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According to Kohlberg,the stage of moral development in which the morality of an action is primarily determined by the extent to which it conforms to social rules is called the _____ stage.


A) prescriptive
B) preconventional
C) relativistic
D) conventional

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

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A characteristic that is NOT associated with fetal alcohol syndrome is:


A) a thin upper lip.
B) large eye openings.
C) a flat midface.
D) an underdeveloped jaw.

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

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Sex education during adolescence:


A) eliminates sexual activity among teenagers.
B) can decrease the number of teenage pregnancies.
C) increases the number of sexually transmitted diseases among teenagers.
D) has no effect on sexual activity among teenagers.

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

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B

Ricky will not pull Amber's hair,even though he wants to do so,because he is afraid that Amber will get him into trouble for it.According to Kohlberg,Ricky probably is in the _____ stage of moral development.


A) relativistic
B) preconventional
C) conventional
D) prescriptive

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

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In the final stage of moral development,Piaget suggests that children shift their thinking from _____ to _____.


A) intentions;drives
B) outcomes;intentions
C) outcomes;drives
D) intentions;outcomes

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

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B

Throughout adolescence,people spend _____ time with opposite-sex peers and _____ time with same-sex peers.


A) less;more
B) less;maintain the amount of
C) more;less
D) more;maintain the amount of

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

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The tendency for motor skills to emerge in sequence from the head to the feet is called the _____ rule.


A) motor
B) cognitive
C) proximodistal
D) cephalocaudal

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

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_____ is the failure to understand that the world appears different to different people.


A) Accommodation
B) Assimilation
C) Egocentrism
D) Conservation

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

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During the Strange Situation test,Gravis notices his mother leaving the room but does not appear upset.When she returns,Gravis smiles at her and continues to play happily with a truck.What attachment style does Gravis MOST likely display?


A) secure
B) avoidant
C) ambivalent
D) disorganized

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

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The ability to reason about abstract concepts,such as freedom and love,occurs during the _____ stage.


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

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

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The theories of Lev Vygotsky emphasized the role played by _____ in cognitive development.


A) genetic predisposition
B) mental representation
C) social interaction
D) concrete objects

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

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C

Identify a TRUE statement about the socioemotional selectivity theory.


A) Older adults are generally oriented toward information acquisition of information that will be useful to them in the future.
B) Older adults are generally oriented toward information that brings emotional satisfaction in the present.
C) Younger adults spend their time attending to positive information that fills their emotional needs today.
D) Younger adults spend their time attending to information that is likely to bring them emotional satisfaction in their daily life.

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

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Once a zygote has implanted itself on the uterine wall,it signifies the end of the _____ stage of development and the beginning of the _____ stage.


A) germinal;embryonic
B) germinal;fetal
C) embryonic;fetal
D) embryonic;germinal

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

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When presented with two identical balls of clay,children in the _____ stage say that the two balls still contain the same amount of clay,even when one is rolled out into a snake or flattened into a pancake.


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

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

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_____ is the stage of development that begins around 18 to 21 years and ends at death.


A) Adolescence
B) Adulthood
C) Old age
D) Childhood

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

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