FREE PSYCHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT AP PSYCH

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FREE PSYCHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT AP PSYCH

MYERS-4 EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: critical period

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the limited time shortly after birth during which an organism must be exposed to certain experiences or influences if it is to develop properly.

Question 2: cross-sectional study

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in this study people of different ages are compared with one another.

Question 3: secondary sex characteristics

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the nonreproductive sexual characteristics, for example,female breasts, male voice quality, and body hair.

Question 4: crystallized intelligence

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refers to those aspects of intellectual ability, such as vocabulary and general knowledged that reflect accumulated learning. Crystallized intelligence tends to increase with age.

Question 5: rooting reflex

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a baby's tendency, when touched on the cheek, to turn toward the touch, open the mouth, and search for the nipple.

Question 6: menarche

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the first menstrual period.

Question 7: adolescence

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life stage from puberty to independent adulthood, denoted physically by a growth spurt and maturation of primary and secondary sex characteristics, cognitively by the onset of formal operational thought, and socially by the formation of identity.

Question 8: sensorimotor stage

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in Piaget's theory of cognitive stages, this stage lasts from birth to about age 2.During this stage, infants gain knowledge of the world through their senses and their motor activities.

Question 9: intimacy

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in Erikson's theory, the ability to form close, loving relationships; a primary developmental task in late adolescence and early adulthood.

Question 10: attachment

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an emotional tie with another person, shown in young children by their seeking closeness to a caregiver and showing distress on separation.

Question 11: teratogens

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agents, such as chemicals and viruses, that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm.

Question 12: concrete operational stage

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the stage lasting from about ages 6 or 7 to 11, children can think logically about concrete events and objects.

Question 13: assimilation

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refers to interpreting a new experience in terms of an existing schema.In Piaget's theory.

Question 14: puberty

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the early adolescent period of sexual maturation, during which a person becomes capable of reproduction.

Question 15: accommodation

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refers to changing an existing schema to incorporate new information that cannot be assimilated.In Piaget's theory.

Question 16: theory of mind

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people's ideas about their own and others' mental states-about their feelings, perceptions, and thoughts and the behavior these might predict.

Question 17: basic trust

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according to Erikson is a sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy - a concept that infants form if their needs are met by responsive caregiving.

Question 18: preoperational stage

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in Piaget's theory lasts from about 2 to 6 or 7 years of age. During this stage, language development is rapid, but the child is unable to understand the mental operations of concrete logic.

Question 19: fetal alcohol syndrome

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a syndrome that refers to the physical and cognitive abnormalities that heavy drinking by a pregnant woman may cause in the developing child.

Question 20: menopause

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the time of natural cessation of menstruation; also refers to the biological changes a woman experiences as her ability to reproduce declines.

Question 21: social clock

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the cultural preferred timing of social event such as marriage, parenthood, and retirement.

Question 22: maturation

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biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience.

Question 23: cognition

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all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating.

Question 24: identity

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one's sense of self; according to Erikson, the adolescent's task is to solidify a sense of self by testing and integrating various roles.

Question 25: schemas

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are mental concepts that organize and interpret information. They are found in Piaget's theory of cognitive development