Psych 101: Chapter 3
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
