Injury to the brain's entire cerebral cortex would be LEAST disabling to the young human infant's ____, which are controlled by lower organs.
a. primitive reflexes
b. spoken words
c. conscious thoughts
d. future plans
Question 2Adults who fail to establish a clearcut identity become drifters who are trapped in a(n) ____ status.
a. moratorium
b. bachelor/spinster
c. identity diffusion
d. mutual role-taking
Question 3Which brain area(s) control primitive reflexes?
a. Occipital cerebral cortex, right side
b. Temporal cerebral cortex, left side
c. Frontal cerebral cortex, both sides
d. Subcortical lower regions
Question 4Promoting racial/ethnic pride among minority teenagers is a way to help them gain this ethnic identity status:
a. identity achieved.
b. moratorium.
c. foreclosed.
d. identity diffused.
Question 5The ____ reflexes wither away and disappear during the months of early infancy.
a. Jurassic
b. autostimulation
c. survival
d. primitive
Question 6Among minority youth, greater identity formation conflicts tend to arise for
a. mixed-identity adolescents and cross-ethnic adoptees.
b. minority children living in poverty.
c. minority children living in primarily Caucasian neighborhoods.
d. minority children who are involved in interracial romantic relationships.
Question 7Turning the head in the direction of a tactile (touch) stimulus to the cheek is known as
a. the palmar reflex.
b. sucking.
c. rooting.
d. habit.