Deck 2: Developmental Psychology and Theories of Attachment, Language, and Learning

Question 1

The developmental stage in which the child is no longer ego-centric in his thinking. He does not think of himself as the centre of the external world and does not perceive the world only from his own standpoint.

A)formal operation
B)sensory motor stage
C)concrete operational stage
D)preoperational stage

Answer 1

concrete operational stage

Question 2

Generalizations and framing of rules by operating in abstract terms become quite possible at this stage.

A)formal operation stage
B)formal operation
C)sensory motor stage
D)preoperational stage

Answer 2

preoperational stage

Question 3

Human languages have a ……………………. structure.

A)hierarchical
B)vertical
C)parallel
D)long

Answer 3

hierarchical

Question 4

.…………………. is the knowledge, independent of semantics and syntax etc, of what kind of response would be appropriate in a given social situation.

A)semantics
B)pragmatics
C)morphemes
D)syntax

Question 5

…………………….. is the stage at which the individually meaningless phonemes are assembled to produce meaningful portions of language, called morphemes.

A)semantics
B)morphemes
C)syntax
D)pragmatics

Question 6

Attachment theory is the joint work of ……………… and Mary Ainsworth.

A)b f skinner
B)j piaget
C)john bowlby
D)vygotsky

Question 7

…………….. is a psychological, evolutionary, and ethological theory concerning relationships between humans

A)attachment theory
B)emotional theory
C)learning theory
D)developmental theory

Question 8

Which mostly affects the development of emotional self-regulation?

A)temperament
B)learning
C)perception
D)motivation

Question 9

In child-to-adult relationships, the child's tie is called the "attachment" and the caregiver's reciprocal equivalent is referred to as ……………….. .

A)attachment bond
B)care-giving bond
C)relationship bond
D)bonding

Question 10

Who is known as the principle attachment figure?

A)father
B)significant others
C)mothers
D)care givers

Question 11

……………….. is the anticipation or fear of being cut off from the attachment figure.

A)anxiety
B)stress
C)alarm
D)distress

Question 12

In which stage attachment behaviours such as clinging and following decline and selfreliance increases.

A)early childhood
B)late childhood
C)middle childhood
D)early adulthood

Question 13

Types of Bowlby's theory of attachment (Child and caregiver behaviour patterns before the age of 18 months)

A)secure, avoidant, ambivalent/resistant & organized
B)secure, avoidant, ambivalent/resistant & disorganized
C)safe, avoidant, ambivalent/resistant & organized
D)safe, avoidant, ambivalent/resistant & disorganized

Question 14

In which attachment pattern of Bowlby children show a pattern of alternate aggression and withdrawal?

A)secure
B)avoidant
C)ambivalent/resistant
D)disorganized

Question 15

Who extended the Attachment theory to adult romantic relationships?

A)cindy hazan and phillip shaver
B)j bowlby and mary ainsworth
C)piaget and vygotsky
D)none of them

Question 16

In Freud's view, development is a …………….. process.

A)continuous
B)discontinuous
C)automatic
D)loose

Question 17

In Freud's oral developmental stage the pleasure is centered around the ……………..

A)mouth
B)genitals
C)faeces
D)opposite sex

Question 18

Freud's theory relied mainly on the use of methods such as

A)free association, empirical testing, dream analysis & introspection
B)free association, dream analysis, case study & empirical testing
C)free association, dream analysis, experiments & testing.
D)free association, dream analysis, case study & introspection

Question 19

Who proposed the psychosocial theory?

A)erik erickson
B)vygostky
C)piaget
D)freud

Question 20

Watson applied ………….. principles of classical conditioning to children's behaviour.

A)skinner's
B)pavlov\s
C)bandura's
D)erickson's

Question 21

What is the name of the child whom the classical condioning was tested by J. Watson?

A)albert
B)sultan
C)bob
D)ted

Question 22

Who proposed the operant conditioning learning theory?

A)pavlov
B)skinner
C)bandura
D)j. watson