Deck 7: Section 1: Developmental Psychology

Question 1

To assess infant perceptual development, both preferential looking and habituation involve measurement of _____.

A) heart rate
B) reaching
C) sucking
D) viewing time

Answer 1

viewing time

Question 2

Compared to authoritarian parents, authoritative parents are _____ responsive to their children and communicate _____ with their children.

A) less; poorly
B) less; well
C) more; poorly
D) more; well

Answer 2

more; well

Question 3

In a longitudinal study, _____ participants are studied at _____ in time.

A) different; multiple points
B) different; one point
C) the same; multiple points
D) the same; one point

Answer 3

the same; multiple points

Question 4

Overextension in language development can be conceptualized as an example of _____.

A) appropriate use of assimilation
B) appropriate use of accommodation
C) inappropriate use of assimilation
D) inappropriate use of accommodation

Question 5

All of the following statements about an infant's temperament are true except one. Which one is FALSE?

A) Temperament determines an infant's responsiveness to caregivers.
B) Temperament is determined by nurture rather than nature.
C) Attachment is facilitated if an infant's temperament meshes with the personality of the caregivers.
D) Infants with difficult temperaments may be hindered in forming secure attachment bonds.

Question 6

How would Kohlberg classify the following response to the Heinz moral dilemma? "He shouldn't steal the drug because he'll be caught and sent to jail. If he does get away, his conscience would bother him thinking about how the police would catch up with him any minute."

A) Stage 1, preconventional morality
B) Stage 2, preconventional morality
C) Stage 3, conventional morality
D) Stage 4, conventional morality

Question 7

Which is an example of a teratogen?

A) alcohol
B) cocaine
C) German measles
D) All of these.

Question 8

A child sees a ball being hidden in a box by Big Bird and then Big Bird leaves the room. Next, the child observes Cookie Monster move the ball to a toy chest. Which of the following statements is FALSE about this false-belief problem?

A) A child who understands false beliefs will say that Big Bird will think the ball is still in the original box.
B) A child who understands false beliefs will say that Big Bird will think the ball is in the toy chest.
C) A child who understands false beliefs knows that different people can have different beliefs about the same situation.
D) A child who does not understand false beliefs thinks that everyone thinks like he or she does.

Question 9

According to Erikson, each stage of development involves a major _____ issue that, if positively resolved, increases _____ development.

A) cognitive; intellectual
B) cognitive; self-esteem
C) psychosocial; personal
D) psychosocial; self-esteem

Question 10

_____ is used to guide learning to the upper level of the zone of _____.

A) Empowering; optimal potential
B) Empowering; proximal development
C) Scaffolding; optimal potential
D) Scaffolding; proximal development

Question 11

Jill's mother offers her a choice of one whole cookie or a cookie of the same size broken into three pieces. Jill's preference for the cookie broken into three pieces suggests that she has not yet achieved the principle of _____ and has not yet reached Piaget's _____ stage of cognitive development.

A) conservation; concrete operational
B) conservation; preoperational
C) object permanence; concrete operational
D) object permanence; preoperational