Psych Ch 10- Infancy * Childhood

What type of development do developmental psychologists study?

• physical 
• cognitive
• social 
• all of these

What is the earliest age at which babies prefer pictures of a human face to any other pictures?

•  one year
• two months
• birth
• six months

What is an advantage of developing a secure attachment between infant and caregiver?

• Secure infants are more likely to mature into happier, friendlier children.
• Secure infants cry less than insecure infants.
• ecure infants more clearly express their anger to their caregiver.

Which of the following is the point in development during which a person is best suited to learn a particular skill or behavior pattern?

• blank slate
• starting point
  
• go time
• critical period

Which of the following parenting styles is the opposite of a cold and permissive parenting style?

• warm and permissive
• cold and strict
  
• warm and strict

A behavior in which babies pull up their legs and arch their backs in response to sudden sounds

• Moro Reflex
• Babinski Reflex

The automatic and sequential process of development that results from genetic signals

• Maturation
• Assimilation
• Accommodation 

According to behaviorists, the strongest influence on human development

• Environment
• Genetics
• Heredity

Stage of cognitive development when children begin to use words and symbols to represent objects

• Preoperational
• Concrete operational
• Formal operational
• Sensorimotor

Process by which new information is placed in categories that already exist

• Assimilation
• Accommodation 
• Maturation
• Animation