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