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Which of the following statements best summarizes Erik Erikson’s theory?

When stuck in a traffic jam, Vanessa notices a frustrated driver frequently honking his horn.  Vanessa thinks to herself, “That driver is a real jerk!”  This is an example of a __________ attribution.

When researchers compared infants who were in daycare for varying hours each week, they found that

During a mildly stressful task, reactive children are more likely than nonreactive to show

The polygraph is based on the assumption that a person who is guilty and fearful will have

The fundamental sense of being male or female, independent of whether a person conforms to the social rules of gender, is called

In the study of dogs and their owners, Samuel Gosling and his colleagues found that 

__________ emotions are reflected in the emotion words that young children learn first: happy, sad, mad, and scared. 

A person’s personality can affect the way they perceive an experience.  Conversely, different experiences can change the way a person’s perceptions take place.  This is an example of which concept?

The Stanford prison study demonstrates how a person’s __________ affect(s) behavior.