Development AP Psychology

A boy who consistently exhibits traditionally masculine interests and behavior patterns is strongly:

• habituated
• imprinted
• egocentric
• gender-typed

Cindy understands her world primarily by grasping and sucking easily available objects. Cindy is clearly in Piaget's ________ stage

• preoperational
• concrete operational
• sensorimotor
• formal operational

According to Piaget, during the formal operational stage people begin to:

• reason abstractly
• adhere to social norms
• distinguish between good and bad behaviors
• become aware of the positive and negative consequences of their own behaviors

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CCSS.RL.1.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

According to Piaget, children come to understand that the volume of a substance remains constant despite changes in its shape during the ________ stage.

• sensorimotor
• preoperational
• concrete operational
• formal operational

Critical period is a phase during which

• children frequently disobey their parents
• children become able to think hypothetically and reason abstractly
• parents frequently show impatience with a child's slowness in becoming toilet-trained.
• certain events have a particularly strong impact on development.

Dr. Wong believes that children whose parents are not responsive to their needs during the first two months of life will never develop basic trust toward the world.  Dr. Wong believes that this developmental stage is a(n):

• preoperational stage
• critical period
• cognitive schema
• maturational span

Interpreting new experiences in terms of existing schemas is called:

• learning
• assimilation
• accomodation

According to Erikson, a man’s midlife crisis happens in the 

• generativity vs stagnation
• intimacy vs isolation
• integrity vs despair
• identity vs role confusion

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

• Preoperational
• Sensorimotor 
• Formal operational
• Concrete operational

During the preoperational stage...

• children begin to use logic
• focuses on motor skills
• the adolescent gains ability to formulate complicated verbal arguments
• intense language learning takes place