psych 2
A two-year-old child's family has a pet rabbit. When the family visits the zoo, the child sees a hamster for the first time and calls it a rabbit because of the physical features that are common to a rabbit and a hamster. According to Piaget, which cognitive process will most likely modify the child's understanding?
Accommodation
A child looks at rain and thunder and says that they are caused by the change in weather. In the sensorimotor stage, this is termed as artificialism
False
A feature of crystallized intelligence is that it does not increase throughout the life span
False
According to Jeffrey Arnett, the age of self-focus is characterized by adults experimenting with careers and romantic possibilities
False
According to Piaget, objective responsibility is the assignment of blame according to the motives of the actor rather than the amount of damage done
False
Acetylcholine is excitatory at the heart but inhibitory at synapses between nerves and muscles that involve voluntary movement
False
Alia was just about to fall asleep when she heard something crash in the kitchen. The noise jolted her awake. This was due to the secretion of oxytocin
False
Every time a neuron fires, it transmits an impulse of varying length
False
Girls can become pregnant immediately after menarche
False
Neurons carry messages from the axon terminals through the axon to the dendrites
False
The amygdala is connected to the mother by blood vessels in the uterine wall
False
The embryonic stage of pregnancy lasts from the beginning of the third month until the birth of the baby
False
With age, there are very large declines in memory function, and these changes can never be reversed
False
Which of the following is a function of norepinephrine
It is involved in general arousal, learning and memory, and eating
In boys, pituitary hormones stimulate the testes to increase the output of__________, which in turn causes enlargement of the penis and testes and the appearance of body hair
Testosterone
According to Piaget's cognitive development theory, the preoperational stage is characterized by the use of words and symbols to represent objects and relationships among them.
True
Monozygotic twins are important in the study of the relative influences of nature and nurture because differences between monozygotic twins are the result of nurture
True
People are at the height of their cognitive powers during early adulthood
True
Psychologists are thinking in terms of behavioral genetics when they ask about the inborn reasons why individuals may differ in their behavior and mental processes
True
Sacs called synaptic vesicles in the axon terminals contain neurotransmitters
True
Selective optimization with compensation is the reshaping of a person's life to concentrate on what he or she finds to be important and meaningful in the face of physical decline and possible cognitive impairment
True
The__________is an oblong area of the hindbrain involved in regulation of heartbeat, blood pressure, movement, and respiration
medulla
Shawna is in her mid-fifties. Her college-going son lives in a separate apartment in the same city while her parents live with her. She cooks meals for her son regularly and does his laundry. At the same time, she looks after her parents, who are dependent on her. Shawna is facing the difficulties
of the sandwich generation
Some researchers consider the__________to be the "executive center" of the brain, where decisions are made to keep information in working memory and to solve problems
prefrontal cortex
According to Piaget, the__________is the second stage of cognitive development in children
preoperational stage
