Question 1

In developmental psychology, empiricism refers to

Accepted Answer

A)   the innate abilities or tendencies babies illustrate at birth
B)   the mental characteristics acquired through experience
C)   the interaction of genes and environments during infancy
D)   the process of moving from reflexes to voluntary movements B

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT one of the broad levels of moral development according to Kohlberg

Accepted Answer

A)   Conventional morality
B)   Unconventional morality
C)   Preconvention morality
D)   Postconventional morality B

Question 3

According to Kohlberg, this stage is generally characteristic of older school-age children and many adolescents and adults, is based on respect for law, social norms, and rules set by parents and other authorities

Accepted Answer

A)   Conventional morality
B)   Unconventional morality
C)   Preconvention morality
D)   Postconventional morality A

Question 4

During the process of transmission, cultural tools initially exist on an

Accepted Answer

A)   Intermental plane
B)   Zone of proximal development
C)   Intramental plane
D)   spectrum

Question 5

Williams syndrome is characterised by low verbal scores and social interaction but high scores on non-verbal IQ

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

As a child moves from the pre-operational to the concrete operational stage, they begin to develop the understanding that an object may retain its identity even if its appearance is changed for some reason. This ability is called

Accepted Answer

A)   egocentrism
B)   physicality
C)   conservation
D)   confirmation

Question 7

Kohlberg divided these specific stages into _ broad levels

Accepted Answer

A)   six
B)   three
C)   two
D)   four

Question 8

The social constructivist theory is associated with

Accepted Answer

A)   Jean Piaget
B)   Lev Vyotsky
C)   Sigmund Freud
D)   Lawrence Kohlberg

Question 9

According to Piaget's constructivist theory of development, mental structures also known as schema, become more sophisticated with age.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which of the following is true regarding the milestones of an infant's motor development?

Accepted Answer

A)   At least 50 percent of babies will have attempted walking by 6 months.
B)   The age at which one child achieves a milestone does not necessarily predict the age that he or she will achieve the next.
C)   The age at which a child first begins to walk predicts the sequence of the rest of their motor developmental trajectory.
D)   There is cause for concern if one twin's motor development lags less than a month behind the other.

Question 11

According to Jean Piaget, babies construct meaning from their environment. Describe the push and pull of the two learning processes known as assimilation and accommodation, and briefly describe each stage in Piaget's 4-stage theory of cognitive development.

Accepted Answer

The answer of According to Jean Piaget, babies construct meaning...

Question 12

Children on the __________have difficulty with theory of mind and lag several years behind others in false belief tasks

Accepted Answer

The answer of Children on the __________have difficulty with theory...

Question 13

Vygotsky and Piaget both emphasized that cognitive growth in the child is highly variable and dependent on the individual child's social and cultural experiences and the broader sociocultural context as expressed in phenomena such as language.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Kohlberg's cognitive-developmental theory of moral reasoning describes moral development as occurring in a series of universal, invariant stages. Describe Kohlberg's theory making reference to the three levels of moral development.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Kohlberg's cognitive-developmental theory of moral reasoning describes...

Question 15

When primary school children's knowledge of birds is altered or expanded so that includes examples like penguin and ostrich, this developmental phenomena has probably occurred

Accepted Answer

A)   assimilation
B)   accommodation
C)   schema acquisition
D)   language detection

Question 16

According to the social constructivism theory, learning takes place when children cross zones of proximal development

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Though there is considerable debate about this stage of Piaget's developmental theory, he asserted that all adolescents and adults live the rest of their lives within it

Accepted Answer

A)   pre-operations
B)   sensorimotor
C)   concrete operations
D)   formal operations

Question 18

According to Kohlberg, this stage is generally characteristic of some older adolescents and adults, involves more complex personal judgments based on abstract principles, such as fairness or justice.

Accepted Answer

A)   Conventional morality
B)   Unconventional morality
C)   Preconvention morality
D)   Postconventional morality

Question 19

The false-belief task depicts a situation where children must understand that their own knowledge of the true facts of a situation may conflict with someone else's false beliefs about the situation. The task is used as a test of this.

Accepted Answer

A)   conservation
B)   theory of mind
C)   egocentrism
D)   concrete operations

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT one of the five foundations of morality

Accepted Answer

A)   Fairness and justice
B)   Purity and sanctity
C)   Respect for authority
D)   Right and wrong

Exam 12: Cognitive Development

In developmental psychology, empiricism refers to

Which of the following is NOT one of the broad levels of moral development according to Kohlberg

According to Kohlberg, this stage is generally characteristic of older school-age children and many adolescents and adults, is based on respect for law, social norms, and rules set by parents and other authorities

During the process of transmission, cultural tools initially exist on an

Williams syndrome is characterised by low verbal scores and social interaction but high scores on non-verbal IQ

As a child moves from the pre-operational to the concrete operational stage, they begin to develop the understanding that an object may retain its identity even if its appearance is changed for some reason. This ability is called

Kohlberg divided these specific stages into _ broad levels

The social constructivist theory is associated with

According to Piaget's constructivist theory of development, mental structures also known as schema, become more sophisticated with age.

Which of the following is true regarding the milestones of an infant's motor development?

According to Jean Piaget, babies construct meaning from their environment. Describe the push and pull of the two learning processes known as assimilation and accommodation, and briefly describe each stage in Piaget's 4-stage theory of cognitive development.

Children on the __________have difficulty with theory of mind and lag several years behind others in false belief tasks

Vygotsky and Piaget both emphasized that cognitive growth in the child is highly variable and dependent on the individual child's social and cultural experiences and the broader sociocultural context as expressed in phenomena such as language.

Kohlberg's cognitive-developmental theory of moral reasoning describes moral development as occurring in a series of universal, invariant stages. Describe Kohlberg's theory making reference to the three levels of moral development.

When primary school children's knowledge of birds is altered or expanded so that includes examples like penguin and ostrich, this developmental phenomena has probably occurred

According to the social constructivism theory, learning takes place when children cross zones of proximal development

Though there is considerable debate about this stage of Piaget's developmental theory, he asserted that all adolescents and adults live the rest of their lives within it

According to Kohlberg, this stage is generally characteristic of some older adolescents and adults, involves more complex personal judgments based on abstract principles, such as fairness or justice.

The false-belief task depicts a situation where children must understand that their own knowledge of the true facts of a situation may conflict with someone else's false beliefs about the situation. The task is used as a test of this.

Which of the following is NOT one of the five foundations of morality