Question 1

Field that studies how people grow and change

Accepted Answer

Developmental Psychology

Question 2

Process of forming immediate connections

Accepted Answer

Attachment

Question 3

Brought about by new information

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Change

Question 4

Inability to see another person's point of view

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Egocentrism

Question 5

Understanding that an object exists even when it cannot be seen or touched

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Object permanence

Question 6

Basic instinctual need to touch and be touched by something soft

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Contact comfort

Question 7

Internally programmed growth of a child

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Maturation

Question 8

Involuntary reaction or response

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Reflex

Question 9

An infant's response to turn and suck when touched on the face

Accepted Answer

Rooting reflex

Question 10

A point in which a person is best suited for learning

Accepted Answer

Critical period

Question 11

Field that studies how people think and reason

Accepted Answer

Cognitive psychology

Question 12

Piaget's stage where children's thinking develops in sequent stages

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Concrete-operational stage

Question 13

Piaget's stage where people reach cognitive maturity

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Formal-operational stage

Question 14

Kohlberg's level where children base moral decisions on avoiding punishment

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Preconventional level

Question 15

Result of experience, not heredity

Accepted Answer

Depth perception

Question 16

Causes a human baby to cling to their mother when frightened or hurt

Accepted Answer

Separation anxiety

Question 17

Causes a duckling to follow its mother

Accepted Answer

Imprinting

Question 18

Case study addressing the concept of critical period in psychology

Accepted Answer

Genie

Question 19

Age range when depth perception is learned

Accepted Answer

18-25

Question 20

Psychologist who experimented with imprinting with animals

Accepted Answer

Konrad Lorenz

Question 21

Psychologist who researched cognitive development

Accepted Answer

Jean Piaget

Question 22

Psychologist who researched moral development

Accepted Answer

Lawrence Kohlberg

Question 23

Psychologist who concluded contact comfort was even stronger than the need to eat

Accepted Answer

Harry Harlow

Question 24

Psychologist who concluded that a key task of young adulthood is ego integrity

Accepted Answer

Erik Erikson

Question 25

Age range when Betty is statistically at her physical peak

Accepted Answer

Question 26

Stage of dying characterized by denial

Accepted Answer

Denial

Question 27

Erikson's term for the desire to use one's accumulated wisdom to guide future generations

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Starting a career

Question 28

Menopause

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End of menstruation

Question 29

Belief that life is meaningful and worthwhile even when physical abilities are not what they used to be

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Ego integrity

Question 30

Prejudice against the old

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Ageism

Question 31

Most common cause of death in later adulthood

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Cancer

Question 32

Progressive brain disorder that causes loss of memory and language

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Alzheimer's disease

Question 33

Characteristics directly involved in reproduction

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Primary sex characteristics

Question 34

Culturally preferred timing of events like marriage and parenthood

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Social clock

Question 35

Developing human organism from 2 weeks through 2nd month

Accepted Answer

Zygote

Question 36

Characteristics that distinguish males from females, but not involved in reproduction

Accepted Answer

Secondary sex characteristics

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