Psych Final Ch. 9

Which of the following is true of crystallized intelligence?

It is shown more generally by vocabulary

In the context of motor development of children, which of the following statements is true of activities like rolling over, sitting up, crawling, creeping, walking, and running?

Most infants engage in these activities in the same sequence

The embryo is connected to the placenta by the ___________.

umbilical cord

A two-year-old child has a pet dog named Sophie. The child visits her neighbor and sees the neighbors pet dog. Even though the neighbors dog is larger and of a different color, the child pointed to it and called it a dog which of Piaget's cognitive processes is the child demonstrating?

Assimilation

According to ethologist Konrad Lorenz, _________ only occurs during a critical period of development

Attachment

Someone who does not run on the wrong side of the road because it's the law is exhibiting which stage of moral reasoning?

Conventional

Tom, is a high school Senior, it's very clear that he wants to study medicine. He spends his summer volunteering at hospitals and studying very hard for all his tests. He's subscribes to medical journal so that he does not miss out on developments in the medical field. Tom is determined to stay at Harvard medicine school. According to Ericsson's theory of psychological development, Tom is demonstrating __________.

Ego identity

A researcher places a baby in a room with many different objects. Then, he records the amount of time the baby spends looking at anyone stimulus or object. This shows the baby's visual preferences. In this scenario the researcher is most likely measuring the baby's ________.

Fixation time

The ________ is the final stage of Piaget's theory of cognitive development

Formal operational stage

Which of the following is not a characteristic of middle adulthood?

Sense of smell declinens

In boys, pituitary hormone stimulates the testes to increase the output of ________, which in turn causes enlargement of the penis and testes in the appearance of body hair

Testosterone

According to Piaget's goods theory of cognitive development, which of the following is true of children in the concrete operational stage?

They center on the motives of wrongdoers as well as on the amount of damage done when assessing blame

According to Ainsworth, infants who show _______ are least distressed by their mother's departure, Play by themselves without fuss, and ignore their mothers when they return

Avoidance attachment

Baby Sam's dad could not stop laughing because every time he touches the soles of his feet his toes would fan out. In this scenario, the baby exhibits the _______.

Babinski reflex

Which of the following is a similarity between adolescence and emerging adulthood?

Both are ages of feeling in-between

Ophelia is 51 years old. She has begun to experience hot flashes and finds it difficult to sleep at night. More often than not she finds herself feeling pessimistic and unmotivated. She also has a certain amount of anxiety. Ophelia is most likely experiencing the _______ of middle adulthood.

Climacteric phase

Mark and Mindy have two daughters. Their older daughter moved to a different city to pursue her graduate studies a few years ago. recently their younger daughter also moved to a different country for her undergrad studies. Now Mindy is bereft and is unable to figure out what to do with her free time. This scenario best illustrates the ________.

Empty-nest syndrome

Which of the following is the correct order of prenatal development?

Germinal stage, embryonic stage, fetal stage

Which of Jeffrey Arnett's five features of emerging adulthood is characterized by people having an optimistic belief that the world was open before them?

The age of possibilities

Anaya is a teenager who has just started wearing braces. She hates going to school now because she thinks that everyone is looking at her and laughing. She believes that she must look her best at all times. Which of the following concepts of Piaget's adolescence egocentrism is depicted in their scenario?

The concept of the imaginary audience