In Their Controlled Study of the Effects of Cocaine Exposure

question 43

Multiple Choice

In their controlled study of the effects of cocaine exposure on the developing fetus, what did Potter and colleagues (2000) find in the cocaine-exposed infants?

• A)subtle deficits in cardiac regulatory processes
• B)subtle deficits in reflexive responding
• C)subtle deficits in visual information processing
• D)subtle deficits in auditory information processing

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Definitions:

Psychosexual Development

Freud's theory that childhood stages of development (oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital) affect an individual's adult personality.

Superego

Part of the Freudian psychoanalytic theory, representing the ethical component of personality that provides the moral standards by which the ego operates.

Ego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the personality that mediates between the demands of the id, superego, and reality.

Phallic

Pertains to the third stage in Freud's psychosexual development theory, focusing on the pleasure center around the genital area during the ages of 3 to 6 years.