Psych Unit 4 FA Dummy 3, 2025-26

Maria feels pressure from her community because she is not yet married at 30, even though she is happy. This pressure is best explained by the concept of:

• Social script

• Social clock

• Life expectancy

• Social identity

Researchers track people who retire significantly earlier or later than their cultural peers. The results suggest that deviation from the:

• Developmental stages

• Social clock

• Biological rhythm

• Social roles

A young adult delays parenthood due to career goals but faces judgment from family expecting earlier milestones. This situation demonstrates the effects of:

• Social clock

• Cognitive dissonance

• Emotional regulation

• Life course theory

In a community where retirement typically happens at age 65, individuals retiring earlier or later may feel out of sync with the:

• Biological clock

• Social clock

• Psychological age

• Developmental milestone

A teacher notes that students experience anxiety when they do not meet culturally expected milestones at the “right” time. This is a consequence of:

• Social clock

• Peer pressure

• Family dynamics

• Genetic factors

What term describes biological growth processes that allow orderly changes in behavior and are mostly unaffected by experience?

• Conditioning

• Maturation

• Learning

• Habituation

The natural biological development that guides behavior changes without much influence from the environment is called:

• Maturation

• Socialization

• Adaptation

• Reinforcement

Which process involves biological growth that leads to behavioral changes largely independent of experience?

• Maturation

• Cognitive development

• Classical conditioning

• Operant conditioning

What do psychologists call the innate biological growth that enables a sequence of behavioral changes?

• Maturation

• Learning curve

• Observational learning

• Sensory adaptation

A study observes that infants begin to walk at around the same age regardless of their environment. This consistency is an example of:

• Learned behavior

• Maturation

• Social influence

• Conditioning effects