THE DEVELOPING PERSON

Valerie Moulton Per. 8

WHAT IS THE CORRECT ORDER OF THE STAGES OF PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT

A. Embryo B. Zygote C. Fetus

ANSWER:

A. Embryo

B. Zygote

C. Fetus

MATCHING

MATCH THE PHENOMENA WITH THE CORRECT COGNITIVE STAGES.

1. Object Permanence

2. Abstract Logic

3. Egocentrism

4. Conservation

A. Concrete Operational

B. Formal Operational

C. Sensorimotor

D. Preoperational

ANSWER:

1. Object Permanence

2. Abstract Logic

3. Egocentrism

4. Conservation

A. Concrete Operational

B. Formal Operational

C. Sensorimotor

D. Preoperational

KOHLBERG'S THREE BASIC LEVELS OF MORAL THINKING

A. Postconventional Morality

B. Preconventional Morality

C. Conventional Morality

1. Obey to Avoid Punishment or gain reward

2. Follows one’s own ethical ideals

3. Upholds laws and social rules

ANSWER:

A. Postconventional Morality

B. Preconventional Morality

1. Obey to Avoid Punishment or gain reward

2. Follows one’s own ethical ideals

3. Upholds laws and social rules

C. Conventional Morality

MATCHING ERICKSON’S PSYCHOSOCIAL STAGES

1.Infancy

2. Toddler

3. Preschooler

H. initiative/ Guilt

7. Middle Adult

6. Young Adult

5. Adolescence

4. Elementary

A. Intimacy/ Isolation

B. Autonomy / Shame & doubt

C. Integrity/ Despair

G. Competence/ inferiority

F. Generativity/ stagnation

E. Identity/ role confusion

D. Trust/ Mistrust

8. Late Adult

ANSWER:1.Infancy

2. Toddler

3. PreschoolerH. initiative/ Guilt

7. Middle Adult

6. Young Adult

5. Adolescence

4. Elementary

A. Intimacy/ Isolation

B. Autonomy / Shame & doubt

C. Integrity/ Despair

G. Competence/ inferiority

F. Generativity/ stagnation

E. Identity/ role confusion

D. Trust/ Mistrust

8. Late Adult

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

DEVELOPMENT PSYCHOLOGISTS STUDY _________CHANGES THROUGHOUT OUR LIFETIME

A. Physical, Cognitive, Social

B. Culture, Social, Mental

C. Intelligence, Cognitive

D. Behavioral, Physical, Social

ANSWER

A. Physical, cognitive, and social

WHAT ARE THE MAJOR ISSUES THAT DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH CENTERS ON?

A. Nature v. Nurture

B. Irrational v. logic

C. Continuity v. Stages

D. Stability v. Change

ANSWER:

Nature/Nurture: How development is steered by genes and by experiences

Continuity/Stages: Whether development is a gradual, continuous process or a series of discrete stages.

Stability/Change: Where development is characterized more by stability over time or by change.

AN AGENT, SUCH AS CHEMICALS AND VIRUSES THAT CAN HARM A PERSON DURING PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT IS CALLED?

A. FAS

B. HIV

C. Teratogens

D. lethargy

ANSWER: C. Teratogens

THE LEADING CAUSE OF MENTAL RETARDATION

A. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

B. Diabetes

C. High Blood Pressure

D. Teratogens

ANSWER:

A. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

ABOUT THIS MANY OUT OF 10 ALCOHOLIC MOTHERS WHO DRINK WHEN PREGNANT HAVE BABIES WITH FAS

A. One

B. Three

C. None

D. Four

ANSWER

D. 4 out of 10

WHEN A SOMETHING TOUCHES A BABY’S CHEEK THEY OPEN THEIR MOUTH AND SEARCH FOR FOOD. THIS IS CALLED THE_________.

A. imprinting

B. Startle reflex

C. Rooting reflex

D. Galant Reflex

ANSWER:

C. Rooting Reflex

ACTUAL TIMING OF COMPLEX SKILLS, LIKE SITTING, STANDING, WALKING ARE FUNCTIONS OF AN INDIVIDUAL’S ________ AND _______.

A. Social Clock; Parenting Style

B. Maturation rate; culture

C. Living condition, Culture

D. Maturation rate; living condition

ANSWER:

B. Individual maturation rate and Culture Maturation:

biological growth process, that enable orderly changes in behavior

PIAGET’S THEORY DEALT WITH__________ DEVELOPMENT.

A. Cognitive

B. Social

C. Moral

D. Psychosocial

ANSWER:

A. Cognitive

A FRAMEWORK THAT WE ORGANIZE AND INTERPRET THE WORLD AROUND US AND OUR EXPERIENCES

A. Concept

B. assimilation

C. Object permanence

D. Schema

ANSWER:

D. Schema

WE INTERPRET NEW EXPERIENCES IN TERMS OF OUR EXISTING SCHEMAS. THIS IS CALLED______.

A. accommodation

B. assimilation

C. organization

D. stereotype

ANSWER:

B. Assimilation

COGNITION REFERS TO ALL MENTAL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH_____________.

A. Thinking

B. Knowing

C. Remembering

D. Communicating

THIS COGNITIVE STAGE IS WHEN WE EXPERIENCE THE WORLD BY LOOKING, TOUCHING, MOUTHING, AND GRASPING. AND IT HAPPENS AT WHICH AGE RANGE?

A. Preoperational- birth to 2 years

B. Preoperational- 2 to 6 years

C. Sensorimotor: 2-6 years

D. Sensorimotor: birth to 2 years

ANSWER:

D. Sensorimotor- from birth to nearly 2 years

Object permanence Stranger anxiety

THIS COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT STAGE IS WHEN WE REPRESENT THINGS WITH WORDS AND IMAGES BUT LACK LOGICAL REASONING, OCCURS TYPICALLY IN THIS AGE RANGE.

A. Preconcrete 2-7 years

B. Concrete operational 2-7 yrs

C. Postoperational 3-8 yrs

D. Preoperational 2-7 yrs

ANSWER:

D. Preoperational 2- 6 or 7 yrs

Pretend Play Egocentrism Language

Development

COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT STAGE WHERE WE THINK LOGICALLY ABOUT CONCRETE EVENTS.

A. Preconcrete

B. Operational

C. Concrete operational

D. Preoperational

ANSWER: C. Concrete Operational

THE PRINCIPLE THAT DESPITE THE CHANGE OF SHAPE: MASS, VOLUME AND NUMBER REMAIN THE SAME.

A. Mathematical transformation

B. Abstract logic

C. conservation

D. Object permanence

ANSWER:

C. Conservation

AUTISM IS CHARACTERIZED BY ALL THE FOLLOWING EXCEPT

A. Deficient communication

B. Deficient understanding of other’s

C. Physical inability

D. Deficient social interactions

ANSWER:

C. Physical inability

WHEN CERTAIN EVENTS MUST TAKE PLACE TO FACILITATE PROPER DEVELOPMENT IS KNOWN AS

A. imprinting

B. Social clock

C. attachment

D. Critical Period

A BRAIN DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY GRADUAL DETERIORATION OF MEMORY, REASONING, LANGUAGE, AND PHYSICAL FUNCTIONING IS

A. depression

B. schizophrenia

C. Alzheimer's

D. Dementia

ANSWER:

C. Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer’s is caused by the deterioration of neurons that produce acetylcholine.

PREFERRED TIMING OF SOCIAL EVENTS IN A GIVEN CULTURE

A. Social Clock

B. Biological Clock

C. Cognitive Clock

D. Social-Culture Clock

ANSWER:

A. Social Clock

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

THE THREE PARENTING STYLES ARE

ANSWER:

Permissive

Authoritative

Authoritarian

Impose Rules: expect obedience

Few demands, little punishments

Demanding and responsive

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY AND A LONGITUDINAL STUDY?

ANSWER:

Cross-Sectional Study Compares people of

different ages with on another

Longitudinal Study Research which

retests and restudies the same people over time

WHAT IS CRYSTALLIZED INTELLIGENCE?

DOES IT INCREASE OR DECREASE WITH AGE?

WHAT IS FLUID INTELLIGENCE?

DOES IT INCREASE OR DECREASE WITH AGE?

ANSWER:

Crystallized Intelligence: one’s accumulated knowledge and verbal skills

Increases over time

Fluid Intelligence: one’s ability to reason speedily and abstractly;

Decreases over time

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