Deck 7: Section 4: Developmental Psychology

Question 1

How will a securely attached child behave during Ainsworth's strange situation?

A) The infant is confused upon the mother's departure and return.
B) The infant shows little distress upon the mother's departure and avoids her when she returns.
C) The infant shows distress upon the mother's departure and is enthusiastic when she returns.
D) The infant shows distress upon the mother's departure and alternately clings to and pushes away from her when she returns.

Answer 1

The infant shows distress upon the mother's departure and is enthusiastic when she returns.

Question 2

How many chromosomes does a zygote have?

A) 32
B) 23
C) 45
D) 46

Answer 2

46

Question 3

Which types of parents demand unquestioned obedience from their children?

A) authoritative
B) authoritarian
C) permissive
D) uninvolved

Answer 3

authoritarian

Question 4

When a young child is asked which beaker has more liquid in it, the child ignores the width of the beakers and looks only at the height of the beakers. This child is exhibiting _____.

A) centration
B) egocentrism
C) conservation
D) object permanence

Question 5

A person who acts a certain way to gain the approval of those around him or her is in Kohlberg's _____ level of morality.

A) preconventional
B) conventional
C) postconventional
D) formal

Question 6

Which sense is the LEAST developed at birth?

A) vision
B) hearing
C) taste
D) smell

Question 7

A child who understands reversibility but not abstract thought is most likely in Piaget's _____ stage.

A) sensorimotor
B) formal operations
C) preoperational
D) concrete operational

Question 8

One-year-old Suzy points to an orange and says, "Ball." This is an example of _____.

A) baby phrase
B) underextension
C) overextension
D) telegraphic speech

Question 9

The teaching style of scaffolding is based on the ideas of _____.

A) Piaget
B) Kohlberg
C) Vygotsky
D) Erikson

Question 10

According to Erikson's psychosocial theory, in which stage do infants begin their lives?

A) initiative versus guilt
B) trust versus mistrust
C) autonomy versus shame and doubt
D) integrity versus despair

Question 11

When doing a cross-sectional study on computer use, it is important to consider the differences in exposure to computers experienced by each generation. This is known as a _____.

A) zone of proximal development
B) longitudinal factor
C) cross-sectional factor
D) cohort effect

Question 12

An infant will turn his mouth toward anything that touches his cheek and search for something to suck on due to the _____ reflex.

A) sucking
B) rooting
C) Babinski
D) Moro