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According to evolutionary developmental psychologists, many evolved psychological mechanisms are _____. That is, the mechanisms apply only to a specific aspect of a person’s psychological makeup.

_____ correlations occur because a child’s genetically influenced characteristics elicit certain types of environments.

Rose’s ex-boyfriend, Peter, describes her as clingy and dependent. During their relationship, she always told him that she loved him and wanted to rush into marriage. She also kept tabs on Peter and was jealous of all his female friends and colleagues. Rose seems to have a(n) _____ attachment style.

_____ is the status of identity of an individual in which crisis and commitment are both absent and the individual is undecided about or shows little interest in occupational and ideological choices.

Toddlers’ lower emotional competence has been linked in a recent study to

According to David Elkind, the personal fable and imaginary audience are parts of adolescent

According to Rochel Gelman, _____ is especially important in explaining conservation.

Vygotsky believed that children construct knowledge through

_____ involves an increase in the speed and efficiency of information traveling through the nervous system during brain development in children between the ages of 3 and 5.

Which of the following statements is true about identity development?