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Your parents are in their mid-60s and are concerned about losing their cognitive function as they develop into late adulthood. What information you can give them based on the findings of developmental psychology?

When he was a child, Will was attacked by flock of geese. He attempts to push this traumatic memory outside of his conscious awareness. This is an example of which defense mechanism?

The ________ heuristic is a mental shortcut for judging the likelihood of category membership based on the similarity between a new example and existing category members.

Raymond scores very low on traditional IQ tests, but appears to have perfect pitch and can recreate complex concertos on the piano after hearing them just once. Raymond most likely has ________ syndrome.

A psychologist would NOT include a person’s ________ in the social portion of the biopsychosocial model.

In one study mentioned in your textbook, nuns who expressed the highest levels of ________ in their diaries lived an average of seven years longer than those who expressed lower levels.

According to one study, children’s IQ scores increased after they were removed from abusive households and placed with adoptive families. However, children placed with certain families had their IQ scores increase more dramatically than those placed with other families. What family characteristic was found to be associated with these differences?

According to one study, children’s IQ scores increased after they were removed from abusive households and placed with adoptive families. However, children placed with certain families had their IQ scores increase more dramatically than those placed with other families. What family characteristic was found to be associated with these differences?

Which sentence contains an overregularization error?

Cole defines himself in terms of his relationships to other people in his life, which means he has a(n) ________ self-construal.