Exam 2 Life Span Development

Question 1

____ is play organized around a theme, in which each child takes on a role (begins at age 2)

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Cooperative Play

Question 2

A child's connections between words and referents that are made quickly is referred to as _

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Fast mapping

Question 3

The counting principle where the last number denotes the number of objects.

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cardinality principle

Question 4

____ is when children play along but are aware of and interested in what another child is doing

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Parallel Play

Question 5

In order to "learn", information must be transferred to:

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Long-Term Memory

Question 6

_ is changing an existing scheme based on new knowledge.

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Accommodation

Question 7

T/F: Heredity plays a key role in intelligence.

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True

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT an ability defined by Sternberg?

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Theoretical

Question 9

"The sun is happy on a cloudy day!" is an example of ___.

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Animism

Question 10

Person's informal understanding of mmry, including monitoring effectiveness of mmry strategies

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Metamemory

Question 11

Type of memory in which a small number of items can be stored briefly is known as:

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Working Memory

Question 12

Infant's understanding of how responsive and dependable the caregiver is

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Internal working model

Question 13

"dog run" and "chair broke" are examples of

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Telegraphic speech

Question 14

_ is taking information that is compatible with the scheme.

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Assimilation

Question 15

____ begins at 15-18 MOA when toddlers engage in similar activities as well as communicate.

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Simple Social Play

Question 16

Most children gain about __ lb(s) and ____ inch(es) per year

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8, 2.5

Question 17

Structures in the brain refer to _ and programs that are the basis for mental process refer to

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mental hardware; mental software

Question 18

Any behavior that benefits another another is classified as:

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Prosocial Behavior

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT a symptom of ADHD

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Rebellious

Question 20

This is a subjective feeling, a physiological change, or an overt behavior

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Basic Emotion

Question 21

A mental structure that organizes information and regulates behavior.

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Scheme

Question 22

Which of the following is NOT true about women?

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React quicker to spatial ability tasks

Question 23

What the world of psychology defines as 'complex emotions' emerge:

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At around 18-24 months of age

Question 24

Deciding what information to include and how best to organize it to convey a point is known as

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Knowledge-Transforming Strategy

Question 25

Thought to be reason why different groups score differently in fear of reinforcing a belief:

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Stereotype Threat

Question 26

Piaget's Three Mountain problem is an example of ___.

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Egocentrism

Question 27

When an infant pays attention to a presented stimulus, they show changes in heart rate; this is

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An orienting response

Question 28

This is the idea that objects still exist even when they are out of sight.

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object permanence

Question 29

_ is the mathematical representation of child's performance (Mental Age/Chronological Age)

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Intelligence Quotient

Question 30

Speechlike sound that has no meaning is called _ and vowel like sounds a baby produces is _

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Babbling; cooing

Question 31

Prosocial bhvr in which the individual does not benefit directly from the behavior is known as:

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Altruism

Question 32

Preschool children need anywhere from ___ to ___ calories per day.

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1,500 - 1,700

Question 33

To combat test bias pertaining to a specific culture, psychologists created:

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Culture-Fair Intelligence Test

Question 34

This occurs when children define words too broadly

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overextension

Question 35

The area between what a child can do with help and what they can do independently.

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zone of proximal development

Question 36

Which psychologist performed the Strange Situation Test and studied attachment?

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Ainsworth

Question 37

When infants want to be held, but are difficult to console after separation is __ attachment

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Resistant

Question 38

T/F: Boys excel in fine motor skill, girls excel in gross motor skills

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False

Question 39

Lev Vygotsky suggested that cognitive development is a social process

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True

Question 40

A set of cultural guidelines about how one should behave especially with other people is:

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A social role

Question 41

Carol Martin: children decide if something is for M/F and then decide to learn about it is:

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Gender-Schema Theory

Question 42

A ____ is a psychologist that specializes in measuring intelligence and personality.

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Psychometrician

Question 43

This is the first stage of Piaget's theory.

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sensorimotor period

Question 44

The perfectly average IQ is ___, with a standard deviation of about ___:

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100, 15/16

Question 45

At what age do males and females begin to distinguish in regards to gender stereotypes?

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18 months of age

Question 46

A child's comments used to regulate behavior but are not intended for others.

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Private speech

Question 47

After repeated exposure of a stimulus, the orienting response gradually disappears.

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Habituation

Question 48

This emerges at around 4 to 6 months of age and is one of the first negative emotions:

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Anger

Question 49

Secure attachment is likely to lead to lasting, stable relationships

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True

Question 50

True or False: Mothers are more likely than fathers to treat sons and daughters differently.

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False

Question 51

Which of the following is NOT a way in which parents can foster altruism in their children?

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Enforce socialization

Question 52

Writing down information as it is retrieved from memory is known as:

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Knowledge-Telling Strategy

Question 53

Preschoolers often confuse what happened with what adults suggest happened during testimony

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True

Question 54

Newborns only express two emotions at birth. The two emotions are:

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Distress and Pleasure

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