Develop Psych Quiz 4 – Flashcards
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What emotion is aparent at birth?
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pleasure and pain
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Usually, stranger wariness is first noticeable at how many months?
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9 months
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Colic is likely the result of immature digestion in infants?
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True
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The lasting emotional bond that an infant forms with a caregiver is called..?
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attachment
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Attachment in infants is definately evident by the age of..?
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1 year
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Based on research, attachment appears to be ..?
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universal
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A sign of secure attachment is when a child..?
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leaves caregiver's lap to play but periodically look back and talk or bring toy to adult
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Harry's mother left him for a few minutes. When she returned, Harry climbed into her lap and then resumed playing. Harry is probably a...() attached child?
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secure
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Infants of depressed mothers are still better off staying home w/their mothers than being sent to other caregiving situations
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true
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Proximity-seeking and contact-maintaining attachment behaviors have been crucial to the survival of the species.
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true
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Research has indicated that once an infant has become securely attached to an adult...?
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they are more likely to become secure toddlers, socially competent preschoolers, and higher achieving children
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A baby searches the faces of her parents to see how to respond in unfamiliar situations. This is called..?
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social referencing
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A parent and a toddler meet someone who makes the toddler nervous. The toddler will probably..?
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look to the parent for a reaction that the stranger is good
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According to the traditional behaviorism, personality is..?
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a molded as parents reinforce or punish a child
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Which theorist stated, "failure to bring up a happy child, a well-adjusted child-assuming bodily health-falls squarely upon the parent's shoulders.."?
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John B. Watson
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(blank) learning takes place by observing others
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social (observational?)
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Developmentalists have found that social learning takes place..?
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throughout the life span
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Nurturing parents who hold their baby often are exhibiting..?
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proximal parenting
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In the study comparing children in rural Cameroon w/children from urban Greece, which children were observed spending the greatest time being held by their mothers?
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Children from Cameroon
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Self-recognition (based upon the mirror test) usually emerges at about 18 months
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true
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Which hormone is associated w/encouraging caregiving behaviors..?
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oxytocin
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Allocate refers to..?
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the care of children by people other than the biological parents
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When Brigitta gave birth, her mother moved in w/the young family to help care for the newborn. This sort of caregiving by someone other than the baby's parent is called..?
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allocare
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Worldwide, only about 15% of infants recieve daily care from..?
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a non-relative who is paid and trained to provide it
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In the US, about 20% of infants are cared for (blank) throughout the first year of life..?
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exclusively by their mothers
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Center-based day care is common in countries like France, Isreal and China, where..?
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it is heavily subsidized by the governments
