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From 1960 to 2010,the number of children in the United States living apart from their fathers ________.Among couples cohabiting when their first child is born,the odds of their relationship ending during the child's first years are ________ the odds of parental breakup among those married when their first baby is born.

A) decreased;no greater than
B) increased;no greater than
C) decreased;greater than
D) increased;greater than

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Edith abuses both her 3-year-old and 1-year-old daughters.Her behavior is most likely related to a lack of

A) childhood experience with younger brothers and sisters.
B) maturation.
C) an early and secure attachment to her own parents.
D) formal operational intelligence.

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Six-year-old Ashley effectively restrained herself from touching a burning candle by inaudibly whispering the word "hot." The advantage of her verbal self-control tactic was most clearly highlighted by

According to Erikson,adolescents who are unable to develop a sense of identity experience

Theories of human development have been most susceptible to criticism for overemphasizing

Babies are born with several reflexes for getting food.One of these is to

Zian can't decide what he wants to do with his life.He has tried several different jobs,but has been fired for lack of effort each time.According to Erikson,Zian best illustrates

Current research on cognitive development indicates that

Children with high levels of prenatal testosterone develop more

If Piaget pictured the developing child as a young ________,Vygotsky pictured the developing child as a young ________.

Many researchers believe that adult styles of romantic love correspond with childhood patterns of

One research team observed that out-of-control 3-year-olds were the most likely to become out-of-control adult gamblers.This finding is most central to the issue of

Lacking exposure to spoken,written,or signed language before adolescence,a person will never master any language.This indicates that infancy and childhood is a ________ for language development.

The branch of psychology that systematically focuses on the physical,cognitive,and social changes that occur throughout the human life span is called

Killing one person in order to save five by throwing a switch that diverts a runaway trolley is judged as more morally acceptable than killing one person in order to save five by pushing a stranger directly into the path of the oncoming trolley.This best illustrates that moral judgments may reflect

Three-year-olds were shown a model of a room with a miniature stuffed dog placed behind a miniature couch.By using the model to locate an actual stuffed dog behind a couch in a real room,the children demonstrated their capacity for

Ten-year-old Heidi is maturing early and already towers over all the girls and most of the boys in her fifth-grade class.Heidi is likely to be

On which of the following tasks is a 20-year-old most likely to outperform a 70-year-old?

According to Erikson,adolescence is to identity as late adulthood is to

One of the most consistently damaging teratogens is