A traumatic experience may trigger a lasting phobia in a child with a sensitive, high-strung temperament. The same experience, however, may have no long-term impact on a child with a more relaxed temperament. This best illustrates the role of ________ in the development of phobias.

As it relates to child development, egocentrism refers to

After recovering from a stroke, Farina was able to learn how to hit a tennis ball. She is unable, however, to learn and remember the name of the rehabilitation therapist who has been working with her each day to develop her tennis swing. Farina is most likely to have suffered damage to her

Patients who have negative expectations about the outcome of a surgical procedure may experience increased postoperative pain. This best illustrates the importance of

According to Jean Piaget, accommodation refers to

After spending two decades studying dogs’ digestive system, ________ realized that certain “psychic secretions” pointed to a fundamental form of learning.

Pain receptors trigger neural impulses in response to a sprain or a burn. This illustrates

In addition to secreting the hunger-triggering hormone orexin, the ________ monitors levels of the body’s other appetite hormones.

Adolescents’ search for identity is especially likely to be prolonged well into their late teens in cultures that value

A period from about age 18 to the mid-twenties when many in Western cultures have not yet achieved full independence as adults is called