Development Part 1

Front

Developmental psychologists tend to focus on three major issues. Which of the following is NOT one of those issues? Nature/Nurture, Stability/Change, Continuity/Stages

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Reflexes/Unlearned Behaviors

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The principle of conservation explains why a pint of milk remains a pint, whether poured into a tall thin pitcher or a round one. Children acquire the mental operations necessary to understand conservation during the

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concrete operational stage

Front

According to Piaget, the ability to think logically about abstractions indicates

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formal operational thought

Front

In which of Piaget's stages of cognitive development does object permanence take place?

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sensorimotor

Front

In which of Piaget's stages of cognitive development does object permanence take place?

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sensorimotor

Front

Any non genetic agent that produces birth defects when exposed to the baby is a

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teratogen

Front

_______________ development involves learning, attention, memory, language, thinking, reasoning, and creativity.

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Cognitive

Front

Jory, a six year old, is picking out a card for his mother's birthday. He picks the card with a picture of Lightning McQueen, reasoning that since he loves Cars his mother does too. What does this exemplify?

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egocentrism