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Question 21

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At the preconventional level, the child decides if things are good or bad (moral) on the basis of whether they

A) are against the law.
B) bring punishment or reward.
C) are in accord with social rules.
D) fit the child's own sense of "rightness."

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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Question 22

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According to Kagan and colleagues, infants who are shy, timid, and wary of unfamiliar persons are said to exhibit

A) an uninhibited temperament.
B) a slow-to-warm-up temperament.
C) mixed temperaments.
D) inhibited temperament.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Question 23

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At the end of the ____ stage of prenatal development, the developing organism is about one inch long and has already developed most of the vital organs and bodily structures.

A one celled organism formed by the union of the sperm and egg is known as

The embryonic stage of prenatal development is

Young Benny can reach for his Cheerios with his arm, but cannot yet pick them up with his fingers and hands. Benny's behavior best illustrates the ____ trend of motor development.

Bob is asked, "Do you have a brother?" He replies, "Yes." "What's his name?" "Joe." "Does Joe have a brother?" Bob answers, "No." Bob is most likely in which stage of cognitive development?

Females developing wider hips and males developing facial hair are examples of

How do children develop special attachments to their mothers, according to John Bowlby?

Close, emotional bonds of affection that develop between infants and their caregivers defines

In the Featured Study on "can infants do arithmetic," infants presented with an addition problem tended to ____ if shown the wrong outcome.

Ashley finds a wallet on the floor at the store. She decides to turn in the wallet at the lost-and-found because she believes her parents will be proud of her for being honest. Ashley's reasoning reflects the ____ level of moral development.

Which of the following is NOT one of the three phases of prenatal development?

The correct order or sequence of Piaget's stages is

Based on the study begin in Seattle in 1974 (Steissguth, 2007) that followed the offspring of mothers who had engaged in varied amounts of drinking alcoholic beverages during pregnancy found you would predict that at age 14, a child who did not have fetal alcohol syndrome, but whose mother was a heavy drinker, would exhibit

Which of the following has NOT been proposed as a reason puberty is occurring earlier than in previous generations?

Which of the following is NOT one of the three phases of prenatal development?

Tucker is a graduate student who is studying identity formation. He selects a group of 5-year-olds, a group of 10-year-olds, and a group of 15-year-olds, and interviews each group, asking them what they plan to be when they finish school. In this example, Tucker is using

The tendency to focus on just one feature of a problem while neglecting other important aspects is referred to as

A consensus is building that Kohlberg's theory led to a constricted focus on