AP Psych, Development

A baby looks under the sofa for a ball that has just rolled underneath it. According to Jean Piaget, the baby's action shows development of

• conservation of mass
• reversibility
• object permanence
• logical thinking

Mary Ainsworth's Strange Situation paradigm is typically used to test young children's

• ego strength
• intelligence
• attachment
• reaction time

A nine-year-old girl first learning about her capabilities on the playground and in the classroom would be in which of Erikson's stages of development?

• industry v. inferiority

• identity v. confusion

• autonomy v. shame

• integrity v. despair

According to Lawrence Kohlberg, children at the first level of moral reasoning make judgments about right and wrong on the basis of

• cultural norms
• social conventions
• religious beliefs
• likelihood of punishment

A child believes that all birds can fly, but learns that a penguin is a bird. Which term was used by Piaget to refer to this developmental process of changing one’s ways of thinking in order to incorporate new information?

• accommodation
• egocentrism
• assimilation
• conservation

Harry Harlow’s experiments with monkeys suggest which of the following as most important for infants when establishing an attachment to their mothers? 

• The amount of time spent with the mother
• The mother’s ability to protect the infant from physical harm
• The mother’s ability to provide nourishment
• The tactile characteristics of the mother

A mother gives her child an orange for the first time.  The child rolls it across the table and says, “ball.”  Which Piagetian process would account for this behavior?

• seriation
• accommodation
• conservation
• assimilation

According to Erik Erikson’s theory of development, the key concern of early adulthood is

• establishing a career
• leaving the parents’ world
• sharing intimacy with another
• building an identity

Mental molds that we use to organize our world are called:

• Sensorimotors
• Preoperationals
• Schemas
• Accommodations

Incorporating new experiences into our current understanding:

• Schema
• Assimilation
• Accommodation
• Modification