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What is the theme or goal of adult emotional development?

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Adults attempt to adapt and in...

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The pediatrician warns a mother that responding to her baby's every cry will reward and increase crying.Which view does this doctor hold?


A) classical conditioning
B) behaviorist
C) existential
D) evolutionary

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

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Which of the following would inhibit an infant's ability to learn about the social world?


A) face-to-face play
B) cooperative tasks with peers
C) self-produced locomotion skills
D) infrequent visits to community parks

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

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Explain goodness of fit.

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Goodness of fit refers to the ...

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Which of the following is true of the nature/nurture argument regarding temperament?


A) Biology is the primary influence across the life span.
B) The influence of biology increases as a child becomes older.
C) Experience and environment both influence temperament across the life span.
D) Environment is the primary influence across the life span.

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

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Recent research on adolescence showed that a high frequency of dating was linked to which of the following?


A) a wish for more friends
B) a decrease in the incidence of adolescent pregnancy
C) higher levels of social acceptance
D) decreased likelihood of substance abuse

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

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Research on attachment indicates a likelihood that:


A) people with secure attachment to parents have secure attachments to romantic partners.
B) people with secure attachment to parents have insecure preoccupied attachments to romantic partners.
C) people with insecure attachment to parents have secure attachments to romantic partners.
D) there is no correlation between attachment in childhood and attachment in adulthood.

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

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Mary Ainsworth and John Bowlby stress that:


A) quick attention to crying results in rewarding and increasing that behavior.
B) babies can become spoiled in their first year of life.
C) quick attention to crying is important in development of a strong bond between parent and child.
D) children cannot self-regulate emotions if a parent comforts their every cry.

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

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With which Rothbart and Bates's temperament classification does Kagan's inhibited category most closely coincide?


A) effortful control
B) positive affectivity
C) negative affectivity
D) extraversion/surgency

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

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By 10 years of age, most children are able to use cognitive strategies to manage stress.In which of the following types of families would children BEST cope with stress?


A) families that offer frequent exposure to frightening events
B) families that often experience trauma
C) families that exhibit intense emotion
D) families that reassure children of their safety and security

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

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Baby Alex smiles mostly during sleep and not in response to his mother's kind expressions.These smiles are:


A) protested.
B) self-inhibited.
C) social.
D) reflexive.

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

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Romantic love emphasizes passion while affectionate love emphasizes:


A) risk.
B) fear.
C) companionship.
D) jealousy.

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

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Infants develop a simple mental model of the caregiver, their relationship, and the self as deserving of nurturing care.This is known as a(n) :


A) behavioral guide for infant care.
B) triage for infant care.
C) internal working model of attachment.
D) biological predisposition for attachment.

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

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"While my husband and I were eating breakfast today, neither of us talked, but it was a comfortable silence.I love it!" What type of love does this illustrate?


A) passion
B) infatuation
C) romantic
D) affectionate

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

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Nora frequently socializes with her neighbors and has intense positive emotions with family members and established friends.Nora MOST likely is a(n) :


A) toddler.
B) adolescent.
C) middle-aged adult.
D) older adult.

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

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Which type of emotions develops in the second half of the first year through the second year?


A) regulating
B) early
C) self-conscious
D) reciprocal

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

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Adam suffers from such severe anxiety that his ability to get through difficult situations effectively is hampered.He has a high level of emotional:


A) dismissing.
B) regulation.
C) arousal.
D) coaching.

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

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Glen and Margie are emotionally close, committed to making their relationship work, and still maintain a passion not often found in long-lived marriages.According to Robert Sternberg, Glen and Margie's love is:


A) affectionate.
B) fatuous.
C) consummate.
D) very rare.

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

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Jenna cries when her mother leaves her with the babysitter.Jenna is showing:


A) stranger danger.
B) separation protest.
C) emotional deregulation.
D) self-stimulation.

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

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Shelby's best friend didn't run up to play with her at recess and sat alone at a table.Shelby thought, "She's probably still feeling sick." This is an example of:


A) Shelby's ability to reframe a potentially stressful situation.
B) Shelby's state of denial.
C) Shelby's inability to cope with stress.
D) Shelby's emotional incompetence.

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

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