental group were __________.
A. more sensitive than those in the control group B. more responsive than those in the control group C. even more irritable than before, and more irritable than infants in the control group D. more likely to be securely attached to their mothers than infants in the control group
The case of Little Brenda, who was born a biological male but raised as a girl, illustrates that ____
a. virtually all human behavior is determined by nature rather than culture b. gender identity is almost completely based on upbringing rather than biology c. socialization is a powerful force, but there are limits to how much it can influence people d. as people age, nature becomes increasingly less important and nurture becomes increasingly more important
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome has no known cause, although there are theories and hypotheses. In a situation such as this, which of the following can we do?
a) make recommendations based on correlational data b) do experiments to determine the cause c) do nothing d) determine the cause based on correlations
If a researcher was interested in learning how moral development changes between the ages of 3 and 15, the researcher might study a group of children until they are 15, testing them periodically. This research strategy is known as __________ research.
A. developmental B. longitudinal C. sequential D. cross-sectional