Which of the following is true of fixation in the oral stage?
A. It occurs because of being toilet trained too strictly.
B. It occurs because of being weaned too early or breast-fed for too long.
C. It occurs because of concentrating on school work for too long.
D. It occurs because of playing with children of the opposite gender too often.
Answer: B
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Although related to other fields, social psychology is distinct in its emphasis on
a. understanding the immediate situational factors that influence human behavior. b. classifying and treating psychological disorders. c. identifying individual characteristics that are relatively stable across time. d. describing the relationship between human behavior and societal variables.
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.
What do we call biologically determined, unlearned patterns of behavior?
a) drives b) instincts c) incentives d) emotions
According to linguist Noam Chomsky, children are born with mental structures that facilitate the comprehension and production of language
a. true b. false