AP Development Quiz

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

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

• Prefer the company of adults to that of other children
• Become permissive parents
• Show a great deal of 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.
• cries when a wanted object is taken away.

If Jeremy begs for a new electronic gadget, his parents nearly always buy it for him. What type of family is this?

• Permissive
• Democratic
• Authoritarian
• Submissive

When a child displays distress when mom and/or dad is not near

• stranger anxiety
• detachment
• separation anxiety
• imprinting

The natural physical development that occurs automatically and in a sequential manner as a result of genetics is . . .

• Childhood
• Maturation
• Puberty
• Aging

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's cheek is stroked they turn towards the side it was stroked and begins making sucking motions

• rooting reflex
• sucking reflex
• grasp reflex
• Babinski reflex

Jane, a preschooler, 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
• Intiative vs. GUilt 
• Industry vs. Inferiority