A crucial period of increased vulnerability and heightened potential is Erikson's definition of

A. a core pathology.
B. an identity crisis.
C. a commitment.
D. a basic strength.


Answer: B

Psychology

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Which statement offers the best explanation of why some middle-aged people have some long-term memory loss?

A. Middle-aged people have too much information stored; therefore, it is difficult to keep it all in long-term memory. B. Middle-aged people have too much stress in their lives, which impedes their ability to use their long-term memory capacity. C. Middle-aged people have less efficient retrieval skills for finding and retrieving information, even if the information was adequately stored in long-term memory. D. Middle-aged people's learning genes begin to deteriorate, which leads to long-term memory loss.

Psychology

Responses that are not always followed by reinforcement tend to become more and more resistant to extinction, according to the

a. reinforcement-generalization effect. b. partial reinforcement effect. c. Skinner phenomenon. d. reward-extinction corollary.

Psychology

Social contact motivated by emotional regulation tends to lead to:

A. stronger family ties. B. meeting more people. C. a preference for familiar people. D. a more diverse social network.

Psychology

Twins Jillian and Wesley, 11 months old, play near each other with similar materials. However, they do not try to direct each other's activities. They are engaged in

A) parallel play. B) cooperative play. C) associative play. D) nonsocial activity.

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