Intro to Psychology Ch 5 Online Study Quiz

B.) Authoritarian

"I don't care whether you want to wash the dishes, you will do so because I said so!" This statement is most representative of a(n) ________ parenting style. A.) Preconventional B.) Authoritarian C.) Formal operational D.) Authoritative

D.) A theory of mind

A child's realization that others may have beliefs that the child knows to be false best illustrates the development of A.) Stranger anxiety. B.) Egocentrism. C.) Object permanence. D.) A theory of mind.

B.) Accommodation

After Nadia learned that penguins can't fly, she had to modify her existing concept of birds. This best illustrates the process of A.) Assimilation B.) Accommodation C.) Egocentrism D.) Conservation

A.) More likely to develop a sense of self-reliance and more likely to demonstrate social competence

Compared with the children of authoritarian parents, the children of authoritative parents are A.) More likely to develop a sense of self-reliance and more likely to demonstrate social competence. B.) Less likely to develop a sense of self-reliance and more likely to demonstrate social competence. C.) More likely to develop a sense of self-reliance and less likely to demonstrate social competence. D.) Less likely to develop a sense of self-reliance and less likely to demonstrate social competence.

C.) Temperament

Intense and reactive infants become unusually anxious and aroused when facing new or strange situations. This best illustrates the impact of A.) Egocentrism. B.) Object permanence. C.) Temperament. D.) A critical period.

B.) They become familiar with their mother's voice before they are born.

Newborn infants typically prefer their mother's voice over their father's voice because A.) Their reflexes are naturally triggered by higher-pitched sounds. B.) They become familiar with their mother's voice before they are born. C.) They form an emotional attachment to their mother during breast feeding. D.) They rapidly habituate to lower-pitched male voices.

C.) Habituation

The best evidence that newborns possess visual memory capabilities comes from research on A.) Infant reflexes. B.) Prenatal development. C.) Habituation. D.) Epigenetic effects.

A.) Piaget's cognitive development theory

The importance of schemas was most clearly highlighted by A.) Piaget's cognitive development theory. B.) Vygotsky's social cognitive theory. C.) Harlow's attachment theory. D.) Erikson's psychosocial development theory.

B.) Concept of conservation

Two closed, pyramid shaped beakers containing clearly identical amounts of a liquid are judged by a child to hold different amounts after one of the beakers is inverted. The child apparently lacks a A.) Secure attachment B.) Concept of conservation C.) Sense of object permanence D.) Capacity for habituation

C.) Open their mouths

When touched on the cheek, infants reflexively A.) Close their eyes B.) Cry C.) Open their mouths D.) Retract their arms