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According to the Focus on Neuroscience box titled "The Adolescent Brain: A Work in Progress,"
MRI studies of normal children and adolescents: - ✔✔showed overproduction of a second
wave of gray matter just prior to puberty, followed by a second round of neuronal pruning
during the teenage years.
Looking back over his life in late adulthood, 70-year-old Redner experiences regret,
dissatisfaction, and disappointment about his accomplishments. According to Erikson, Redner is
experiencing ______ and has failed to achieve a sense of ______. - ✔✔despair; ego integrity
At birth, a baby's brain is ______ of its adult weight. - ✔✔25 percent
At Mr. Guerno's seventieth birthday party, his grandchildren asked him about some of his many
adventures and travels. While listening to his colorful stories, they realized that their grandfather
had lived a very meaningful life and was very satisfied with his many life accomplishments. Mr.
Guerno is in the ______ stage of life and has achieved what Erikson called ______. - ✔✔late
adulthood; ego integrity
The term ______ refers to the observable traits or characteristics of an organism, as determined
by the interaction of genetic and environmental factors. - ✔✔phenotype
,Dr. Psychologist is studying how parental involvement relates to the academic achievement of
their children by following a group of children from kindergarten through twelfth grade. What
research strategy is Dr. Psychologist using? - ✔✔longitudinal
In Dr. Strayer's longitudinal research on factors that correlate with getting older, she is likely
to find that: - ✔✔most people maintain their intellectual abilities as they age.
Regarding infant temperament, a child who readily adapts to new experiences, displays positive
moods and emotions, and has regular sleeping and eating patterns can be characterized as a(n)
______ baby. - ✔✔easy
Dr. Wiley studies the interaction between heredity and environment, which he also calls the
______ issue when he lectures to his students. - ✔✔nature-nurture
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's stage of dying called denial involves: - ✔✔insisting that doctors
are wrong
Nine months after conception, a baby girl named Tracy is born. The stages of her
prenatal development, from first to last, were: - ✔✔germinal, embryonic, fetal
One of the different forms of a particular gene is called a(n): - ✔✔allele
, Which of the following accurately characterizes Piaget's sensorimotor stage of development? -
✔✔It is the first stage of cognitive development, during which the infant explores the
environment and acquires knowledge through sensing and manipulating objects.
What are two permissive parenting styles? - ✔✔permissive-indulgent and permissive-indifferent.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, whose findings are depicted in Figure 9.6, titled "The
Changing Structure of American Families and Households," one of the sharpest declines is that
of: - ✔✔married couples with children
A person's "identity" is his or her: - ✔✔self-definition or description, including the
values, beliefs, and ideals that guide his or her behavior.
During the fourth month of pregnancy, the mother can feel the fetus moving within her. This
moment is called: - ✔✔quickening.
Mr. Reddington has reached a point in his life where he is examining whether he has
experienced meaning, and what type of meaning, in his life. According to Erikson, Mr.
Reddington is in the eighth psychosocial task known as: - ✔✔ego integrity.
Every time Mrs. Thomas touches her baby's left cheek, the baby turns that cheek toward her
mother and opens her mouth. The reflex that is triggered by the mother's touch is known as the
______ reflex. - ✔✔rooting
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