Exam 6: Psychological Science

Dr.Connaught asks young,middle-aged,and older adults to describe one memory from their work lives,one memory related to a significant other,and one memory from childhood.Dr.Connaught is conducting a(n)__________ study.The topic of the memory is a(n)_________ variable.

Mr.Eseston asks Colin if he wants his sandwich in one piece,or cut into two pieces.Colin asks him to keep it in one piece because he isn't hungry enough to eat two pieces.Colin's answer suggests that he

Which of the following is a description of Piaget's formal operational stage

In Piaget's theory,the mental models we use to interpret and guide our experiences are called _________.

Mark is a graduate student who is studying identity formation.He interviews a group of 5-year-olds,a group of 10-year-olds,and a group of 15-year-olds,and asks them what they plan to be when they finish school.In this example,Mark is using a __________ research design.

Which two Eriksonian challenges do individuals face during early and middle adulthood

Provide three pieces of advice you might give an impending retiree to smooth their transition from working life

Psychologists use the term ________ to refer to the physiological,behavioral,cognitive,and social changes that occur throughout life.

According to Erikson,adolescents must resolve the challenge of:

Which of the following sequences correctly orders the first three of Erikson's stages of development

Your text states that,"women whose menstrual cycles have stopped for 12 consecutive months are considered to have entered menopause." This phrase offers a(n)__________ definition of menopause.

With respect to ovulation,which of the following statements is true

Temperament refers to an infant's innate personality characteristics.

Among adults,a fear of flying is thought to reflect a fear of falling,or loss of support.In infancy,the ________ reflex protects the infant from falling.

At the conventional stage,moral decisions are based on self-interest.

Memory for general knowledge and facts is ________ affected by age than is memory for specific experiences that one has had.

Beginning sometime in high school,Bernie lost his way.He failed to find his niche and drifted into an aimless life of odd jobs and drug use.In Erikson's terms,Bernie failed to solve the identity versus _________ crisis.

A four-year-old child is shown a row of seven red checkers.He is asked to place a black checker immediately above each red one.On doing so,the child agrees that there are as many red as black checkers.The experimenter then spreads out the black checkers so that the line they form is longer than that formed by the red checkers.The experimenter asks whether there are more red checkers or more black checkers in order to determine whether the child:

In Kohlberg's theory,the shift from precoventional to conventional moral reasoning takes place by:

According to Piaget,the process of fitting new experiences into existing schemata is called _________,whereas the process of changing or modifying existing schemata to make sense of new experiences is called ________.