PSYCH CH9

During the Preoperational Stage a child begins with egocentric thinking but starts to develop_________

empathy

Which statement is FALSE regarding teratogens ?

Heavy drinking does not harm a fetus .

What is temperament ?

a person's emotional reactivity

During the course of successful prenatal development , a human organism from weeks 3 through 8 is called a ( n ) .

embryo

is the emotional bond that forms between newborns and their caregivers .

Attachment

Between birth and one year , infants are dependent on their caregivers ; therefore , caregivers who are responsive and sensitive to their infant's needs help their baby to develop a sense of the world as a safe , predictable place . In Erikson's developmental theory , what is the primary developmental task of this stage ?

trust vs. mistrust

Which of the following illustrates conservation ?

Scott knows that one piece of pizza cut into two slices is the same amount as cutting the same piece of pizza into three slices slices !

Which theorist is credited with proposing the psychosexual stages of development ?

Sigmund Freud

Piaget suggests children use to interpret new information ; and use adjust or modify new information .

assimilation ; accommodation

Marissa resents the burden and constraints of caring for her infant daughter and frequently ignores her cries for attention . As a consequence , her daughter is most likely to display signs of

avoidant attachment

Fourteen - year - old Lisa was asked , " What would happen if everyone in the world suddenly went blind ? " She responded , " Those who had previously been blind would become leaders . Lisa's answer indicates she is in the stage of development .

formal operational

During adolescence there is a tendency to see people engage in higher levels of risk - taking behavior . Emotional outbursts are also quite common . This is explained by the relative underdevelopment of the lobe of the cerebral cortex .

frontal

After age 65 , most people are attempting to assess their lives and make sense of life and the meaning of their contributions . Within the psychosocial model of development , what is the primary developmental task of this stage ?

integrity vs. despair

What statement is true about a person's temperament by the age of 3 ?

it is set for life

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

Carissa's parents let her stay up as late as she wants . She is allowed to pick out her own clothes and decide when and what she wants to eat . Her parents act more like her friends than authority figures . What kind of parenting style is this ?

permissive

Harlow's study of monkeys raised with artificial mothers suggests that infant monkeys

prefer contact comfort from the cloth mother

Infants in the Strange Situation who appear clingy , disturbed , and difficult to soothe once their mother's return , are categorized as

resistant attachment

Human development - do parents matter ? In developing temperament , parents have little influence on differences in children ; whereas , family environment , parents in particular , appear to have remarkable influence on differences in attachment style .

True

Jory , a six year old , is picking out a card for his mother's birthday . He picks the card with a picture of Lightning McQueen , reasoning that since he loves Cars his mother does to . What does this exemplify ?

egocentrism