Psych Chapter 5

Nadine hears a television talk show guest remark that "A baby's mother provides it with food, and that's the basis for attachment." Nadine immediately realizes that this statement is false, because she is familiar with:

Harlow's work with monkeys.

The importance of schemas was MOST clearly highlighted by:

Jean Piaget's cognitive development theory.

In Jean Piaget's account of the sensorimotor stage, children acquire a:

sense of object permanence.

All of these are difficult for older adults EXCEPT:

determining if the information is meaningful.

Five-year-old Lilah is beginning to show signs of being able to plan ahead in a somewhat rational manner. At her age, this development is likely due to neural networks sprouting in her _____ lobe.

frontal

Ten-year-old Janelle is sad. She is crying. Her older brother looks at her and then continues watching television. He may be showing signs of:

impaired theory of mind.

Remembering to do a specific task is called _____ memory.

prospective

Angela is a 7-month-old baby who rolled over for the first time at 4 months of age and can now sit without support. These milestones reflect:

a maturing nervous system.

Beginning at around ___ months, children may greet strangers by crying and reaching for their familiar caregivers.

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Deficient social interaction and an impaired understanding of another person's state of mind are MOST characteristic of _____ disorder.

autism spectrum

Maturation refers mainly to _____ development.

biological

Two sealed, pyramid-shaped containers contain what are clearly identical amounts of a liquid. However, a child suddenly judges them as holding different amounts of liquid after one container is inverted. The child apparently lacks a:

concept of conservation.

_____ is the orderly sequence of biological growth.

Maturation

Yun Hee lives in New York and is concerned about her daughter, who will be 1 year old next week. Her baby is not walking yet, and Yun Hee's family is starting to comment on this. Should she be worried?

No, she should not worry. Only 50 percent of all babies in the United States are walking within a week after their first birthday.

Ideally, older adults believe that their lives have had meaning and purpose. That is, they feel a sense of:

integrity.

The wear and tear of telomeres is accelerated by all of these EXCEPT:

alcohol consumption.

With respect to parenting style, coercive is to confrontative as _____ is to _____.

authoritarian; authoritative

Mary's inability to toilet train her 10-month-old infant is MOST likely due to:

the lack of necessary maturation.

After Nadia learned that penguins cannot fly, she had to modify her existing concept of birds. This BEST illustrates the process of:

accommodation

Sharon's father demands total obedience from his children. When he speaks, he expects his children to listen. There is no discussion and no arguing. He has zero tolerance for anyone breaking the rules he has decreed. Sharon's father has a(n) _____ parenting style.

authoritarian

Five-year-old Oliver complained to his mom that the pizza was not big enough. Oliver's mom cut the pizza into smaller slices, thus making him happy, as he believed the pizza had become larger. Oliver lacks the concept of _____.

conservation

Bernice is 62. She is in a life stage known as _____ adulthood.

middle

Juanita is 56 years old. Juanita is in the developmental stage called _____ adulthood.

middle