You have not seen your 22-year-old cousin in quite some time. After a brief visit, you are impressed that she is more confident socially, is less dogmatic, and is less ethnocentric in her political and social views than she had been as a teenager
Given what you know about development, you guess that she has ____.
a. matured
b. graduated from college
c. moved away from home
d. found a romantic partner
Answer: B
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While working on his Ph.D., James developed a test to evaluate intelligence in children. James is probably studying:
A. clinical psychology B. psychobiology C. humanistic psychology D. psychometrics
The slowing of a response to the second of two stimuli presented in quick succession is known as
a. stimulus onset asynchrony. b. a Donders C reaction. c. a speed-accuracy tradeoff. d. the psychological refractory period.
Emotional attachments between parent and child
a. are strengthened by "bonding medication" taken during the last trimester of pregnancy. b. slowly rise from social interactions in the first months. c. emerge suddenly at birth, to the strongest level. d. result from their shared genetic relatedness.
In the past, the transition to young adulthood occurred when people were married, entered parenthood, and started stable work. In developed countries, around what age does this happen for most people today who live?
a. 20 years b. 25 years c. 30 years d. 35 years