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Two ways in researchers study development over time are ____ and _____ studies.

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longitudinal; cross-sectional

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The Terman Studies of Genius is an example of a ______ study

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longitudinal

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One of the disadvantages of a longitudinal study is that

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the original subjects may die, the original subjects may choose not to participate, the subjects who stay in the study may differ from those who left me study

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The heart begins to beat during the ______

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embryonic stage

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Insa, who is pregnant with her first child, suffers from malnutrition. This may impact her baby in all of the following ways except

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low birth weight

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Which of the following STIs can be transmitted both during childbirth and breast feeding

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HIV

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Maternal addiction to heroin or methadone has been associated with

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low birth weight, prematurity, toxemia

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Amniocentesis is conducted for all of the following reasons except

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to help prevent a miscarraige

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Which of the following is a valid reason to conduct amniocentesis

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maternal age of over 35

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Kay and her husband, Kirk, want to know if their twin sons have a rare genetic disorder which runs in Kay's family. They want to know as early as possible in the pregnancy so they can make decisions regarding the pregnancy. What prenatal test should they request?

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chorionic villus sampling

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Drinking alcohol during pregnancy has been linked to

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fetal death

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Researchers believe that postpartum depression is caused by

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hormonal and psychological factors

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An infant hears a loud noise and draws up his/her legs, arches the back and starts to cry. The infant exhibits the _____ reflex.

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Moro

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Infants suck liquid solutions of sugar, but they refuse to suck salty or bitter solutions. This demonstrates

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the capacity to discriminate taste

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The rooting reflex demonstrates the infant's sensitivity to

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touch

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Which of the following statements is true regarding sleep patterns ini neonates

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they spend about half of their sleeping time in REM sleep

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Peg is worried that if she responds too quickly or too often to her infant son's cries that she will spoil him. What would researchers advice Peg in this situation

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all of these are true

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All of the following are effective ways to soothe a crying baby except

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allowing the baby to \"cry it out\"

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An increase in brain size is due in part to

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myelination

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Invariant sequences often reflect the influence of

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the genetic code

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Robert Fantz measured fixation time in order to assess

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visual preferences

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The behavioral assumption that development is a process of gradual change suggests that development is

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continuous

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When psychologists say \"Development is continuous,\" they mean

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we do not develop in stages

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A two-year-old child's family has a pet cat. When they visit the zoo the chid sees a lion and calls it a cat. To modify the child's misunderstanding what process must occur according to Paiget

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accommodation

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A three-year-old child who doesn't understand that five single dollar bills are equal to a five dollar bill is in Piaget's _____ stage.

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pre operational

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A 5-year-old is speaking on telephone to his/her grandparent. The child holds up the picture they were describing and says to the grandparents \"See.\" According to Piaget, this demonstrates _____.

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egocentrism

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You are playing hide-and-seek with your preoperational child.

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You count to 10 while he/she hides. You find your child sitting in the middle of the room with his/her eyes closed. The child believes because he/she cannot see you, then you cannot see him/her. This demonstrates

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Asked why the sky has blue, four-year-old Roger said, \"Because my mommy painted it.\" This demonstrates the principle of

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artification

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Laquette was helping her mother with the dishes and she accidentally knocked over and broke 10 dishes. Kate was sneaking in the kitchen to steal the last cookie from a plate an accidentally knocked the plate off the counter and broke it. According to peroperational morality, who is naughtier?

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Laquetta because she broke more dishes

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Conservation, decentration, reversibility, and subjective responsibility are generally achieved at about ______ years.

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7 to 10

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Awareness of the concept of decentration supports conservation because

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it allows children to center on two dimensions rather than one

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Because concrete operational children are less egocentric, they can increasingly

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take the perspective of another

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Which of the following Piagetian ideas seem to have the msot resistance to criticism

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developmental sequences are always the same

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If a person reasons that Heinz could solve his moral dilemma by obeying the law, even at the cost of his wife's life, then that person demonstrates

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conventional reasoing

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Piaget's _____ stage is a prerequisite for postconventional moral development

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formal operational

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Using Ainsworth's procedure you observe an infant to mildly protest his mother's departure, seek reunion with her, and be readily comforted upon her return. You conclude that the infant is

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securely attached

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In the strange situation method, a child who immediately makes contact with the mother and shows their joy at her return, is demonstrating a(n) secure attachment

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secure attachment

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In the strange situation method, a child who keeps playing with building blocks and doesn't make eye contact with their mothers when she returns, is demonstrating

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avoidant attachment

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Securely attached preschoolers are

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likely to have better attention spans and be less impulsive

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Before infants demonstrate a specific attachment they exhibit

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indiscriminate attachment

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A day care director observes the separations and reunions of preschool children and their parents. The director is interested in

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patterns of attachment

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Baumrind describes a relationship between competence in children and

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parenting style

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The authoritative parent demands

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mature behavior

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Dennis and Donna have strict guidelines about what is right and wrong and demands that their daughter Savannah adhere to those guidelines. According to Diana Baumrind, what type of parents are Dennis and Donna?

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authoritarian

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Roger and Jane are demanding their daughter Rachel's behavior, but explain why and offer help when needed. According to Diana Baumrind what type of parents are Roger and Jane?

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authoritarian

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A child's father is affectionate but demands that the child not speak to an adult unless spoken to, that he/she always put away one toy before taking out another, and that soft drinks be taken only on special occasions. This child's father can be described as

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authoritarian

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During a parent-teacher conference, a father says, \"My child will do what I say because I say so, no, ifs, and or buts!\" The child of this parent ahs academic and social problems. The parent's statement demonstrates

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an authoritarian style

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Permissive parents are poor at communicating but

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warm and supportive

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competent children tend to have

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authroriative parents

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Explanations that identify the imitation of role models as the origin of child abuse suggests

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that child abuse is a learned behavior.

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trust versus mistrust

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erikson's stage of psychosocial development in which we depend on our primary caregivers and come to expect that the enviroment will-or-will not meet our needs

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assimilation

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responding to a new stimulus through a reflex or existing habit

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scheme

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a pattern of action or mental structure involved in acquiring or organizing knowledge

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accommodation

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The creation of new ways of responding to objects or looking at the world

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attachment in the making phase

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stage of attachment characterized by preference for familiar figures

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preoperational

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Cognitive stage in which thought is characterized by the use of words and symbols to represent objects; thought is limited and tends to be one-dimensional

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reversibility

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the recognition that many processes can be undone or restored to their previous conditon

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egocentrism

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the inability of preoperational children to understand that other people do not see things the same way they do

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preconventional stage

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stage of moral reasoning in which judgements are based on expectations of rewards and punishments

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clear-cut attachment

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stage of attachment characterized by intensified dependence on the primary caregiver

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authoritative parents

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Parenting style in which parents are restrictive and demand mature behavior but temper their strictness with love and support; children of these parents are most achievement-oriented and well adjusted

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Object permancence

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the realization that objects removed from sight still exist

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autonomy versus shame and doubt

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stage of psychosocial development where children explore the environment actively and try new things

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conservation

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laws holding that basic properties of substances such as mass, weight, and volume remain the same when you change superficial properties such as their shape or arrangement

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ambivalent/resistant attachment

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type of attachment demonstrated when infants show severe signs of distress when the mother leaves, but alternately cling and push her away when she returns

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concrete operational

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the stage of cognitive development in which children show the beginnings of the capacity for adult logic

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sensorimotor

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the first stage of cognitive development in which the infant is capable of assimilating novel stimuli using reflexes and develops object permanence

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authoritarian parenting

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parenting style in which parents view obedience as a virtue, have strict guidelines about what is right and wrong and rely on force skills and have poor communication skills

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secure attachment

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type of attachment demonstrated when infants mildly protest their mother's departute, yet seek interaction upon reunion and are easily comforted

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indisciminate attachment

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attachment in which infants show no preference for particular people

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conventional stage

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stage of reasoning on moral behavior in which right and wrong are judged by conformity to familiar, religious, or societal standards

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center

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the ability of concrete operational children to focus or center on two dimensions of a problem at once

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permissive parenting

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parenting style in which the parents are generally easygoing with their children; they are warm and supportitve but poor at communication

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avoidant attachment

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type of attachment demonstrated when infants are least distressed by their mother's departure

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initial preattachment phase

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stage of attachment characterized by indiscriminate attachment

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the time of transition from childhood to adulthood in Western cultures is called

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adolescence

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In boys, secondary sex characteristics are related to

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increased testosterone output by the testes

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the critical body weight thought to be associated with the onset of puberty in a female is

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100 lbs

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in girls, menarche

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marks the beginning of menstruation

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Peter spends a great deal of time practicing his viola. What can be said about how this is affecting his brain?

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all of thses

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Fourteen-year-old Katherine's frontal lobe is less active than an adult's which may explain why she

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is less rational than an older adolescent

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Abstract reasoning allows adolescents to

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reason dedutively

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An adolescent's need to be seen with the right hairdo and clothing is indicative of the cognitive development called

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imaginary audience

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Tim and Amy are sexually active but do not use condoms or any other methods of birth control. When asked why, they replied that they just did not think Amy would get pregnant of that they might get AIDS. This type of adolescent thinking is called

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personal fable

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An adolescent's belief that other people are as concerned with their thoughts and behavior as they are is called the

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imaginary audience

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Research demonstrates that ____ is prerequisite for post conventional reasoning

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formal operational thinking

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When Martin Luther King, Jr., used passive resistance and violated laws that enforced segregation and discrimination, he demonstrateed

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post conventional reasoning

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At the post conventional level, individuals must do what is right

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even if it runs against social expectations or requires personal sacrifice

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Support for Kohlberg's theory has been found in his view that

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moral reasoning follows a developmental sequence

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One explanation for the conflicts between adolescents and their parents is

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striving for independence

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Paul has decided to study medicine in college primarily due to the fact that both of his parents are doctors as are his grandparents. Since he was a young child he has wanted to be a doctor. Marcia might place Paul in which identity status?

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foreclosure

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The reasons that teenage boys engage in more masturbation than girls is

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unclear

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who of the following is least likely to use contraceptive devices

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Katherine, a 13-year-old

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Which of the following is correct concerning teenage parents

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they are more likely to have babies of low birth weight

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Physical development ____ in young adulthood

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peaks

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Due to experiencing a physical decline, an athlete usually retires during

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early adulthood

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Which term refers to the fact that an individual's intellectual abilities are subject to change at any given time during the lifespan

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modification

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if Aedan is cognitively healthy adult he is most likely to

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begin to accept life choices based on reality and practicality

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The young adulthood challenge according to Erikson is

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intimacy vs. isolation

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David is a 24 year old. He still has no real sense of direction for his life, but has decided to marry. Erikson would predict

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without personal stability the marraige is likely to end in divorce

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Erikson proposed that people resolve the issue of _____ as young adults.

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intimacy versus isolation

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According to Erik Erikson young adults must have developed a firm sense of identity in order to accomplish

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intimacy

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physical development in middle adulthood is marked by

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gradual, minor decline

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A 52-year-old woman who experiences hot flashes and the cessation of menstruation is most likely exhibiting

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menopause

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____ is caused by a decrease in the secretion of female sex hormones in females during middle adulthood

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Climacteric

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Intelligence associated with the intellectual attainments of a life time or acquired knowledge is called

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crystallized intelligence

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Erikson labeled the life crisis of the middle years as

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generativity versus stagnation

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Levinson's notion of the _____ involves a perspective in which we think of our age in terms of the number of years that we have left to live

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midlife transition

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The profound sense of loss that women experience when their youngest child goes off to college, gets married, or moves out of home is called the

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empty nest syndrome

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Stewart developed scaled to assess four personality variables in woman of various ages. They are

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indentity certainty, generativity, confident power, and awareness of aging

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Stewart's personality variable that involves having a strong and clear identity is called

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identity certainty

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Stewart's personality variable that involves a sense of enlarged vision of one's role in the world and increased responsibility and commitment to society is called

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generativity

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June is a successful lawyer who also servers on several boards of directors for community organizations like the Juvenile Welfare Board. Stewart would say June demonstrates the personality varialbe

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generativity

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Sophia, a young adult in rural Italy would be expected to

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live with her parents until she gets married

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The \"graying of America\" indicates that

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more individuals are living longer

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An older couple decides that they are less able to drive their car during rush hour. This couple is noticing a decrease in

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reaction time

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The lack of peripheral vision associated with glaucoma is related to

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a buildup of fluid pressure inside the eyeball

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Older adults are not interested in sex. This statement is

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a myth regarding sexuality in older age

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One explanation for the current longer life expectancy among American women is

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later onset of heart disease

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Over a lifetime individuals accumulate stress hormones which are a byproduct of illnesses and enviromental stressors. This fact is part of the _____ theory of aging

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hormonal stress

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According to Erikson, when an individual reaches the late adult years with many past regrets and fear that time its running out they are likely to experience

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despair

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The stage of ____ in Kubler-Ross's theory involves questions like, \"Why me?\" or statements like, \"This isn't fair.\"

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anger

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Carla who is the advanced stages of liver cancer, prays every day that God will allow her to live long enough to see her youngest child graduate from high school. Kubler-Ross might place her in which stage of dying?

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bargaining

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A stage of ____ is characterized by feelings of grief and an emotional state of longing

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bereavement

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According to Jacobs ,which emotion is most prevalent right after a death

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disbelief

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The major achievements of this final stage of cognitive development according to Piaget are the development of classification, the ability to think about ideas as well as objects, abstract thinking, and the ability to hypothesize. This stage is known as

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formal operations

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Piaget referred to adolescents' belief that their feelings and ideas are special, even unique, and that they are invulnerable as the

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personal fable

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Keshia is 11 and has grown approximately 8 inches in the last year; her hips have begun to widen, and her breasts have begun to develop. She has also noticed the growth of hair in her underarm and pubic areas, and last month she experienced her menarche. Which developmental period would psychologists say that she is in/

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adolescence

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Your doctor tells you that aging is determined by a biological clock that ticks at a rate of governed by your genes. Which theory of aging does your physician ascribe to?

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cellular clock theory

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All of the following are true about successful agers EXCEPT

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they enjoy their new-found leisure time by slowing down their physical activities

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According to Jacobs, which emotion is most prevalent right after death?

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disbelief

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A progressive form of mental deterioration that is characterized by general, gradual decline in cognitive functioning best describes

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Alzheimer's disease

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Lifetime attainments, vocabulary, and accumulated facts are to ________ intelligence as the ability to process information rapidly and mental flexibility are to _______ intelligence.

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crystallized; fluid

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Which of the following lists the correct sequence of Kubler-Ross's five stages of dying?

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denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance

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According to Erik Erikson, the fifth stage of psychosocial development occurs during adolescence. This stage is known as

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ego identity versus role diffusion

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Which of the following is shared by all the psychodynamic theories of personality

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conflict

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According to Freud, your telephone number is stored at the ____ level.

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preconscious

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Sherry knows she went to the store yesterday. This memory is in her ______ mind.

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conscious

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The id is guided by the ______ principle

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pleasure

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Some impulses and desires are kept from awareness primarily by the

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ego

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Which best illustrates the concept of a defense mechanism

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Laurie cannot remember being raped

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The ego is to the _____ principle as the superego is to the _____ principle

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reality; moral

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The id is to the ____ principle as the superego is to the _____ principle

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pleasure; moral

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Casey says she feels bad because she broke her mother's vase. This feeling is most consistent with the

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superego

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Iris said that her mother made her steal because she wouldn't give her enough money to buy the clothes she wanted. This is a demonstration of which defense mechanism?

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rationalization

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Eros is aimed at perserving

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life

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One of the reasons individuals identify with the rich and the famous is

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all of these

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During the third year of life children enter the _____ stage.

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phallic

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Elementary school children who separate and tend to play in groups of their own gender are demonstrating the ____ stage of psychosexual development.

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latency

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The Electra complex involves

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a girl longing for her father and resenting her mother

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According to Freud, _____ causes boys who are about five years old to repress their sexual feelings

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the pressure of desiring their mother and being jealous of their father

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the period from age five to six years through adolescence is called the _____ stage.

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latency

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Freud is to the _____ as Erikson is to the ____-

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id; ego

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Individual psychology is the theory of

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Alfred Adler

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All of the following are criticisms of Freud's Psychoanalytic theory except

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parents should be aware of the emotional needs of their children

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Personality characteristics that can be inferred from observable behaviors would be called

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traits

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the earliest person associated with the trait approached the

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Argos hippocrates

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A catalog of human traits made by _____ helped lay the foundation for future personality researhc

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Gordon Allport

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Bob exhibits narrow mindedness, rigidty and shallowness. Based on the five-factor model, he shows a lack of

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openness to experience

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Research has found that extraversion is associated with higher levels of

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dopamine

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Children who may develop antisocial personalities show _____ responses to threats and stressors

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low

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In Walden Two, Skinner describes a Utopian society in which the people are happy and content because

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their reinforcement histories have taught them to be this way

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Kelly has devoted her weekends to working in a homeless shelter. Skinner wold most likely explain this by saying

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she has been rewarded for altruistic behaviors

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The idea that a person influences the environment as well as the environment influencing the person is called

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reciprocal determinism

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People influencing their environment just as their environment influences them is called by Bandura

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reciprocal determinism

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Social-cognitive theory differs from behaviorism in that social-cognitive theory argues that

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people influence their environments

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Drew thought that if he asked Tracey to go the movies with him, she would refuse. This would be considered an example of ______ by social-cognitive theorists

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expectancies

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Chris though that being offered entrance to college would be bad because he wanted to start working immediately after high-school graduation. This would be considered an example of _____ by social cognitive

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encoding strategies

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Lucy has trained for a marathon, and she thinks that she will be able to complete the race. This is an example of ______ according to social-cognitive theory.

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self-efficacy expectations

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Which of the following is an example of self-regulatory systems?

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Tom is nervous while delivering a speech, so he squeezes his fingers to distract himself

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Trait theories are to _____ variables as learning theories are to _____ variables.

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internal;external

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A major criticism of the social cognitive theory is that they

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can't explain trait development and self awareness

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Behaviorism is limited because of its self imposed decision to not stude

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thoughts and feelinsg

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Humanism has historically been labeled as the \"third force' in American psychology because of its comparison to

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behaviorism and psychoanalysis

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The belief that people are completely free and responsible for their own behavior is known as

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existentialism

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Rogers call the sense of who and what you are

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the self

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Anita believes that she is worthless if she is not named \"most likely to succeed\" in her high-school yearbook like her mother expects of her. This most accurately reflects

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conditions of worth

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Mental images of what we are capable of becoming are called

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self-ideals

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Carl Rogers would claim that we are motivated to reduce the discrepancy between our self-concept and our

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self-ideal

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Collectivists tend to define themselves in terms of

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their relationships

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____ has been shown to be connected with patterns of acculturation among immigrants

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self-esteem

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Every 10 minutes the teacher used a form to record whether Freddy (a student) stood up from his chair or spoke without permission. This is an attempt to measure personality through the use of

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behavior-rating scale

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The Minnesota Multiphase Personality Inventory is an example of

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an objective measure

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The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) is a(N) ____ measure.

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projective

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Steve has just finished a personnel test which shows that he is mechanically oriented and enjoys routines. According to John Holland Steve is ______ and _____.

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realistic; conventional q

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Carl Jung is to ___ as Alfred Adler is to ____

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collective unconscious; inferiority complex

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According to the _____ theory, the personality is characterized by a dynamic struggle or conflict

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psychodynamic

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Who would tell you that you are free to do what you choose with your life and the meaning of your life is the meaning that you give it? He would explain that you have unique ways of looking at the world, known as the frame of reference

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Rogers

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According to the _____ perspective, our personality is largely the result of environmental influences and situational variables

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learning

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You have finished a personnel test that shows you are mechanically oriented and enjoy routine. According to Holland, you are ______ and ____.

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realistic; conventional

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The process by which immigrants become acclimated to the customs and behavior patterns of their new host culture is known as

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acculturation

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behavior-rating scales

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a systematic method for recording the frequency with which a target behavior occurs

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objective tests

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test whose with concrete answers are considered correct

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forced-choice format

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a method of presenting test questions that requires test taker to select one of a number of possible answers

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MMPI

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a true-false formatted test that contains hundreds of items; used in clinical and counseling psychology to help diagnose psychological disorders

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projective tests

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a psychological test presents ambiguous stimuli onto which the test taker projects his/her own personality

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standardized tests

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a test that is given to a large number of test takes so that data concerning the typical responses can be accumulated and analyzed

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Rorschach inkblot test

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a projective test that presents ambiguous stimuli onto which the test taker projects his/her own personality

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thematic apperception test

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projective test that presents drawings that are open to interpretation

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Karen Horney

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argued that little girls do not feel inferior to boys, that these views were based on Western cultural prejudice

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Alfred Adler

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believed that people are motivated by inferiority complex and the need to compensate for these feelings

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Freud's concept of the conscious is to ____ as the unconscious is to ____

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awareness; non-awareness

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The id is to _____, as the ego is to _____.

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pleasure principle, reality principle

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Aaron is intelligent, reliable, outgoing, and honest. This description of Aaron's personality would most likely be given by

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a trait theorist

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The psychic structure that incorporates the moral standards and values of parents and develops throughout early childhood is known as the

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superego

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Sarah is appreciative, cautious, dependent, and softhearted. She exhibits the

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feminine gender role stereotypes

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According to Williams and Best (1994) which of the following would not be considered an attribute ascribed to a woman

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autocratic

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Dorina Rodriguez is independent, competitive, tough, protective, and logical at business, math, and science. Dorina fits the ______ stereotype outlined in the text

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male

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According to research, females seem to do better than males on tasks taht are

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verbal

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All of the following statements are true regarding sex differences in personality except

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Sex differences generally do not become evident until adolescence

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in a recent cross-cultural study, women respondents to the Big Five Inventory reported higher levels of which of the following

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conscientiousness

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Which of the following is correct concerning gender differences in aggression

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Gender differences in aggression decline when the victim is anonymous

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According to research on mate selection, men tend to place greater emphasis than women on

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thrift

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Men are more likely than women to

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marry for looks

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Dr. Johnson believes men and women are different because of natural selection and responses to problems in adaptation. Dr. Johnson is a(n) ______ psychologists

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evolutionary

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The biological perspective claims men are more aggressive because of the hormone testosterone. However, cognitive psychologist counter this explanation with the fact taht

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regardless of hormone levels people can choose whether or not to be aggressive

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Sigmund Freud explained the acquisition of gender roles in terms of

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identification

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which of the following demonstrates identification as described by Freud?

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Billy wants to be big and strong like his father

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One research finding that contradicts psychodynamic theory is that

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boys and girls are inclined to develop gender preferences much earlier than predicted by Freud

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The most common sexual problem among women is

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lack of sexual desire

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Greg has known that he is sexually attracted to males since early adolescence. This attraction is known as Greg's

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sexual orientation

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Richard and Michelle are sexually attracted to each other and share a romantic relationship that is

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heterosexual

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Norman, Harry, and Sue are sexually attracted to each other and share a romantic relationship that is

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bisexual

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According to surveys, what percent of the U.S population identifies themselves as homosexual

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under 5%

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Mary is lesbian as a result of early experiences in which she achieved orgasm with other women. This would support the _____ point of view.

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social cognitive

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If monozygotic twins have a higher concordance rate for a gay male sexual orientation tha dizygotic twins, that imples

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that sexual orientations is influenced by hereditary factors

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Which of the following statements if correct concerning homosexuality in nonhuman populations

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hormone injections during fetal development appear to influence sexual orientation

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Factors that contribute to attraction are

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physical appearance, similarity, and reciprocity

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Which female facial feature is considered attractive of men of many cultures

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large eyes

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Research shows that in regards to weight and physical attraction

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all of the above

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Cross-cultural research on physical attractiveness suggests

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preferences for body weight and shape may be culturally determined

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Which woman would be seen as most attractive to men/

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Mary, who is modest

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According to the _____ hypothesis we are most likely to be attracted to someone who is similar to us

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attraction-similarity

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According to the triangular model of love, love consists of which three components

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intimacy, passion, commitment

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Sherry and Phil had a short-term relationship. Which aspect of the triangular model of love is most important in their relationship

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passion

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Research has shown that men who have had multiple sexual partners are more likely to experience a/n _____ after first-time sex with a new partner which often results in the end of the relationship

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negative shift

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Which of the following occurs during the excitement phase

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breasts enlarge

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Francine is in the resolution phase. What is most likely to occur to her during this phase

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release of blood from engorged area

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Unlike women, men have

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refractory periods

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Which of the following demonstrates the presence of a refractory period?

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a man experiences an orgasm and cannot experience another for at least 30 minutes

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The kinsey report

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was a survey of sexual behavior in the 1940s and 1950s

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In hypoactive sexual desire disorder, a person

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lacks interest in sexual activity

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Olivia always has difficulty remaining lubricated enough for intercourse. Her condition is called

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female sexual arousal dirosder

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Rebecca has a problem where the muscles around her vagina contract, and she is unable to allow penetration. Her condition is called

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vaginismus

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Which of the following is true about sexual dysfunctions?

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sexual dysfunctions can be caused by heart disease

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Aaron focuses on his past sexual failures and therefore experiences sexual dysfunctions. This phenomenon is called

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performance anxiety

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Most sexual dysfunctions are caused by

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both psychological and biological reasons

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The number one focus of sex therapy is to

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reduce performance anxiety

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Drugs such as Viagra and Levitra help men maintain erection by

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relaxing the muscles surrounding the blood vessels in the penis

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One disturbing myth held by men about a woman's responses to sexual advances is

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when women protest they don't really mean it

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Which of the following women is acting in a way to reduce her risk of date rape

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Elise is meeting a blind date at a crowded restaurant where her brother workds

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Aids, chlamydia, and HPV are all example of

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sexually transmitted diseases

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you cannot transmit HIV through

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saliva

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Based on recent success rates with AIDs treatments the most effective approach seems to be

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prevention

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Which of the following is true of chlamydia?

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Many people who have this disease have no symptoms

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vaginismus

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c

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consummate love

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a

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excitement phase

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j

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