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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

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Garland and Patty have been married for 25 years.One reason for their marital success is that they

A) lived together for a time before they became engaged and marry.
B) focused their time and energy on their growing children's needs.
C) engaged in less frequent sexual interactions.
D) engaged in more laughing,complimenting,and touching than sarcasm,criticism,and insults.

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A failure to practice important motor skills can result in a loss of agility because unused neural connections

Current research on cognitive development indicates that

It could be said that ________ provides our identity,while ________ allows us to adapt and grow with experience.

Compared with time spent looking at the scene of a ball falling,infants spend ________ time looking at a ball stopping in midair.Compared with time spent looking at the scene of a moving car,infants spend ________ time looking at a moving car seeming to pass through a solid object.

Which of the following phases of development extends from the beginnings of sexual maturity to independence?

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

Kohlberg's critics have noted that a postconventional level of morality is most likely to be found among people who value

Samantha has to select a college major.She has always wondered about what makes people who they are and how people change over time.Based on this,she might be interested in

Our sense of self defines our

Elvira continued to smoke when she was pregnant with Darcy.As an infant,Darcy's ability to handle stress was weakened.This best illustrates the impact of

Jason met Rebecca during an out-of-state business trip following a minor accident in which their cars collided.Ironically,this led to the beginning of a relationship that resulted in marriage.This best illustrates that the directions in which our lives develop are influenced by

Zach has difficulty understanding whether a friend's pouting facial expression signals sadness or affection.Zach's difficulty would be especially common for those with

The improving emotion regulation during one's late teen years partially results from improved connections between the frontal lobes and the

Who is most likely to change their views on same-sex marriage?

Dr.Smith has devoted his career to investigating the influence of genetic and environmental factors on developmental processes.Which major issue in developmental psychology is he most interested in?

When people with autism spectrum disorder watch another person's hand movements,they display less-than-normal signs of

Who analyzed people's answers to moral dilemmas for evidence of different stages of moral reasoning?

A disorder that appears in childhood involving deficiencies in communication,rigidly fixated interests,and repetitive behaviors is known as