When Monica turned 13, she seemed to hit puberty overnight. Her parents marveled at how she began changing from a girl into a woman seemingly all at once. In development psychology, Monica would be an example of what change?

In the film Minority Report, people were arrested and sentenced based on predictions that they were going to commit a specific crime at some future date, even though no crime had yet been committed. This scenario is similar to what type of proceeding that mental patients experience in the United States today?

a. involuntary treatment b. involuntary civil commitment c. voluntary civil commitment d. criminal commitment

In systematic desensitization, when the client is gradually exposed to the actual situations that are feared, this is called:

a. en passe exposure c. in vitro exposure b. realistic desensitization d. in vivo exposure

When parents respond appropriately and predictably, secure attachments usually result, regardless of the amount of time that children spend in child care

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

In an experiment conducted in France, babies whose mothers consumed anise-flavored foods during the pregnancy preferred anise over other flavors in a taste test, whereas babies of non-anise-consuming mothers showed no preference for anise. This finding supports a conclusion that

a. infants develop a preference for certain food flavors for the first time immediately after birth. b. the fetus can form a preference for certain food flavors from tasting the amniotic fluid. c. infants do not develop food preferences until after breastfeeding for several weeks. d. food preferences are innate to the human species.