Question 1

A basic concept of physics that Piaget showed is intuitive is

Accepted Answer

A) gravity. 
B) conservation. 
C) motion. 
D) velocity. 
A) gravity. 
B) conservation. 
C) motion. 
D) velocity.

Question 2

The ability of children throughout the world to adapt to a wide range of environments and lifestyles indicates that

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A) all cultures are very similar. 
B) children are not overly constrained in how they learn. 
C) development is predetermined 
D) children have no biases or predispositions 
A) all cultures are very similar. 
B) children are not overly constrained in how they learn. 
C) development is predetermined 
D) children have no biases or predispositions

Question 3

Which of the following is not one of Tinbergen's four questions about the behavior of an animal?

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A) What is the immediate benefit to the organism? 
B) What are the immediate causes? 
C) How does it develop within the species? 
D) How can it be changed for the animal's benefit? 
A) What is the immediate benefit to the organism? 
B) What are the immediate causes? 
C) How does it develop within the species? 
D) How can it be changed for the animal's benefit?

Question 4

Who proposed that humans' main source of pleasure satisfaction is in erogenous zones?

Accepted Answer

A) Vygotsky 
B) Freud 
C) Erikson 
D) Brofenbrenner 
A) Vygotsky 
B) Freud 
C) Erikson 
D) Brofenbrenner

Question 5

Vygotsky believed that the ways in which higher psychological processes become shaped
through development are social and cultural in nature.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Piaget did not believe in stages, but viewed development as a smooth continuum.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Children are viewed as playing an active role in their own development, influenced as much by internal as by external forces in

Accepted Answer

A) information processing approaches. 
B) organismic theories. 
C) behaviorism theories. 
D) mechanistic theories. 
A) information processing approaches. 
B) organismic theories. 
C) behaviorism theories. 
D) mechanistic theories.

Question 8

Recognition that human behavior is based in biology and emerges in social contexts via complex interactions between the individual and his or her environment that have evolved over geological time is

Accepted Answer

A) a general behaviorist view. 
B) an evolutionary developmental view. 
C) a dichotomous nature vs. nurture view. 
D) an explicitly developmental contextual view. 
A) a general behaviorist view. 
B) an evolutionary developmental view. 
C) a dichotomous nature vs. nurture view. 
D) an explicitly developmental contextual view.

Question 9

Which of the following is not a feature of natural selection that promotes the survival of human infants?

Accepted Answer

A) their cute faces 
B) the sucking reflex 
C) their tendency to orient toward faces 
D) their stepping reflex 
A) their cute faces 
B) the sucking reflex 
C) their tendency to orient toward faces 
D) their stepping reflex

Question 10

Which of the following is an example of a cohort effect?

Accepted Answer

A) Hurricane Katrina 
B) a war-torn country 
C) the invention of DVDs 
D) the financial crisis of 2008 
A) Hurricane Katrina 
B) a war-torn country 
C) the invention of DVDs 
D) the financial crisis of 2008

Question 11

Applied behavioral analysis is widely used for treating ______ in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) dyslexia 
B) autism 
C) antisocial behavior 
D) giftedness 
A) dyslexia 
B) autism 
C) antisocial behavior 
D) giftedness

Question 12

Learning that occurs when children participate in and engage in interactions with adults while performing routine activities of everyday life is called

Accepted Answer

A) guided participation. 
B) shared memories. 
C) operational conditioning. 
D) evolutionary adaptedness. 
A) guided participation. 
B) shared memories. 
C) operational conditioning. 
D) evolutionary adaptedness.

Question 13

Older theories of development

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A) are not useful today. 
B) are just as useful today as they were when they were first developed. 
C) are useful today only when they are kept up-to-date. 
D) are useful today only when they explore new ideas. 
A) are not useful today. 
B) are just as useful today as they were when they were first developed. 
C) are useful today only when they are kept up-to-date. 
D) are useful today only when they explore new ideas.

Question 14

Evolutionary developmental psychology emphasizes the bidirectional relationship between children and their evolved natures and their immediate physical and social environments.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

In Vygotsky's theory, the difference between a child's actual level of ability and the level of ability that he or she can achieve when working under the guidance of a more qualified instructor is called

Accepted Answer

A) the mesosystem. 
B) contextualism. 
C) guided learning. 
D) the zone of proximal development. 
A) the mesosystem. 
B) contextualism. 
C) guided learning. 
D) the zone of proximal development.

Question 16

Which of the following is an example of a successful use of behaviorism?

Accepted Answer

A) giving children who misbehave time-outs 
B) allowing children to help with daily chores 
C) helping children put together puzzles 
D) having children observe others who model good behavior 
A) giving children who misbehave time-outs 
B) allowing children to help with daily chores 
C) helping children put together puzzles 
D) having children observe others who model good behavior

Question 17

Which of the following is not one of the main focuses of Vygotsky's theory?

Accepted Answer

A) tools of intellectual adaptation 
B) social construction of meaning 
C) psychosexual development 
D) the role of history and culture in shaping the mind 
A) tools of intellectual adaptation 
B) social construction of meaning 
C) psychosexual development 
D) the role of history and culture in shaping the mind

Question 18

The complexity and diversity of humans increased most drastically as a result of

Accepted Answer

A) a hunter-gatherer lifestyle. 
B) the development of stone technologies. 
C) their interest in art. 
D) a sedentary lifestyle 
A) a hunter-gatherer lifestyle. 
B) the development of stone technologies. 
C) their interest in art. 
D) a sedentary lifestyle

Question 19

In the 1960s, behaviorism was replaced with

Accepted Answer

A) social cognitive theory. 
B) psychoanalysis. 
C) the dynamic system approach. 
D) operant conditioning. 
A) social cognitive theory. 
B) psychoanalysis. 
C) the dynamic system approach. 
D) operant conditioning.

Question 20

Ways of processing information shaped by natural selection during environments of evolutionary adaptedness to deal with specific and recurrent problems are

Accepted Answer

A) evolved cognitive mechanisms. 
B) guided learning behaviors. 
C) behavioral variations. 
D) bidirectional gene-environment interactions. 
A) evolved cognitive mechanisms. 
B) guided learning behaviors. 
C) behavioral variations. 
D) bidirectional gene-environment interactions.

A basic concept of physics that Piaget showed is intuitive is

The ability of children throughout the world to adapt to a wide range of environments and lifestyles indicates that

Which of the following is not one of Tinbergen's four questions about the behavior of an animal?

Who proposed that humans' main source of pleasure satisfaction is in erogenous zones?

Vygotsky believed that the ways in which higher psychological processes become shaped through development are social and cultural in nature.

Piaget did not believe in stages, but viewed development as a smooth continuum.

Children are viewed as playing an active role in their own development, influenced as much by internal as by external forces in

Recognition that human behavior is based in biology and emerges in social contexts via complex interactions between the individual and his or her environment that have evolved over geological time is

Which of the following is not a feature of natural selection that promotes the survival of human infants?

Which of the following is an example of a cohort effect?

Applied behavioral analysis is widely used for treating ______ in the United States.

Learning that occurs when children participate in and engage in interactions with adults while performing routine activities of everyday life is called

Older theories of development

Evolutionary developmental psychology emphasizes the bidirectional relationship between children and their evolved natures and their immediate physical and social environments.

In Vygotsky's theory, the difference between a child's actual level of ability and the level of ability that he or she can achieve when working under the guidance of a more qualified instructor is called

Which of the following is an example of a successful use of behaviorism?

Which of the following is not one of the main focuses of Vygotsky's theory?

The complexity and diversity of humans increased most drastically as a result of

In the 1960s, behaviorism was replaced with

Ways of processing information shaped by natural selection during environments of evolutionary adaptedness to deal with specific and recurrent problems are

Introduction to Child and Adolescent Development

Genetics, Prenatal Development, and the Neonate

Physical Development

What Do Infants Know and When and How Do They Know It

The Symbolic Child: Piagets Theory and Beyond

Understanding Self and Others

Becoming Self-Directed Thinkers: Problem Solving and Memory

Language Development

Intelligence and School Achievement

Emotion, Temperament, and Personality Development

Attachment and Early Parent-Child Care

The Family and Other Contexts for Socialization

Competing and Cooperating With Peers

The Development of Sexuality and Gender Identity

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Exam 2: Theories and Contexts of Development

A basic concept of physics that Piaget showed is intuitive is

The ability of children throughout the world to adapt to a wide range of environments and lifestyles indicates that

Which of the following is not one of Tinbergen's four questions about the behavior of an animal?

Who proposed that humans' main source of pleasure satisfaction is in erogenous zones?

Vygotsky believed that the ways in which higher psychological processes become shaped through development are social and cultural in nature.

Piaget did not believe in stages, but viewed development as a smooth continuum.

Children are viewed as playing an active role in their own development, influenced as much by internal as by external forces in

Recognition that human behavior is based in biology and emerges in social contexts via complex interactions between the individual and his or her environment that have evolved over geological time is

Which of the following is not a feature of natural selection that promotes the survival of human infants?

Which of the following is an example of a cohort effect?

Applied behavioral analysis is widely used for treating ______ in the United States.

Learning that occurs when children participate in and engage in interactions with adults while performing routine activities of everyday life is called

Older theories of development

Evolutionary developmental psychology emphasizes the bidirectional relationship between children and their evolved natures and their immediate physical and social environments.

In Vygotsky's theory, the difference between a child's actual level of ability and the level of ability that he or she can achieve when working under the guidance of a more qualified instructor is called

Which of the following is an example of a successful use of behaviorism?

Which of the following is not one of the main focuses of Vygotsky's theory?

The complexity and diversity of humans increased most drastically as a result of

In the 1960s, behaviorism was replaced with

Ways of processing information shaped by natural selection during environments of evolutionary adaptedness to deal with specific and recurrent problems are

Introduction to Child and Adolescent Development

Genetics, Prenatal Development, and the Neonate

Physical Development

What Do Infants Know and When and How Do They Know It

The Symbolic Child: Piagets Theory and Beyond

Understanding Self and Others

Becoming Self-Directed Thinkers: Problem Solving and Memory

Language Development

Intelligence and School Achievement

Emotion, Temperament, and Personality Development

Attachment and Early Parent-Child Care

The Family and Other Contexts for Socialization

Competing and Cooperating With Peers

The Development of Sexuality and Gender Identity

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