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Name: __________________________ Date: _____________

1.
Young children typically try to stay very close to their parents when they are in an unfamiliar setting. This best illustrates the adaptive value of:
A)
habituation.
B)
conservation.
C)
the rooting reflex.
D)
attachment.
E)
egocentrism.

2.
The branch of psychology that systematically focuses on the physical, mental, and social changes that occur throughout the life cycle is called:
A)
clinical psychology.
B)
social psychology.
C)
personality psychology.
D)
developmental psychology.
E)
biological psychology.

3.
One of the most consistently damaging teratogens is:
A)
epinephrine.
B)
testosterone.
C)
serotonin.
D)
dopamine.
E)
alcohol.

4.
Menopause is associated with a reduction in:
A)
adrenaline.
B)
testosterone.
C)
estrogen.
D)
acetylcholine.
E)
dopamine.

5.
Crystallized intelligence refers most directly to a person 's:
A)
accumulated knowledge and verbal skills.
B)
ability to reason speedily and abstractly.
C)
ability to assume the perspective of others.
D)
willingness to revise beliefs in light of new information.
E)
ability to master new information and to learn new skills.

6.
The powerful survival impulse that leads infants to seek closeness to their caregivers is called:
A)
attachment.
B)
imprinting.
C)
habituation.
D)
assimilation.
E)
the rooting reflex.

7.
Formal operational thought is most similar to:
A)
fluid intelligence.
B)
generativity.
C)
conventional morality.
D)
autonomy.
E)
crystallized intelligence.

8.
Incorporating new information into existing theories is to ________ as modifying existing theories in light of new information is to ________.
A)
conservation; habituation
B)
imprinting; maturation
C)
object permanence; insecure attachment
D)
sensorimotor stage; preoperational stage
E)
assimilation; accommodation

9.
Biological growth processes that are relatively uninfluenced by