Although sex is an important part of people's lives, for many years, discussion of sexual topics was taboo. In the recent history of psychology, who first made sex an appropriate sexual topic for discussion?
a. Alfred Kinsey, when he published his research findings about human sexual practices
b. William Masters and Virginia Johnson, when they published their findings on the human sexual response
c. Sigmund Freud, when he made the libido an important part of his psychoanalytic theory
d. Helen Singer Kaplan, when she wrote about desire and sexual readiness
c
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When we recall that prenatal development affects a child's future physical, emotional, and cognitive development, this is an example of
a. the developmental theme of the active child. b. qualitative stage progression. c. the holistic nature of child development. d. biological determinism.
Which of the following seems not to be true of falling in love?
a. Romantic love and sex are totally independent. b. People can fall in love without having sex. c. People can have sex without falling in love. d. Falling in love increases the chance that these people's babies will grow up and fall in love themselves.
Jana is an easy baby who smiles and vocalizes frequently, which encourages her parents to smile and talk to her more
This, in turn, causes Jana to smile and interact with her parents more. This illustrates a. reciprocal influences. b. genetic predispositions. c. a parental behavior that would occur even if Jana had a difficult temperament. d. all of these.
A temporary change in neural sensitivity to an aspect of the immediate environment is called
a. Adaptation b. Magnification c. Critical period d. Plasticity