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Question: The __________ approach to the nature-nurture issues states that it is a combination of both environment and heredity that influence development.
Answer: interactionist |
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Question: According to __________, people pass through a three-level sequence of moral judgment and reasoning in a fixed order.
Answer: Lawrence Kohlberg |
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Question: Psychologists generally agree that early adulthood occurs between the ages of:
Answer: Age 20- 45 |
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Question: Which of the following is not true regarding social development?
Answer: Social developmental transitions are qualitative |
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Question: Almost ___ percent of all family households are now headed by one parent, compared with 13 percent in 1970.
Answer: 25 |
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Question: __________ intelligence, which involves information-processing skills such as memory, calculations, and analogy solving, declines in late adulthood.
Answer: Fluid |
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Question: The basic, innate disposition that emerges early in life and encompasses several dimensions, including general activity level and mood, is known as a person's __________.
Answer: temperament |
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Question: Standard measures devised to assess behavior objectively; used by psychologists to help people make decisions about their lives and understand more about themselves, are called __________.
Answer: psychological tests |
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Question: The __________ perspective suggests that when an individual displays symptoms of abnormal behavior, the fundamental cause will be found through a physical examination of the individual.
Answer: medical |
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Question: Throughout human history, abnormal behavior was linked to:
Answer: superstition and witchcraft |
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Question: __________ disorders are psychological difficulties that take on a physical form, but for which there is no medical cause.
Answer: Somatoform |
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