5 Written Questions

1. the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
2. The strong bond (social-emotional) a child forms with his or her primary caregiver.
3. according to Erik Erikson, a sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy; said to be formed during infancy by appropriate experiences with responsive caregivers
4. the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends
5. the first occurrence of menstruation in a woman

5 Matching Questions

1. gender typing
2. social identity
3. Harry Harlow
4. Erik Erikson
5. cross-sectional study

1. a the "we" aspect of our self-concept; the part of our answer to "who am I?" that comes from our group memberships
2. b neo-Freudian, humanistic; 8 psychosocial stages of development: theory shows how people evolve through the life span. Each stage is marked by a psychological crisis that involves confronting "Who am I?"
3. c The process of developing the behaviors, thoughts, and emotions associated with a particular gender.
4. d development, contact comfort, attachment; experimented with baby rhesus monkeys and presented them with cloth or wire "mothers;" showed that the monkeys became attached to the cloth mothers because of contact comfort
5. e a study in which people of different ages are compared with one another

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. the period of sexual maturation, during which a person becomes capable of reproducing
   1. puberty
   2. fetus
   3. embryo
   4. gender
2. Physical features that are associated with gender but that are not directly involved in reproduction.
   1. primary sex characteristics
   2. conservation
   3. secondary sex characteristics
   4. sensorimotor stage
3. the overt expression of attitudes that indicate to others the degree of your maleness or femaleness
   1. gender
   2. gender role
   3. gender typing
   4. menarche
4. In observational learning, a generalized idea that captures the important components, but not every exact detail. Pertaining to memory and person perception, a generalized idea about objects, people, and events that are encountered frequently.
   1. fetus
   2. role
   3. schema
   4. embryo
5. a disorder that appears in childhood and is marked by deficient communication, social interaction, and understanding of others' states of mind
   1. gender
   2. Autism
   3. intimacy
   4. role

5 True/False Questions

1. cognition → the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

   True        False

2. primary sex characteristics → Physical features that are associated with gender but that are not directly involved in reproduction.

   True        False

3. formal operational stage → in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development during which people begin to think logically about abstract concepts

   True        False

4. adolescence → the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group

   True        False

5. maturation → the internally programmed growth of a child

   True        False