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The actions of the ego are primarily directed by the pleasure principle.

For the following Extra Credit item, please fill-in the blank with the correct word or term. Please remember that spelling is important! Incorrectly spelled responses will be marked as incorrect.

In the video you were asked to watch about Harry Harlow, he presented infant monkeys with two “surrogate mothers.” One was a bare wire cylinder with a feeding bottle, and the other was a wire cylinder covered with soft terry cloth and no feeding bottle. The results of his experiments showed that:

If a child is in Piaget’s concrete operations stage of development, they have recently learned to _____.​

Curtis has authoritarian parents. They set a curfew of 11:00 p.m.for him on weekend nights. When Curtis comes home at 11:30 p.m. (after curfew) and tells his parents that he is late because of car trouble, they most likely will ___________.​

While at a doctor’s appointment, Jenny left her infant son Thao with the nurse for a few minutes when she went to the restroom. When she returned, Thao would not pay attention to Jenny. Based on this interaction, one could conclude that Thao has developed a(n) _________ attachment style.​

Piaget’s formal operational stage of cognitive development is marked by the first appearance of the ability to ____.​

Every time her mother leaves her at kindergarten, Keisha becomes upset and cries. When Keisha’s Mother comes to pick her up though, she shows anger and squirms away from her Mother. Keisha can best be characterized as having a(n) __________ attachment style.​

Leticia frequently throws temper tantrums at school and is very dependent on her parents and her teacher. Others see her as immature for her age. Leticia’s parents are most likely _____________.​

While watching Survivor on television, you realize that the participants cannot worry about creating alliances or making worthy contributions until they have first secured a source of food and shelter. This phenomenon is explained best by __________ theory of motivation.