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AP Psych Unit IX - Developmental Psychology
AP Psych Unit IX - Developmental Psychology
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1
What do we call an optimal window of opportunity for proper development?
The critical period
Mere exposure
Imprinting
The social period
2
Which of the following would indicate that a child understood conservation?
She continues to seek a toy hidden under a blanket
Clay snake has the same amount of clay as the original ball
She plays hide-and-seek by covering her eyes
She can comprehend the logic of if-then statements
3
You show a 2 y/o something by using a model but they don't connect the model to the real object
they lackrandom thinking
they lack analytical thinking
they lack schematic thinking
they lack symbolic thinking
4
When babies call dogs cats because they have only seen cats before, this is an example of what?
accomodation
object permanence
assimilation
conservation
5
In Harlow's attachment study, he found that...
Nutrition was the most important factor in attraction
Monkeys don't form attachments to surrogate mothers
Contact comfort was the most important factor in attraction
Monkeys were equally likely to adopt a wire or cloth mother
6
Which of the following cognitive abilities is possible only at the formal operations stage?
Reversing arithmetic operations
Using hypothetical situations as a basis for moral reasoning
Using symbolic thinking for pretend play
Using a theory of mind to predict the behavior of others
7
Which of the following is generally true of males?
They are more likely to commit suicide
They have a longer life span
They are more likely to be diagnosed with anxiety
They have a democratic leadership style
8
According to Erickson, you develop your ______ from your group memberships
self-esteem
social identity
self-consciousness
social self
9
Level of moral reasoning includes a focus on upholding laws in order to gain social approval...
Preconventional
Postconventional
Conventional
10
Carol Gilligan's research emphasizes prominent female characteristics, especially...
spatial abilities
making social connections
playing in competitive groups
talking a great deal
11
What is the primary means by which parents influence the behavior of their children?
Prenatal environment
Parenting style
Genetic contributions
Teaching cooperation
12
Which type of aggression is more common among males than females?
Ostracism
Verbal aggression
Spreading rumors
Harmful physical aggression
13
According to Erikson, what is the primary developmental task for adolescents?
competence versus inferiority
initiative versus guilt
identity versus role confusion
trust versus mistrust
14
Which of the following is the longest prenatal stage?
Fetus
Embryo
Conception
Zygote
15
Which question expresses the developmental issue of stability and change?
How much of development occurs in distinct stages?
To what extent do certain traits persist through life span?
How much of development is determined by genetics?
Are individuals more similar or different from each other?
16
Which of Jean Piaget's stages describes typical adolescent thinking?
Accommodation
Sensorimotor
Preoperational
Formal Operational
17
An 18-month-old typically recognizes herself in a mirror. This self-awareness contributes to
self-esteem
self-concept
self-actualization
self-assurance
18
Which of the following identifies children's difficulty seeing another's perspective?
abstract thinker
egocentric thinker
a child who understands conservation
role player
19
Which parenting style considers the teens reasons for an action?
Authoritative
Permissive
Authoritarian
Neglectful
20
As newborns we prefer things that facilitatesocial responsiveness. Therefore babies prefer...
low pitched sounds
soft music
face-like images
soft colors
21
Vygotsky called the space between what a child could learn with and without help the
zone of abstract logic
zone of proximal development
zone of developmental readiness
theory of mind
22
What is the prenatal development sequence?
Zygote, embryo, fetus
fetus, zygote, embryo
fetus, embryo, zygote
embryo, zygote, fetus
23
Which of following is an example of a primary sex characteristic?
deepened voice in boys
pubic and underarm hair in both sexes
reproductive organs in both sexes
facial hair in boys
24
The inhibition of cell replication is slowed by...
aging
exercise
obesity
smoking
25
Who identified secure and insecure attachment?
Jean Piaget
Sigmund Freud
Mary Ainsworth
Jerome Kagan
26
Gender ____ are the social expectations that guide men's and women's behavior.
Concepts
Identity
Preferences
Roles
27
When infants grow tired of the same stimulus or grow familiar with it and are less responsive.
concentration
transference
stability
habituation
28
Which of the following is a current belief that differs from Piaget's original theories?
Schemas form later than Piaget believed
accommodation does not occur in young children
object permanence develops earlier than he thought
Infants have less information about the world than adults
29
Alcohol is a teratogen that can slip through the ____ and damage the fetus or embryo
womb
brainstem
nervous system
placenta
30
According to Erikson, which of the following is a dominant goal of adulthood?
generativity
identity
performance
competence
