Exam 5: A: Development

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An investigator who compares people of different ages all at the same time,is using a ____________ design.​

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cross-sectional​

According to Piaget children in the preoperational stage do not understand that someone could rearrange coins without changing their number,or pour a liquid without changing its volume.He therefore said that these children lack the concept of _____________.​

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conservation​

Even month-old infants notice the difference between the sounds "ba" and "pa."​

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If a young developing neuron gets too little excitation,it self-destructs.​

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A child who fails one of Piaget's conservation tasks will fail them all.​

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Piaget's first stage,marked by simple responses to current stimuli,is known as the ____________ stage.​

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How would a psychologist determine whether a child understands Piaget's concept of conservation?​

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Children who understand object permanence,but who do not yet have the concept of conservation,are in Piaget's ______________ stage.​

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Describe the Strange Situation and how psychologists use it to evaluate infant attachment.​

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The idea that we cope with our fear of death by avoiding thoughts about death and by affirming our worldview,including religious or political beliefs,is known as _________-management theory.​

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Evidence suggests that a history of rice farming leads to a "collectivist" culture.​

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Define theory of mind and give an example of a situation involving a child who has not yet developed theory of mind.​

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Men have greater abilities to do well in math than women do.​

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According to terror-management theory,how do people react to reminders that they will die?​

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What is the difference between a cross-sectional design and a longitudinal design? Which would be better for a researcher who wanted to avoid the influence of cohort effects?​

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Very young infants pay attention to pictures of faces only if the pictures are highly realistic.​

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According to Erik Erikson,someone who has problems at one stage of development will probably continue to have difficulties at later ages.​

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Piaget used the term egocentric to mean "selfish" or "unwilling to share."​

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Children who have mastered the conservation tasks,but who have difficulty with abstract or hypothetical ideas,are in Piaget's ______________ stage.​

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On average,men and women are about equal at detecting facial expressions of emotion.​

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