Pennsylvania State University PSYCH 100 Ch

3. Compared with women, men are                             likely to feel comfortable about having casual sex with different partners and                                                        likely to cite affection as a reason for their first sexual intercourse.

4. The home environment most clearly has a greater influence on children's                               

than on their                       .

5. The biochemical units of heredity that make up the chromosomes are called

6. When Tommy's mother hides his favorite toy under a blanket, he acts as though it no longer exists and makes no attempt to retrieve it. Tommy is clearly near the beginning of Piaget's             stage

7. When placed between a gauze breast pad from its nursing mother's bra, week-old babies are likely to

8. In one 15-year period, more Americans died on the two days after Christmas than on the two days before Christmas. It has been suggested that this illustrates

9. Fourteen-year-old Lisa was asked, “What would happen if everyone in the world suddenly went blind?” She responded, “Those who had previously been blind would become leaders.” Lisa's answer indicates she is in the                                                                                                                                  stage of development.

10. Which of the following is true of adolescence in contemporary industrialized societies, as compared to previous centuries?