Unit 3 Allie GP

accommodation

18-month-old Gordon learned the schema for apples. When Gordon sees tomatoes at the grocery store, he says, "Look mommy, apples!" His mother tells him that the food he sees at the store is a tomato, not an apple. He now has separate schemata for tomatoes and apples. This exemplifies ________.

trust vs. mistrust

Between birth and one year, infants are dependent on their caregivers; therefore, caregivers who are responsive and sensitive to their infant's needs help their baby to develop a sense of the world as a safe, predictable place. What is the primary developmental task of this stage?

anxious, withdrawn, and unhappy

Children whose parents have an authoritarian parenting style can be ________.

Eyewitness testimony is vulnerable to the power of suggestion.

Which of the following statements about eyewitness testimony is correct?

Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf

Which researchers suggested that language determines thought?

emotion; memory

________ and ________ are powerful influences on both our thoughts and behaviors.

permissive

Carissa's parents let her stay up as late as she wants. She is allowed to pick out her own clothes and decide when and what she wants to eat. Her parents act more like her friends than authority figures. What kind of parenting style is this?

confirmation

Carmela believes her assistant, Lian, is incompetent. She notices only what Lian does wrong while ignoring the above average quality of most of her work. This exemplifies ________ bias.

developmental milestones

Crawling, walking, writing, dressing, naming colors, speaking in sentences, and starting puberty are all examples of ________.

suggestibility

Dozens of people witness a purse snatching. One of the eyewitnesses loudly yells "the man with the blue shirt did it." Later, when questioned by police, several other eyewitnesses remember the purse snatcher wearing a blue shirt, even though the purse snatcher was a woman in flowered dress. This is an example of ________: the effects of misinformation from external sources that leads to the creation of false memories.

retrograde

Elaine wakes up in the hospital with a head injury. She gets to know her doctors and nurses over time, but it soon becomes clear that she has no memories from before she woke up in the hospital. Elaine has ________ amnesia.

mental set

Gonzalo is attempting to open his car door using the auto lock button on his keychain. He pushes the button twice, but his car door does not open. He continues to push the button even though it is likely that the auto lock feature has stopped working, and he will need to open the door manually with his key. This illustrates a ________.

relearning

Kenethia enjoys knitting. When she begins college, she has less time for knitting and finally stops altogether. After graduation, she wants to knit again, so she practices with her needles until she is good at it again. This is an example of ________, a means of retrieving information out of your long-term memory storage system.

analyze, evaluate, judge, compare, and contrast

The analytical intelligence component of the triarchic theory of intelligence is demonstrated by the ability to ________.

others have false beliefs

When children develop theory-of-mind (TOM), they can recognize that ________.

safety and employment

Which of the following are good examples of the security level of needs in Maslow's hierarchy of needs?

According to the James-Lange theory, emotions arise from physiological arousal; according to the Schachter-Singer theory, emotions include a cognitive factor and a physiological factor.

Which of the following is a way that the James-Lange theory of emotion differs from the Schachter-Singer theory of emotion?

Kinsey collected data with personal interviews; Masters and Johnson recorded measurements of physiological variables

Which of the following is a way that the Kinsey research differed from the Masters and Johnson research?

explicit memory

I am trying to learn the names of all 50 states. While I am actively remembering and recalling this information, it is considered ________.

representational bias

Ilayda assumes that her professors spend their free time reading books and engaging in intellectual conversation, because the idea of them spending their time playing volleyball or visiting an amusement park does not fit in with her stereotypes of professors. This exemplifies