Chapter 3 Psychology

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

accomodation

Tommy was at the park with his father and excitedly pointed to the squirrel and exclaimed, "Kitty, kitty!" Tommy had never seen a squirrel before but has a cat at home. His father pointed out that this was a squirrel and not a kitty. This BEST illustrates the process of:

assimilation

Compared with younger people, older people are more likely to:

experience greater satisfaction

Research shows that infant rats that are _____ gain weight more rapidly and develop faster neurologically than those rats that are _____.

handled;not handled

According to Erik Erikson, one positive outcome of the struggle for identity is the development of a comfortable sense of who one is and a capacity for:

intimacy with others

Five-year-old Ling is beginning to show signs of being able to plan ahead in a somewhat rational manner. At her age, this development is likely caused by

neural networks sprouting in the frontal lobes

Muscular strength, reaction time, sensory keenness, and cardiac output begin to decline in the late 20s. Research has shown that these processes of aging can be halted or reversed by:

nothing can halt or reverse the decline associated with aging


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