According to Erikson's theory of socioemotional development, the first 18 months of life are devoted to mastering which developmental task?
A. autonomy vs. shame
B. industry vs. inferiority
C. initiative vs. guilt
D. trust vs. mistrust
Answer: D
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a. avoidance-avoidance conflict. b. external frustration. c. traumatic stresses. d. burnout.
If a baby's health is in danger, physicians can induce labor by breaking the amniotic sac and giving the mother synthetic
A) epinephrine. B) adrenaline. C) oxycontin. D) oxytocin.
All else being equal, which individual is MOST likely to experience the onset of schizophrenia in the coming year?
a. Rae, who is 5 b. June, who is 8 c. Nina, who is 18 d. Margie, who is 39
Canadian researcher Alistair Cunningham and colleagues at the Ontario Cancer Institute found the following in terms of the benefits of psychological interventions with patients, except that
a) no significant improvements in terms of self-reports of mood and quality and life. b) the amount of psychological work that patients engaged in correlated with longevity. c) patients' expectancy that psychological efforts would have a positive effect correlated with positive outcome. d) group interventions were better than individual psychotherapy in terms of outcome.