Imagine that your friend just had a baby and you want to impress her with your developmental expertise. You stroke the baby's cheek and he turns his head and opens his mouth. You have just demonstrated the ______ reflex.

Eddie and Elaine both fail their first psychology quiz. Eddie decides that the questions aren't fair, whereas Elaine responds by working much harder. According to Rotter's expectancy theory, Eddie is probably ____ and Elaine is probably ____

a. ?an internal; an external b. ?an external; an internal c. ?a reactor; a reciprocator d. ?a reciprocator; a reactor

Research studies have shown the existence of age-related cognitive changes in late adulthood. Which of the following statements supports this claim?

A) Although older adults usually do not fare as well as younger adults in tasks that measure implicit memory, they tend to do nearly as well as young adults in tasks that assess explicit memory. B) If fluid intelligence remains intact, prospective memory of older adults does not decline. C) Older adults show a gradual decline in their expressive vocabularies despite retaining their receptive vocabularies. D) When older adults encounter interpersonal conflicts, they are relatively more likely than young adults to express frustration and to seek support from other people.