Psychology – Chapter 5 – Flashcards

Questions about the extent to which maladaptive habits learned in childhood can be overcome in adulthood are most directly relevant to the issue of

If research suggested that a pregnant mother's use of an artificial sweetener caused harm to the fetus, the artificial sweetener would be considered a(n)

The importance of schemas was most clearly highlighted by

concept of conservation

A child's realization that others may have beliefs that the child knows to be false best illustrates the development of

The process of imprinting occurs during a brief developmental phase known as

secure attachment

authoritarian parenting style

During adolescence, maturation of the ________ lags behind maturation of the ________

Adolescents' sense of what's fair is most likely to change from simple equality to what's proportional to merit when they achieve

conventional mortality

Kohlberg's levels of of moral thinking

preconventional mortality

postconventional mortality

role confusion

A public initiation into adult responsibilities and status is called a

the social clock

Among older adults, hearing loss, and its associated social isolation, predicts the incidence of depression and

There is very little relationship between the age of an adult and his or her

Mark thinks that language development over the life span requires a slow but steady shaping process. His belief is most directly relevant to the issue of

teratogens

The best evidence that newborns possess visual memory capabilities comes from research on

accommodation

During Piaget's sensorimotor stage, children acquire a

Marissa resents the burden and constraints of caring for her infant daughter and frequently ignores her cries for attention. As a consequence, her daughter is most likely to display signs of

Intense and reactive infants become unusually anxious and aroused when facing new or strange situations. This best illustrates the impact of

Compared with the children of authoritarian parents, the children of authoritative parents are

authoritative parents

The speed of neurotransmission in the frontal lobe increases during adolescence due to the growth of

The sexual abuse of a very young child is so emotionally repulsive to most people that they immediately recognize it as shamefully immoral. This best illustrates that moral judgments may reflect

The process of developing a sense of identity during adolescence was highlighted by who's theory

Judson is a 70-year-old retired automobile mechanic. In contrast to when he was 20, he now probably less susceptible to what

telomeres

As adults grow older, they are most likely to show a decline in their ability to remember

According to Erikson, older adults can most effectively cope with the prospect of their own death if they have achieved a sense of

critical period

myelin

formal operations

object permanence