Multiple Choice Questions

During which of Piaget's stages does a person develop an awareness that things continue to exist even when they are not perceived?
  • preconventional
  • maturation
  • sensorimotor
  • sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational , and formal operational
Which psychologist was most influential in shaping our understanding of cognitive development?
  • Jean Piaget
  • conventional
  • nature-nurture
  • attachment
A baby girl receives a(n)
  • X chromosomes from her mother and father
  • insecure attachment
  • authoritative
  • those who express the strongest grief immediately do not purge their grief more quickly
The term social clock refers to
  • the sense of being male or female
  • substance that can cross the placental barrier and harm an unborn child
  • difficulty in naming familiar objects or people
  • the culturally preferred time to leave home, marry, have children, and retire
A teratogen is a(n)
  • a duckling demonstrates attachment to a bouncing ball
  • substance that can cross the placental barrier and harm an unborn child
  • reason abstractly
  • zygote and finally develops into a fetus
According to Kohlberg morality based on a desire to uphold the laws of society is characteristic of the _______ stage
  • conventional
  • preconventional
  • psychosocial
  • postconventional
At age 12, Sean is happy, self reliant, and has a positive self image It is most likely that Sean's parents are
  • stranger anxiety
  • assimilation
  • authoritative
  • sensorimotor
Dementia is most commonly associated with
  • developmental psych
  • Alzheimer's disease
  • reason abstractly
  • authoritative
Critics of Kohlberg's theory of moral development have suggested that post conventional morality is more characteristics of
  • sensorimotor
  • preconventional
  • the difficulty perceiving things from another person's point of view
  • men then women
Dr. Matsuko's major research interest is the long term effects of child rearing practices on the psychological adjustments of offspring. It is most likely that Dr. Matsuko is a(n) ________ psychologist.
  • object permanence
  • developmental
  • attachment
  • preconventional
Who coined the term, "adolescence" and is considered the Father of American psychology?
  • authoritative
  • permissive
  • G. Stanley Hall
  • insecure attachment
During the course of successful prenatal development, a human organism begins as a(n)
  • intimacy and generativity
  • have self esteem and are self reliant
  • zygote and finally develops into a fetus
  • adolescent
Older people's capacity to learn and remember meaningful material does not decline as much as their capacity to learn and remember meaningless material. This best illustrates the value of
  • intimacy and generativity
  • assimilation; accommodation
  • crystallized intelligence
  • secondary sex characteristics
Jean Piaget studied how children develop their abilities to think, know, and remember. Together, these abilities are called
  • moral
  • authoritative
  • X chromosomes from her mother and father
  • cognition
During the time following the death of a loved one
  • those who express the strongest grief immediately do not purge their grief more quickly
  • X chromosomes from her mother and father
  • interpreting new experiences in terms of one's current understanding
  • authoritative
Incorporating new info into existing theories is to _________ as modifying existing theories in light of new info is to ______
  • crystallized intelligence
  • secondary sex characteristics
  • assimilation; accommodation
  • assimilation
Harmful chemicals or viruses that can be transferred from a mother to her developing fetus are called
  • stage 4
  • authoritative
  • teratogens
  • sensorimotor
According to Piaget, children in the preoperational stage are able to
  • interpreting new experiences in terms of one's current understanding
  • concrete operational
  • infancy;adolescences
  • represent objects with words and images
An awareness that children's temperments influence parents child rearing practices should inhibit our tendency to
  • form a lifelong attitude of basic trust toward the world
  • attachment
  • object permanence
  • blame parents for our own dysfunctional characteristics
Which stage of Erikson Psychosocial theory is nicknamed the "who am I " stage
  • Identity vs Role confusion
  • first menstrual period
  • intimacy and generativity
  • Preoperational : Concrete
If children cannot grasp the principle of conservation, they are unable to
  • recognize that the quantity of a substance remains the same despite changes in its shape
  • zygote and finally develops into a fetus
  • difficulty in naming familiar objects or people
  • fetal alcohol syndrome
Fluid Intelligence refers most directly to person's
  • represent objects with words and images
  • ability to reason speedily and abstractly
  • have self esteem and are self reliant
  • common cold viruses
At about 8 month, children become increasingly likely to react to newcomers with tears and distress. The best illustrates
  • conventional
  • body contact
  • nature-nurture
  • stranger anxiety
The term Menarche refers to the
  • Mary Ainsworth
  • authoritative
  • Identity vs Role confusion
  • first menstrual period
An early sign of Alzheimer's disease would most likely be
  • interpreting new experiences in terms of one's current understanding
  • difficulty in naming familiar objects or people
  • a duckling demonstrates attachment to a bouncing ball
  • differ widely across cultures
The process of assimilation and accommodation were most clearly highlighted by
  • fetal alcohol syndrome
  • represent objects with words and images
  • common cold viruses
  • Piaget cognitive development theory
According to Kohlberg, during this conventional morality stage respect for authority and ones duty as a citizen is important
  • stage 4
  • conventional
  • adolescent
  • preconventional
According to Piaget, schemas are
  • adolescent
  • people's conceptual frameworks for understanding their experiences
  • the culturally preferred time to leave home, marry, have children, and retire
  • reason abstractly
Gender identity refers to
  • represent objects with words and images
  • the sense of being male or female
  • a set of expected behaviors for males and females
  • differ widely across cultures
Non reproductive sexual characteristics such as the deepened male voice and male facial hair are called
  • secondary sex characteristics
  • intimacy and generativity
  • stranger anxiety
  • crystallized intelligence
The Harlow's studies of infant monkeys raised with artificial mothers suggest that body contact promotes.
  • authoritative
  • adolescent
  • satisfaction
  • attachment
From ages 3-6 the brains neural networks are sprouting most rapidly in the
  • conventional
  • assimilation
  • satisfaction
  • frontal lobes
Levels of self esteem in children are highest among children with ________ parents
  • frontal lobes
  • authoritative
  • satisfaction
  • psychosocial
Who was the theorist that believed not all infants form secure relationships with care givers?
  • Identity vs Role confusion
  • those who express the strongest grief immediately do not purge their grief more quickly
  • Mary Ainsworth
  • authoritative
A concept or framework that organizes and interprets info is called
  • stage 4
  • intimacy
  • attachment
  • schema
Biological growth processes that are relatively uninfluenced by experiences and that enable orderly changes in behavior are referred to as
  • habituation
  • conventional
  • maturation
  • authoritative
When a pregnant women drinks heavily, she puts her unborn child at risk for
  • fetal alcohol syndrome
  • intimacy and generativity
  • infancy;adolescences
  • object permanence
gender role refers to
  • difficulty in naming familiar objects or people
  • a set of expected behaviors for males and females
  • the culturally preferred time to leave home, marry, have children, and retire
  • have self esteem and are self reliant
This branch of psychology that systematically focuses on the physical, mental, and social changes that occur throughout the life cycle is called
  • developmental psych
  • inner speech
  • postconventional
  • sensorimotor
The Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky suggested that children's ability to solve problems is enhanced by
  • authoritative
  • inner speech
  • concrete operational
  • attachment
According to Erikson, trust is to ________ as identity is to __________.
  • adolescent
  • concrete operational
  • infancy;adolescences
  • reason abstractly
Parents who make few demands on their children and use little punishment are
  • permissive
  • insecure attachment
  • X chromosomes from her mother and father
  • cognition
Erik Erikson maintained that the two basic aspects of life that dominate adulthood are
  • concrete operational
  • assimilation; accommodation
  • authoritative
  • intimacy and generativity
Which of the following is an example of imprinting
  • common cold viruses
  • a set of expected behaviors for males and females
  • ability to reason speedily and abstractly
  • a duckling demonstrates attachment to a bouncing ball
According to Piaget, egocentrism refers to
  • difficulty in naming familiar objects or people
  • Preoperational : Concrete
  • the culturally preferred time to leave home, marry, have children, and retire
  • the difficulty perceiving things from another person's point of view
According to Erikson, achieving a sense of identity is the special task of the
  • adolescent
  • represent objects with words and images
  • temperaments
  • preconventional
The awareness that things continue to exist even when they are not perceived is known as
  • postconventional
  • Jean Piaget
  • object permanence
  • stranger anxiety
What is a fertilized egg cell called?
  • schema
  • adolescent
  • moral
  • zygote
Jean Piaget is to cognitive development as Lawrence Kohlberg is to ________ development
  • schema
  • fetus
  • frontal lobes
  • moral
Our enduring personality traits are first evident in our differing
  • adolescent
  • temperaments
  • sensorimotor
  • inner speech
A cross-sectional study is one in which
  • represent objects with words and images
  • differ widely across cultures
  • difficulty in naming familiar objects or people
  • different age groups are tested at the same time
According to Erikson, later adulthood is to integrity as young adulthood is to
  • intimacy and generativity
  • intimacy
  • adolescent
  • represent objects with words and images
Lisa attempts to retrieve her bottle after her father hides it under a blanket. This suggests that Lisa has developed a sense of
  • stranger anxiety
  • object permanence
  • Alzheimer's disease
  • developmental psych
Formal operational thoughts is MOST necessary for the development of ________ morality
  • postconventional
  • preconventional
  • stranger anxiety
  • assimilation
People experience rapid physical growth and sexual maturation during
  • teratogens
  • puberty
  • assimilation
  • intimacy
Studies of monkeys raised with artificial mother suggest that mother infant emotional bonds result primarily from mothers providing infants with
  • inner speech
  • psychosocial
  • body contact
  • authoritative
According to Piaget, egocentrism is to conservation as the _______ stage is to the _____ stage
  • infancy;adolescences
  • the difficulty perceiving things from another person's point of view
  • reason abstractly
  • Preoperational : Concrete
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