Lawson Psychology 200 Chapter 9

All of the following factors are associated with adolescent risk taking EXCEPT

Hormonal influences

According to Erickson, what is the typical sequence of psychosocial stages in childhood?

Trust, autonomy, initiative, industry

According to Erickson, psychosocial development in late adulthood centers on the crisis of

ego integrity versus despair

All of the following are examples of teratogens EXCEPT

folic acid

A typical child in the concrete operational stage of cognitive development can be expected to do all of the following EXCEPT

generate hypotheses when solving a simple problem

According to Erickson, the psychosocial challenge in middle adulthood is

generativity versus stagnation

According to Piaget, an organized system of mental representations used to understand the world is a(n)

schema

A pattern of infant-caregiver attachment in which children explore confidently and return to the parent or caregiver for reassurance is called

secure attachment

A fertilized egg cell is called a(n)

zygote

A rigid, controlling parenting style is referred to as

authoritarian

All cultures are similar in

the goal of making their children responsible for their behavior

According to Vygotsky, children learn best when the relationship between adult and child is most similar to

tutor and student

All of the following are characteristic of children in the preoperational stage of cognitive development EXCEPT

understanding of conservation

Aimee was late coming home from school. Even though she had a reasonable excuse, her parents didn't listen to it. They grounded her for a month and suspended her allowance. This punishment is most representative of which style of parenting?

Authoritarian

Which of the following physical changes that occurs during puberty is described as a secondary sex characteristic?

Breast Development

All of the following are stages in Kübler-Ross's model of coping with death and dying EXCEPT

Compensation

A child is shown two identical bells of clay. Then an adult squashes one ball into a pancake shape. She then asks the child if one of the shapes contains more clay and the child answers, "Yes, the pancake does." In Piagetian terms, the child is in the

Concrete Operational Stage

All of the following people are using compensation to successfully respond to challenges of aging EXCEPT

Eduardo, who maintains an optimistic mindset and seeks out new challenges

Amy teaches the four-year-old class at a local preschool. After taking her college psychology class, Amy determines that the majority of her students will be dealing with which psychosocial crisis?

Initiative versus guilt

According to Erik Erikson, people who forge a strong sense of ego identity earlier in development are more likely to achieve what in early adulthood

Intimacy

A major determining factor of psychological adjustment later in life is

Physical Health

A medical doctor believes that terminally ill people have the right to control the time and circumstances of their death. Although assisting a suicide is illegal where he lives, the doctor provides the means for living

Postconventional

A child who explains that putting his toys away is good because he will get a treat is at what level of moral development?

Preconventional

According to piaget, full cognitive maturity occurs in which stage of cognitive development?

Preoperational

Which of the Following describes Piaget's sensorimotor stage of Development?

The Stage of development beginning at birth and ending at the age of 2 years and characterized by active exploration of the environment

Ping has a birth defect affecting her right arm. During which weeks of prenatal development is it likely that she was exposed to a teratogen that Caused this defect ?

Weeks 4 to 8

Adolescence can best be defined as

a culturally defined phase in which a person transitions from a child to a young adult

Adolescent egocentrism is revealed by

personal fable

An unlearned, automatic response to a particular stimulus is a(n)

reflex