What is the first stage of Piaget's cognitive development?

• Preoperational
• Sensorimotor 
• Formal operational
• Concrete operational

The term critical period refers to:

• Prenatal development

• The initial two hours after a child’s birth

• The tendency for parents of teenagers to be hypercritical

• A time during which the brain is particularly receptive to learning

Children who formed secure attachments to their parents in infancy are more likely than other children to:

• Prefer the company of adults to that of other children

• Become permissive parents

• Show great social competence

• Be less achievement oriented

An infant who has developed object permanence...

• is attached to specific objects, such as a blanket

• will see all objects as being the same

• knows that an object, such as a rattle, exists even if it is not in view

• understands that volume and mass remain constant even if shape changes

This style of parenting calls for imposing rules and demanding obedience without debate or discussion between parent and child.

• Permissive
• Neglectful
• Authoritative
• Authoritarian

Erikson said that when you are a teenager, your main goal is to find your . .

• Trust
• Calling
• Identity
• Integrity

When the baby boy's cheek is stroked, he turns his head and opens his mouth, an example of the

• rooting reflex

• sucking reflex

• Moro reflex

• Babinski reflex

Jane, a 3-year old, insists on dressing herself each morning for school, even though she generally selects mismatching outfits, misses buttons, and wears her shoes on the wrong feet. When her mother tries to dress Jane or fix her outfit, Jane brushes her mother off and insists on doing it herself. What stage of psychosocial development best describes Jane’s behavior?

• Trust vs. Mistrust

• Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt

• Identity vs. Role Confusion

• Industry vs. Inferiority

A 38-year-old woman quits her high-paying marketing job to focus on her children and become a school counselor. In which stage would Erikson consider her to be?

• Idenitity vs. Role Confusion

• Generativity vs. Stagnation

• Ego Integrity vs. Despair

• Industry vs. Inferiority

The ________________________________ parenting style uses a "hands off" approach, where children learn from the consequences of their actions. The parent considers themselves as a friend to their child.

• Authoritative

• Neglectful

• Permissive

• Authoritarian