PSYCH MODULE 9 QUIZ QUESTIONS

Rufus is a child in the preoperational stage who has NOT yet developed theory of mind. He sees his aunt coming out of the hairdressers one day and thinks his aunt looks really funny, because the hairdresser cut her hair too short. When his aunt asks him "How do you like my hair?" How do you think he will respond?

" it looks silly, your hair is too short"

Approximately what percent of children develop what Ainsworth called a secure attachment style?

65%

24 month old Gordon learned the schema for apples. When Gordon sees tomatoes at the grocery store he says, "Look mommy, Apples!" His mother tells him that the food he sees is a tomato, not an apple. He now has separate schemata for tomatoes and apples. This exemplifies ______.

accommodation

Which of the following items are considered potential teratogens?

all of the above - drugs and alcohol, virus and infections, environmental toxins such as lead

Peipei's mother brings her 2-year-old daughter to see a new doctor. Peipei's mother leaves the room, and Peipei is momentarily left alone with the doctor. Peipei is visibly distressed while her mother is out of the room. When Peipeis mother returns Peipei runs over to her mother to be held, but upon being picked up she screams and pushes her mother away. Peipei has most likely formed a(n) __________ attachment to her mother.

anxious/ambivalent

In developmental psychology, Piaget distinguishes between two ways in which children modify their schemes/schemas. Which of the following best describes the differences between assimilation and accommodation?

assimilation is the process of storing new experiences into existing ways of thinking. accommodation is the process of creating a new way of thinking based on new experiences.

During Piaget's proposed _____ stage of development, children understand events and analogies logically, and they can perform simple mathematical operations. At the same time they lack the ability to think abstractly.

concrete operational

Danny's parents taught him that speeding is against the law, and now he complains whenever they drive even 1 mile per hour over the speed limit. Danny explains that there is a law against speeding and that people should always obey laws. According to Kohlberg's theory of moral development, what stage is Danny in?

conventional

At the beginning of the ________ stage of development, the zygote implants into the uterine wall.

embryonic

Algebra requires that the individual conduct mathematical procedures on unknown conceptual quantities known as variables. Given the nature of this type of math, it is unlikely that children will be able to learn how to solve algebra problems until they have reached the _____ stage of development.

formal operational

As described in the text, Harlow did an experiment with infant rhesus monkeys, requiring them to make a choice between an artificial mother that provided contact comfort or one that provided food. The results demonstrate that for this species,

infant rhesus monkeys prefer contact comfort over food, especially during stress

Imagine you are paying for something at a store and the clerk gives you too much change. If you were operating at the preconventional level of moral development, you would be likely to...

keep the money because it will make you happy

Madeline is seven months old. Her mother is eating a cookie and Madeline wants some. Her mother hides the cookie under a napkin, but Madeline is not fooled. She knows the cookie is still there. What does this exemplify?

object permanence

A toy maker wants to determine which of three toy models infants like best. Which of the following methods would be best for assessing this preference?

preferential looking technique

Jerome's mother shows him his favorite toy, and then hides it underneath. While Jerome was very interested in the ball when he could see it, he does not attempt to search for it under the blanket once its hidden. This would suggest that Jerome is likely in the ______ stage of development.

sensorimotor

Kai's mother hides his pacifier because she does not want him to use it anymore. But Kai knows that the pacifier exists even though it is hidden from his sight, and he cries for it. What is the earliest stage of cognitive development Kai could be in?

sensorimotor

What is the correct order of Piagets stages of cognitive development?

sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational

Which of the following is something we might expect to see if a child is securely attached?

the child shows some distress when the caregiver leaves

When visiting your sister, you notice her 1 month old infant enjoys watching a mobile that hangs over his head. Of the various objects hanging on the mobile, which ones are more likely to get more of his attention?

the ones with bold black and white patterns, because of the limited capacity of infants at this age to see color detail

Which of the following correctly describes the prenatal period?

the prenatal period begins at conception and ends at birth

In front of Mikey, Kristin pours 8 ounces of water from a measuring cup into a short, fat glass. She then pours another 8 ounces of water from the measuring cup into a tall, thin glass. She then asks Mikey which glass has more water. If Mikey as at the concrete operational stage, he is likely to answer...

they both have the same amount of water in them

Which of the following statements would someone in Kohlberg's preconventional stage of moral reasoning agree with?

you should steal to help those in need