Chapter 9 Quiz

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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 ________.

Accommodation

In a(n) ___ developmental psychologists collect a great deal of information from one individual in order to better understand physical and psychological changes over the lifespan.

Case Study

During the elementary school stage (ages 6-12), children begin to compare themselves to their peers to see how they measure up. They either develop a sense of accomplishment or they feel inadequate when they don't measure up. What is the primary developmental task of this stage?

Industry VS. Inferiority

In ___ thinking, decisions are made based on situations and circumstances, and logic is integrated with emotion as adults develop principles that depend on contexts.

Postformal

What should be changed to make the following sentence true? "The zygote is a structure connected to the uterus that provides nourishment and oxygen from the mother to the developing embryo via the umbilical cord."

The word "zygote" should be changed to the word "placenta."


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