Deck 4: Developmental Processes

Question 1

At what age does the brain reach its adult weight?

A) 16
B) 18
C) 21
D) 25
E) 30

Answer 1

A

Question 2

When infants see the same action over and over again, they stop paying attention. This is called:

A) Experience
B) Boredom
C) Accommodation
D) Habituation
E) Differentiation

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Babies show a swimming reflex until about age:

A) 12 months
B) 24 months
C) 2 months
D) 8 months
E) 6 months

Answer 3

E

Question 4

Which three instincts did Watson suggest were present from birth?

A) Sociability, love, rage
B) Love, fear, rage
C) Rage, love, attachment
D) Fear, rage, intelligence
E) Intelligence, love, sociability

Question 5

Which of Piaget's developmental stages is dominated by perception?

A) Concrete operations
B) Sensorimotor
C) Formal operations
D) Preoperational
E) Preconventional

Question 6

A child's general understanding that various aspects of an object may remain constant even when others are transformed is called, in Piaget's terms:

A) Conformity
B) Accommodation
C) Chunking
D) Assimilation
E) Habituation

Question 7

Which of Piaget's developmental stages is dominated by perception?

A) Concrete operations
B) Sensorimotor
C) Formal operations
D) Preoperational
E) Preconventional

Question 8

It has also been suggested that the mirror neurons not only lead to an understanding of another's actions but also to:

A) Co-operation
B) Sympathy
C) Competence
D) Empathy
E) Judgement

Question 9

Mary Ainsworth developed which test to assess attachment types in infants?

A) Strange Situation
B) Visual cliff
C) Sally-Anne
D) Three mountains
E) False belief

Question 10

According to Chein et al (2011), which behaviour is more likely to occur in the presence of peers?

A) Immortality
B) Sociability
C) Anti-social behaviour
D) Risk taking
E) Pro-social behaviour