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  • A. Thyroxine
  • B. Tri-iodothyronine (T3)
  • C. Calcitonin
  • D. Both a & b

Explanation: Thyroid hormones are essential for amphibian metamorphosis, and both T4 and T3 participate in this developmental process.

Correct answer: Both a & b
  • A. latency
  • B. genital
  • C. anal
  • D. phallic

Explanation: In Freud's theory, the anal stage occurs roughly from ages two to three and centers on control, independence, and toilet training.

Correct answer: anal
  • A. largely positive effects
  • B. largely negative effects
  • C. surprisingly little effect
  • D. a powerful effect

Explanation: Judith Harris argued in The Nurture Assumption that shared family environment has surprisingly little lasting influence on children's…

Correct answer: surprisingly little effect
  • A. H. C. Armstrong
  • B. Pearl S. Buck
  • C. James Frazer
  • D. Robert N. Butler

Explanation: Robert N. Butler coined the term ageism in 1969 to describe prejudice or discrimination based on age, especially against older adults.

Correct answer: Robert N. Butler
  • A. intimacy versus isolation
  • B. industry versus inferiority
  • C. initiative versus guilt
  • D. trust versus mistrust

Explanation: Erikson’s first psychosocial crisis occurs during infancy, when responsive caregiving helps the child develop trust rather than mistrust.

Correct answer: trust versus mistrust
  • A. Classical theory
  • B. Anomie theory of deviance
  • C. Cognitive theory of development
  • D. Charismatic authority theory

Explanation: Piaget's cognitive theory of development explains changes in children's thinking through the sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete…

Correct answer: Cognitive theory of development
  • A. Weschler
  • B. Binet
  • C. Maslow
  • D. Piaget

Explanation: Piaget described intellectual development as a progression through sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete-operational, and…

Correct answer: Piaget
  • A. Adult female monkeys not related to the infants
  • B. Older sister of the infant monkeys
  • C. Human adults who acted as mothers
  • D. Wire and cloth objects placed in the monkey cages

Explanation: Harlow used artificial surrogate mothers made of wire and cloth to study infant monkeys' attachment.

Correct answer: Wire and cloth objects placed in the monkey cages
  • A. remain still
  • B. move to the shallow side of the apparatus
  • C. move to the deep side of the apparatus
  • D. approach their mothers when called, whether that requires moving to the shallow deep side

Explanation: Most infants perceive the deep side as a drop and avoid it, moving toward the apparent shallow side of the visual cliff.

Correct answer: move to the shallow side of the apparatus
  • A. Enables an individual to lead successful life
  • B. Enables and individual to adjust in the society
  • C. Enables an individual to develop his abilities
  • D. All of the above

Explanation: Developmental change helps a person acquire abilities, adapt to social demands, and function successfully in life.

Correct answer: All of the above
  • A. romantic relationships in adulthood follow the same forms as attachment relationships in infancy
  • B. those who had ambivalent attachments in infancy are doomed never to fall in love as adults
  • C. those who had avoidant attachments in infancy often over- compensate by becoming excessively intimate in their adult lover relationships
  • D. all of the above are the case

Explanation: Hazan and Shaver proposed that adult romantic attachment patterns resemble the secure, avoidant, and anxious or ambivalent patterns…

Correct answer: romantic relationships in adulthood follow the same forms as attachment relationships in infancy
  • A. Mutual
  • B. Secure
  • C. Avoidant
  • D. Ambivalent

Explanation: An ambivalent attachment style combines affection and dependence with anger, anxiety, and emotional conflict toward the caregiver.

Correct answer: Ambivalent
  • A. a person's identification with the parent of the opposite sex
  • B. the set of expected behaviors for males and for females
  • C. how masculine a boy is or how feminine girl is
  • D. the sense of being male or female

Explanation: Gender identity is a person's internal sense of being male, female, both, neither, or another gender.

Correct answer: the sense of being male or female
  • A. Hatching your infants from eggs
  • B. Caring for other's infants
  • C. Eating your infants
  • D. Having multiple births

Explanation: Alloparenting means care of an infant by individuals other than the biological parents, such as relatives or members of a cooperative…

Correct answer: Caring for other's infants
  • A. Peers are less influential when it comes to moral values or career choices
  • B. Parental influence can be stronger than peer influence
  • C. Friends and peer groups are influenced by parents
  • D. Adolescents do not report feeling significant pressure from peers
  • E. All of the above

Explanation: Research shows that peer influence is limited in important areas, parents may remain more influential, and adolescents do not universally…

Correct answer: All of the above
  • A. Sense of self
  • B. Secondary sex Charecteristic
  • C. Computer skills
  • D. Relationships with other

Explanation: Adolescent physical development can influence self-image, secondary sex characteristics, and relationships with others.

Correct answer: Computer skills
  • A. Development stops when we reach adulthood.
  • B. Physical developments are a key consideration when considering adult changes.
  • C. Social perspectives are important in adult development.
  • D. Cognitive themes are relevant to our development as adults.

Explanation: Personal development continues throughout adulthood, although its physical, cognitive, and social forms may change.

Correct answer: Development stops when we reach adulthood.
  • A. Some people find that the marital relationship becomes more rewarding.
  • B. The most long-lasting relationships are usually with siblings.
  • C. Family becomes more important
  • D. Social networks are no longer important

Explanation: Social networks remain important in old age and can protect psychological and physical well-being, even when they become smaller.

Correct answer: Social networks are no longer important
  • A. parents' age of death and will to live
  • B. Generativity and secure attachments
  • C. Optimism and openness to experience
  • D. Perceptions of ageing and will to liveTry Prep Courses

Explanation: Levy's longitudinal findings linked positive perceptions of ageing and a stronger will to live with longer actual survival.

Correct answer: Perceptions of ageing and will to liveTry Prep Courses
  • A. Having grandchildren
  • B. Retirement
  • C. Social support
  • D. (a) and (b)Enroll In Courses

Explanation: Social support helps older adults cope with stress, maintain healthy behaviour, and remain connected, making it a key protective factor…

Correct answer: Social support