UNIT IX QUESTION PREVIEW

Question #1: According to Erikson, trust is to __________ as identity is to __________.

Question #2: The Harlows' studies of infant monkeys raised with artificial mothers suggest that body contact promotes...

Question #3: The acquisition of a traditional masculine or feminine role is called...

Question #4: A teratogen is a(n)...

Question #5: The branch of psychology that systematically focuses on the physical, mental, and social changes that occur throughout the life cycle is called...

Question #6: The powerful survival impulse that leads infants to seek closeness  to their caregivers is called...

Question #7: The placenta develops from the outer cells of the...

Question #8: Developmental psychologists study physical, cognitive, and __________ changes throughout the human life cycle.

Question #9: Piaget is to cognitive development as Erikson is to __________ development.

Question #10: Nutrients and oxygen are transferred from a mother to a fetus through the...

Unit VIII A Question Preview

Here are 10 of the 40 questions that will be on your Unit VIII A Exam.

Question #1
Hunger controls are located within the brain's...

Question #2
Anorexia nervosa is typically characterized by...

Question #3
A drive refers to...

Question #4
Simon LeVay discovered that a neural cluster located in the __________ was larger in heterosexual men than in homosexual men.

Question #5
Leptin, a hunger-dampening protein, is secreted by...

Question #6
Ghrelin, a hormone that influences appetite, is secreted by the...

Question #7
The World Health Organization defines __________ as a BMI of 30 or more.

Question #8
Increases in the hormone insulin lead to...

Question #9
If pregnant sheep are injected with __________ during a critical gestation period, their female offspring will show homosexual behavior.

Question #10
People are more vulnerable to obesity if they experience...

Unit VIII A Exam

The Unit VIII A Exam will be this Thursday.  It will count as our semester exam.  There will be between 35 and 40 questions (all multiple choice).  I will post 10 questions by Wednesday.