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Researchers are exploring whether treatment with ________ might improve social behavior in those with ASD.


A) adrenal hormones
B) testosterone
C) MMR vaccinations
D) oxytocin

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

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Preschoolers' acquisition of a theory of mind suggests that Piaget overestimated young children's


A) egocentrism.
B) infantile amnesia.
C) stranger anxiety.
D) sense of object permanence.

E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

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Parents who are neither demanding nor responsive are said to be


A) authoritarian.
B) permissive.
C) negligent.
D) authoritative.

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

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Your understanding and awareness of who you are is your


A) temperament.
B) egocentrism.
C) self-concept.
D) theory of mind.

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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Four-year-old Karen can't remember anything of the first few months of her life.This is best explained by the fact that


A) the trauma of birth interferes with the early formation of memories.
B) most brain cells do not yet exist at the time of birth.
C) experiences shortly after birth are a meaningless blur of darkness and light.
D) the hippocampus and frontal lobes are immature during early infancy.

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Infants who are unable to predict how their parents will react to their cries for care and attention are especially likely to show signs of


A) egocentrism.
B) conservation.
C) insecure attachment.
D) assimilation.

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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Half the mothers of temperamentally difficult infants received personal training in sensitive responding.The other half did not.Those who received this training were more likely than the others to have their 12-month-old babies rated as


A) empathizers.
B) systemizers
C) securely attached.
D) egocentric.

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

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Infant monkeys raised with a nourishing wire mother and a nonnourishing cloth mother


A) preferred the nourishing wire mother.
B) preferred the nonnourishing cloth mother.
C) showed no preference for one mother over the other.
D) shifted their initial preference for the wire mother to the cloth mother as they matured.

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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Infants accustomed to a puppet jumping three times on stage show surprise if the puppet jumps only twice.This suggests that Piaget


A) overestimated the continuity of cognitive development.
B) underestimated the cognitive capacities of infants.
C) overestimated the impact of culture on infant intelligence.
D) underestimated the impact of object permanence on infant attachment.

E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

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The importance of schemas was most clearly highlighted by


A) Erikson's psychosocial development theory.
B) Piaget's cognitive development theory.
C) Harlow's attachment theory.
D) Vygotsky's social cognitive theory.

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

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Mr.Firkin is a shy and reserved person,who often feels tense and nervous.In therapy,he recalled that he had an unhappy childhood,feeling that he did not receive enough attention from his mother and resenting the conservative family discipline and lifestyle enforced by his father.He blames both parents for his current anxiety,unhappiness,and loneliness.In light of your understanding of the interactive influences of nature and nurture,explain why Mr.Firkin's complaints about his parents may be somewhat unfair and unhelpful.

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Autism spectrum disorder is a disorder characterized by deficient social interaction and an impaired


A) capacity for stranger anxiety.
B) sense of object permanence.
C) theory of mind.
D) concept of conservation.

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

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Olivia understands her world primarily by grasping and sucking easily available objects.Olivia is clearly in Piaget's ________ stage.


A) preoperational
B) concrete operational
C) sensorimotor
D) formal operational

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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A mother who is consistently sensitive and responsive to her infant's cries for care and protection is most likely to encourage


A) egocentrism.
B) stranger anxiety.
C) secure attachment.
D) conservation.

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

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Vygotsky suggested that new words provide a temporary ________ from which children can step to higher levels of thinking


A) preoperational stage
B) neural network
C) critical period
D) scaffold

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

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Simon Baron-Cohen has suggested that ASD affects more boys than girls because girls are more naturally disposed to be _________,whereas boys are more naturally disposed to be _________.


A) trusting;self-aware
B) confrontive;coercive
C) empathizers;systemizers
D) idealists;realists

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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According to Piaget,we come to know the world primarily by looking,touching,mouthing,and grasping during the ________ stage.


A) concrete operational
B) sensorimotor
C) formal operational
D) preoperational

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

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Five-year-old Tammy mistakenly believes that her short,wide glass contains less soda than her brother's tall,narrow glass.Actually,both glasses contain the same amount of soda.This illustrates that Tammy lacks the concept of


A) conservation.
B) egocentrism.
C) assimilation.
D) object permanence.

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

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In a British study following more than 7000 people from birth to adulthood,those individuals whose fathers were most involved in parenting tended to demonstrate greater


A) egocentrism.
B) stranger anxiety.
C) object permanence.
D) academic achievement.

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

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Using a large box to symbolize a boat and brooms to symbolize fishing poles,Jerry and Tommy imagined themselves catching fish out of a lake.The children are most clearly demonstrating


A) conservation.
B) theory of mind.
C) pretend play.
D) egocentrism.

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

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