An affectionate touch elevates the “therapeutic” hormone oxytocin (the hormone that induces relaxation).

Experience and culture do not influence cognitive development.

The set-point theory has difficulty explaining

A person with damage to the left prefrontal cortex may lose the capacity for joy.

Piaget believed that very young infants lack object permanence.

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

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

If a white woman immediately clutches her purse tightly and moves to the edge of the sidewalk because she sees two black men walking towards her, this is an example of

The amygdala is a key brain structure involved when, on Halloween, 3-year-old Benjamin screams in fear at the sight of his mom dressed as a witch.

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