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  • Q1
    Why do developmental psychologists study infancy and childhood?
    to learn about how early childhood experiences affect people as adults
    to learn about the causes of developmental problems
    to learn what types of experiences in infancy foster well-adjusted children
    all of the above
    30s
  • Q2
    How do stage theorists view development as occurring?
    through stages
    in varying order in different individuals
    only in infancy
    only when children are given proper guidance
    30s
  • Q3
    Which of the following terms refers to the automatic and sequential process of development that results from genetic signals?
    environment
    kinship
    maturation
    reflexes
    30s
  • Q4
    Which of the following individuals was an influential stage theorist?
    Johne Locke
    Arnold Gesell
    Jean Piaget
    John Watson
    30s
  • Q5
    Which of the following is an example of continuous development?
    throwing a ball
    growing in height
    breathing
    playing a game
    30s
  • Q6
    Research suggests that early childhood may be a _______________________ period for the development of language skills, as children pick these skills up more easily than adults do.
    continuity
    longitidual
    critical
    maturation
    30s
  • Q7
    Because _______________________ is a sequential process, infants generally learn to sit up before they can crawl, and to crawl before they can stand.
    critical
    maturation
    continuity
    longitudinal
    30s
  • Q8
    Each _______________________ in the development process is distinct from every other one
    day
    month
    stage
    blank slate
    30s
  • Q9
    Conception, infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood are all topics of interest to _______________________ psychologists
    clinical
    longitudinal
    cross sectional
    developmental
    30s
  • Q10
    _______________________ development happens gradually over a long period of time.
    Stage
    Continuous
    Fetal
    Kinship
    30s
  • Q11
    Which form of development is concerned with how people’s thought processes evolve, or change over time?
    perceptual development
    cognitive development
    physical development
    social development
    30s
  • Q12
    Which of the following is not a reflex?
    Grasping
    Babinski
    Moro
    Laughing
    30s
  • Q13
    Which of the following best illustrates egocentrism?
    A child sits in front of a television and blocks the view of other people.
    A child shares her dessert with a friend.
    A child thinks that a giant made the Rocky Mountains.
    A child believes that stars twinkle because they are happy.
    30s
  • Q14
    According to Kohlberg, at what level of moral reasoning does a person evaluate an action in terms of how it conforms to society’s standards of right and wrong?
    post conventional
    preconventional
    inter conventional
    conventional
    30s
  • Q15
    What did Jean Piaget theorize about the development of children's thinking?
    Children’s thinking stops developing by age 10 or 11.
    Girls are mentally superior to boys.
    Boys are mentally superior to girls.
    Children’s thinking develops in a sequence of stages.
    30s

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