Developmental stages

Question 1

Can only see our own viewpoint

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egocentric

Question 2

Erikson believed that people move through a series of _______ psychosocial stages throughout the lifespan.

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8

Question 3

During the preoperational stage children are very _________

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egocentric

Question 4

A person’s genetic tendency as to how they react and how intensely they react to a situation.

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temperament

Question 5

A child has been classically conditioned to fear a white rat. If the child does not show fear when shown a back rat..

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This is stimulus discrimination

Question 6

Stage of Piaget when language develops.

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Preoperational

Question 7

Based on Piaget's stages of cognitive development, on which stage are you when you are 16 years old ?

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Formal Operations

Question 8

_________ vs. __________ is the conflict faced during middle adulthood.

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Generativity vs. Stagnation

Question 9

Which personality theory emphasises the importance of our capacity for healthy growth and self realization?

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humanistic

Question 10

Studied monkeys with a wire mother and a cloth mother. Physical contact was more important.

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Harlow

Question 11

Piaget's theory of development focuses on predictable _____ stages.

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cognitive

Question 12

What is the order of Piaget's stages of cognitive development ?

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Sensorimotor, Preperational, Concrete Operations, Formal Operations

Question 13

At what age is the sensorimotor stage?

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Birth to 2 years

Question 14

At what age is the formal operational stage of development?

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7 to 11 years

Question 15

What stage am I? Kids feel good about being productive, or they feel inferior for failing to do so.

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Industry vs inferiority

Question 16

To organise and interpret his or her experiences, the developing child constructs cognitive concepts called _______ .

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Scheme

Question 17

Solomon Asch asked people to identify which of three comparison lines was identical to a standard line. His research

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studies conformity

Question 18

The principle that the quality of a substance remains the same even when the shape of its container changes is called __

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Conservation

Question 19

Positive reinforcement results in _____ in the target behavior and negative reinforcement results in _____ in the target

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An increase, a decrease

Question 20

The awareness that things continue to exist even when removed from their view is called ________ .

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Object permanence

Question 21

The stage that occurs between birth and one year of age is concerned with:

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Trust vs. Mistrust

Question 22

Which is an example of the autonomy versus shame and doubt stage?

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A preschooler insisting on picking out her own clothes

Question 23

The steps to memory can best be described as follows:

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A.Putting it in, keeping it in, getting it out

Question 24

A 38-year-old woman quits her high-paying marketing job to focus on her children. What stage is she in ?

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Generativity vs. Stagnation

Question 25

The crisis that arises in young adulthood is concerned with:

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Intimacy vs. Isolation

Question 26

What is Nature ?

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The influence of our inherited characteristics on our personality, etc...

Question 27

Your cousins love to put everything they find in their mouth. In which stage are they ?

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Sensorimotor

Question 28

What psychosocial crisis results in either a feeling of “self-will” or “giving-up”?

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Autonomy vs. shame and doubt

Question 29

Which of the following was not recommended as a strategy for improving memory ?

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speed reading

Question 30

Which of the following best illustrates a negative symptom of schizophrenia ?

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social withdrawal

Question 31

What stage am I? Toddlers – They wish to do things on their own, or they’re ashamed

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initiative vs guilt

Question 32

According to Erikson, what is the major conflict faced during adolescence?

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Identity vs. Role Confusion

Question 33

Belinda has a terrible headache. If she takes some aspirin so as to make her headache go away, this is an example of

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Positif reinforcement

Question 34

How many stages are included in Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development ?

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4

Question 35

If a baby does not like when things are not regular, it makes him irritable. Which temperament will fit the description?

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Difficult

Question 36

According to Piaget, during the preschool years and up to age _________ , children are in the preoperational stage.

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7

Developmental stages

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Developmental stages

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