Introductory Psychology - Chapters 8 and 9: Practice Quiz

When one is attempting to lose weight, one should exercise for a minimum of __ minutes each weekday.

30

The Swiss scholar Jean Piaget made groundbreaking contribution to the study of _________ development.

cognitive

Deci and Ryan's need for __________ is illustrated by the satisfaction one feels on completing a challenging, long-term project such as a term paper.

competence

In a _____-_________ design, different age groups are tested at the same time.

cross-sectional

The presence of ________ may steer the development of sexual orientation toward women.

estrogen

When Merona paints landscapes she loses track of time, forgets to eat, and is completely absorbed in what she is doing. Merona appears to be in a state of:

flow

An intelligence test battery includes an assessment of one's ability to deal with abstract issues and to create associations among concepts. This assessment may be seen as a test of _____ intelligence.

fluid

Anton is 55-years-old. According to Erikson, he is most likely in the ___________ ______ __________ stage.

generatively versus stagnation

Which sexually transmitted infection is NOT bacterial?

genital herpes

The ________ period of prenatal development begins at conception.

germinal

In the past 40 years, the average age at first marriage has increased by about _ years.

5

The heritability of BMI is about __%.

65

________ _________ is the most recently identified life stage.

Emerging adulthood

The _____-_____ theory was the first account of emotion in psychology's history, and it proposes that the emotion that we feel comes after a psychological reaction and behavioral expression.

James-Lange

Edna has been told she has end-stage cancer and that she only has a few months to live. According to Kübler-Ross, the final stage of grief that Edna will experience is:

acceptance

According to self-determination theory, people have a fundamental need for:

autonomy

An instinct is a:

complex behavior that is fixed, learned, and universal to a species

Five-year-old twins Keith and Kevin each have 4 ounces of juice in their glasses. Keith's glass is tall and narrow, whereas Kevin's is shorter and wider. Kevin complains that Keith has more juice, revealing his lack of:

conservation

John and Linda are twins but they only share 50% of their genetic material. This makes them _________ twins.

dizygotic

Baby Jacquie eats and sleeps on a regular schedule. She is quickly soothed when she cries. Jacquie appears to have a(n) ____ temperament.

easy

Janet is 12 weeks pregnant, her developing baby is called a(n):

fetus

The textbook refers to the nature-versus-nurture issue as a debate regarding:

heredity and the environment

The key body part responsible for hunger regulation is the:

hypothalamus

Masters and Johnson's groundbreaking human sexual response research was based on:

laboratory studies

If we rely on body language, facial expressions, and other social cues, our lie-detection accuracy is:

no more than 60%

Developmental psychology investigates:

physical, cognitive, and socioemotional changes across the life span

Zaid knows that cheating on his math test is wrong because if he gets caught cheating he could fail the test. According to Kohlberg, Zaid is demonstrating ______________ moral reasoning.

preconventional