Psych 101: Chapter 3

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After Nadia learned that penguins can't fly, she had to modify her existing concept of birds. This best illustrates the process of:

accommodation

Deficient social interaction and an impaired understanding of others' states of mind is most characteristic of:

autism spectrum disorder

The sexual abuse of a very young child is so emotionally repulsive to most people that they immediately recognize it as shamefully immoral. This best illustrates that moral judgments may reflect:

automatic intuitions

By a week after birth, infants are able to distinguish between their mothers' and strangers':

body odors

Mark thinks that language development over the life span requires a slow but steady shaping process. His belief is most directly relevant to the issue of

continuity and stages

The process of developing a sense of identity during adolescence was highlighted by:

erikson's psychosocial development theory

Menopause involves a decline in:

fertility

Marissa resents the burden and constraints of caring for her infant daughter and frequently ignores her cries for attention. As a consequence, her daughter is most likely to display signs of

insecure attachment

Compared with the children of authoritarian parents, the children of authoritative parents are:

more likely to develop a sense of self-reliance and more likely to demonstrate social competence.

In emphasizing that heredity's effects on behavior depend on a person's home environment, psychologists are highlighting the importance of:

nature-nurture interactions

Adoptive parents are LEAST likely to influence the ________ of their adopted children.

personality traits

During Piaget's sensorimotor stage, children acquire a:

sense of object permanence

The tips of chromosomes that wear down as we age are called:

telomeres

Intense and reactive infants become unusually anxious and aroused when facing new or strange situations. This best illustrates the impact of

temperament

Taking certain drugs during pregnancy is likely to expose unborn children to:

teratogens


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