Social _______________ refers to the effect of social influences on thought, memory, perception, and beliefs.

Piaget believed that very young infants lack object permanence.

When social support comes from a friend or close family member, its benefits on the immune system are especially powerful.

The white blood cells of the immune system are designed to recognize antigens, such as flu viruses, and then destroy them.

Eddie is wearing a silly ape suit at a costume party. Although he is normally responsible and respectful, Eddie joins in when the party starts getting wild. After the police break up the gathering, he apologetically tells them that he “forgot himself.” What phenomenon does this illustrate?

Gender schemas are permanent conceptualizations of what it means to be masculine or feminine.

According to your textbook, the need to ________ may be the most powerful human motivation.

No physiological patterns of responses are specific to lying.

Power assertion involves talking and reasoning with a child to convince her or him that certain actions are more morally acceptable than others.

Developmental psychologists study physiological and cognitive changes across the life span and how these changes are affected by a person’s genetic predispositions, culture, circumstances and experiences.