Midterm - 5&6

Question 1

A child’s temperament is likely to be

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Stable over time

Question 2

A teratogen is a

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Substance that can cross the placental barrier and harm an unborn child

Question 3

A reflex refers to

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An automatic response to sensory stimulation

Question 4

Habituation refers to the

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Decreasing responsiveness to a stimulus to which one is repeatedly exposed

Question 5

Cognition refers to

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The mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating

Question 6

According to Piaget, schemas are

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Peoples conceptual frameworks for understanding their experiences

Question 7

If children cannot grasp the principle of conservation, they are unable to

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Recognize that the quantity of a substance remains the same despite changes in its shape

Question 8

ASD rates are ______ among elite math students and they are _____ among the children and grandchildren of engineers

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Higher; higher

Question 9

Providing children with a safe haven in times of stress contributes most directly to

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Secure attachment

Question 10

The process of imprinting involves the formation of an

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Attachment

Question 11

A mother who is slow in responding to her infants cries of distress is most likely to encourage

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Insecure attachment

Question 12

Normal visual sensation in the absence of complete visual perception is best illustrated by

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Prosopagnosia

Question 13

Perception is the process by which

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Sensory input is organized and interpreted

Question 14

Priming refers to the activation of certain

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Associations

Question 15

A subliminal message is one that is presented

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Below ones absolute threshold for conscious awareness

Question 16

Sensory adaption refers to

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Diminished sensitivity to an unchanging stimulus

Question 17

A perceptual set refers to

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A mental predisposition that influences what we perceive

Question 18

Accommodation refers to the

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Process by which the lens changes shape to focus images on the retina

Question 19

The fovea refers to

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The central focal point in the retina

Question 20

A gestalt is best described as an

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Organized whole

Question 21

Infants who were exposed to the visual cliff

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Refused to cross over onto the glass over the cliff to their mothers

Question 22

Color constancy refers to the fact that

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Objects are perceived to be the same color even if the light they reflect changes

Question 23

The sense of touch includes the four basic sensations of

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Pressure, pain, warmth, and cold

Question 24

Developmental psychologists study physical, cognitive, and ______ changes throughout the human life span

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Social