quiz 6

The Continuous development approach views development as a

cumulative process

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

egocyntrism

18 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 at the store is a tomato, not an apple. He now has separate schemata for tomatoes and apples. This exemplifies_________.

Accomodation.

People in early adulthood (20-40s) are ready to establish emotional closeness and maintain relationships with others. What is the primary developmental task of this stage?

Intimacy vs isolation

The concept conservation refers to_______.

Knowing that even if you change the appearance of something, it is still equal in size as long as nothing has been removed or added

A developmental psychologist might use_________to observe how children behave on a playground, at a daycare center, or in the child's own home.

Naturalistic observation

Which parenting style is most encouraged in modern America?

authoritative

Francis takes his six-month-old daughter to daycare. A substitute provider is there and his daughter begins to cry. She clings to her father and hides her face. What does this exemplify?

stranger anxiety

A_______begins as a one-cell structure that is created when a sperm and egg merge.

Zygote

__________development involves emotions, Personality, and Social relationships

psychosocial