AP Psych Quiz Unit 9

Which of the following best illustrates egocentrism?

a child sits in front of the TV and blocks the view of other people

Children of authoritative parents often grow up to be?

achievement oriented

What is the name of a developmental disorder that prevents children from forming proper attachments with others?

autism

which of the following do researchers believe is the most important contributor to building attachment between an infant and his or her mother?

contact comfort

Which of the following is the point in development during which a person is best suited to learn a particular skill or behavior pattern?

critical period

Which of the following do researchers believe is the most important

favoring unquestioning obedience

According to Piaget, at what stage do people reach cognitive maturity?

formal-operational stage

Which of the following terms refer to the process by which some animals form immediate attachments during a critical period?

imprinting

If a child can't understand the law of conservation, what does that indicate about his or her thinking?

it is one-dimensional

Which of the following best describes the location of most parents on the warmth-coldness and strictness- permissiveness continuum?

somewhere in the middle, but closer to one end or the other, on both continuums