Quiz 8- psychology

development involves learning , attention , memory , language , thinking , reasoning and creativity

Cognitive

Which of the following illustrates a permissive style of parenting ?

Janie's parents seem to want to be friends with her and they let her stay up as late as she wants .

Cassie is 15 months old and recently learned the word for dog . She sees a lamb on television , points to it and says Dog ! ' Her mother says , " That's not a dog , that's a lamb . Then the lamb on t.v. bleats , " Baaa " Later Cal sie's dad read a book to her with a picture of a lamb . If accommodation has occurred Cassie might point and say , "

Lamb !

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 .

What does nurture refer to in the nature vs. nurture debate ?

environment and culture

Grasping a toy , writing with a pencil and using a spoon are all examples of motor skills

native

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 and reaches toward the napkin . What does this exemplify ?

object permanence

A ( an ) begins as a one - cell structure that is created when a sperm and egg merge .

zygote

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

During Jean Piaget's stage , the world is experienced through what we can take in through our perceptual systems and how we can move our bodies .

sensorimotor

According to lifespan development encompasses eight stages and at each stage we encounter a psychosocial crisis that must be resolved .

Erik Erikson

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

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

The is a measurement developed by to assess children's attachment to their caregivers .

conservation task ; Piaget

When development proceeds in a stepwise fashion with periods of growth interrupted by periods where growth is not occurring we'd say that development is taking a ( n )_______trajectory

discontinuous

Nathan is 15 years old and has started to engage in risky behaviors . When his parents reprimand him about this , he gets angry and throws a fit This can be partially explained by the fact that

his prefrontal cortex has not reached full maturation .

By age 70 , 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 ?

identity vs confusion

Adolescents ( ages 12-18 experiment with and develop a sense of who they are and what roles they want to play Erik Erikson would argue that during this period adolescents face the task of development

identity vs. confusion

Umberto is a one year old , and his mother is sensitive and responsive to his needs He is distressed when his mother leaves him , and he is happy to see her when she returns . What kind of attachment is this ?

secure