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Mitzy said, "The car wants to go to the park." Mitzy's attribution of motivation to the car is called ________.


A) animism
B) animated egocentrism
C) primitive logic
D) overextension

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________ effects that are difficult to separate are a major problem found in cross-sectional research.


A) Subjective
B) Cohort
C) Objective
D) Longitudinal

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Which of the following is NOT a limitation of longitudinal studies?


A) Time and money
B) "Generalizability"
C) Self-selected sample bias
D) Cohort effects

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________ is the process by which attachments are formed during critical periods early in life.


A) Separation anxiety
B) Imprinting
C) Love
D) Bonding

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The first stage of prenatal development (from conception to implantation) , characterized by rapid cell division, is called the ________ period.


A) embryonic
B) fetal
C) placental
D) germinal

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According to Baumrind, the ________ parenting style is most likely to produce self-reliant and high achieving children.


A) permissive
B) autonomous
C) authoritative
D) authoritarian

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________ is a strong affectionate bond with special others that endures over time.


A) Bonding
B) Attachment
C) Love
D) Intimacy

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________ aging results from disease, disuse, or neglect.


A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Tertiary (third)
D) Physical

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What conclusions can be drawn from infant-attachment and adult relationship studies?


A) Poor attachment in infancy causes poor adult relationships.
B) Early attachment is likely to predict and influence adult relationship styles.
C) Infant attachment doesn't determine adult relationship patterns.
D) Attachment is entirely genetic, and cannot be affected by parental responses.

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Which of the following is NOT one of Baumrind's parenting styles?


A) permissive-neglectful
B) authoritarian
C) authoritative
D) democratic

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From implantation through the 8th week, the major body organs and systems become differentiated.This stage of pregnancy is called the ________ period.


A) embryonic
B) fetal
C) zygotic
D) germinal

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Which is associated with Piaget's sensorimotor stage?


A) being 2 to 7 years of age
B) animistic thinking
C) egocentrism
D) a lack of object permanence

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Infants raised in impersonal or abusive surroundings suffer from a number of problems.These include the fact that they ________.


A) seldom cry, coo, or babble
B) become rigid when picked up
C) have few language skills
D) are overly trusting of strangers

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A young child's inability to experience or appreciate anyone else's point of view is called ________.


A) egocentrism
B) social egoism
C) ethnocentrism
D) ego-fantasy

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The personal fable of adolescence is a result of ________ differentiation from others, while the imaginary audience of adolescence is a result of ________ differentiation from others.


A) too much; too little
B) too little; too much
C) overt; covert
D) covert; overt

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Synaptic pruning refers to the ________ that helps strengthen connection between neurons and make those connections operate more efficiently.


A) decrease in myelinated synapses
B) decrease in the gap between neurons, due to dendrite enlargement
C) reduction of axons
D) natural reduction of unused synapses

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________ is the psychological development - a transition of sorts - that occurs during the period between childhood and adulthood.


A) Egocentrism
B) Identity
C) Autonomy
D) Adolescence

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________ occurs when existing schemas are used to interpret new information, whereas ________ involves changes and adaptations of the schemas.


A) Adaptation; accommodation
B) Accommodation; assimilation
C) Egocentrism; post schematization
D) Assimilation; accommodation

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Mental speed declines with age, and general information processing and much of memory are largely ________ by the aging process.


A) affected
B) unaffected
C) reduced
D) slowed

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When a child learns that a truck is different from a car, even though both have four wheels and a metal body, ________ has occurred.


A) an adaptation
B) accommodation
C) an association
D) assimilation

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