3.1-3.4 Lifespan Development Quiz

The 3 assumptions that stage theorists share are that stages progress in a specific order; they are related to age, and that development is ________________ in humans. 

• discontinuous 
• continuous 
• universal
• physiological 

Who is known as the father of developmental theory? 

• Jean Piaget
• Sigmund Freud 
• Erik Erikson
• Carl Jung 

Who is known as the father of psychoanalysis? 

• Jean Piaget
• Sigmund Freud 
• Erik Erikson
• Carl Jung 

Infants enjoy playing Peek-A-Boo because they lack ________________: knowing that something exists if you can't see it. 

• Object Permanence 
• Animism
• Centrism
• Conservation 

As a child ages, they go from believing their toys are alive and have feelings, called ___________, to realizing the scientific difference between living and non-living things. 

• Object Permanence 
• Animism
• Centrism
• Conservation 

Which term refers to the tendency for young children to see only one aspect of a problem or object? 

• Object Permanence 
• Animism
• Centrism
• Conservation 

If Max is upset because he thinks his sister got 2 cheeseburgers for lunch because her cheeseburger is cut in half, then Max hasn't mastered: 

• Object Permanence 
• Animism
• Centrism
• Conservation 

According to Piaget, using _________ reasoning, which uses specifics to find a general principle, occurs in the 3rd stage of development.  

• Inductive
• Deductive
• Intuitive
• Adaptive 

If all birds have feathers, and a rainbow lori is a bird, then a rainbow lori has feathers. 
What kind of reasoning is this an example of? 

• Inductive
• Deductive
• Intuitive
• Adaptive 

During which of Piaget's stages do children begin to think logically? 

• Sensorimotor
• Preoperational
• Concrete Operationional
• Formal Operational