If Adopted Children Differ in Important Ways from Most Other

question 24

Multiple Choice

If adopted children differ in important ways from most other people, it would violate the ________ assumption.

• A)shared family environment
• B)eugenics
• C)representativeness
• D)equal environments

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Definitions:

Egocentrism

In developmental psychology, the inability to differentiate between one's own perspective and someone else's perspective.

Erikson's Crises

A series of eight stages through which a healthily developing human should pass from infancy to late adulthood, each stage marked by a different psychological crisis.

Autonomy versus Shame and Doubt

A stage in Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development where toddlers learn to exercise will and do things for themselves or they doubt their abilities.

Animism

The conviction that every object, location, and being holds a unique spiritual presence.