AP Psychology Unit 4: Developmental Psychology

An infant's general level of activity and excitability is referred to as...

• attachment

• temperament

• intelligence

• innate reflex set

• potential

According to Piaget's theory, when a child has gained the understanding that objects still exist even when they are covered, they have developed...

• object permanence

• accommodation

• abstract logic

• conventional thinking

• conservation

When alcohol is used during pregnancy, often leading to mental retardation, it is an example of a

• Vitamin

• Teratogen

• Genetic deformity

• Trisomy 21

• Cystic fibrosis

A 14-month-old toddler is placed in an unfamiliar situation with his mother, who then leaves the room for a period of time. When the mother returns, the child ignores the parent's attempts at consoling the child and continues to play without associating with the parent. Mary Ainsworth would consider this evidence of...

• anti-social personality type

• avoidant attachment style

• ambivalent attachment style

• disorganized behavior

• attention deficit disorder

Erikson's lifespan theory proposes that psychosocial development occurs primarily as a result of...

• instinctive sexual urges

• crises or conflicts

• genetic predetermination

• feelings of inferiority

• need for self-actualization

Harry Harlow discovered from his studies on attachment that isolated infant monkeys prefer...

• Comfort

• Food

• Movement

• Wire

• Human mothers

A strong correlation has been found between which of the following?

• authoritative parenting and social competence in children

• permissive parenting and creativity in children

• authoritative parenting and disruptive behavior in children

• parenting style and attachment

• parenting style and peer influence

Motor development in babies develops in a proximodistal fashion. Th is is best described as:

• From nearest to the center of the body to the farthest from the center

• From the top of the head to the bottom of the feet

• From the farthest from the center to the nearest to the center

• From the bottom of the body to the top of the body

• From the left of the body to the right of the body

According to Jean Piaget, what type of learning do individuals acquire during the formal operational stage?

• Abstract thought

• Symbolism

• Memorization skills

• Visual learning

• Auditory learning

During a discussion in class regarding cheating in school, a student argues, “Cheating is wrong; it is important to follow rules.” Lawrence Kohlberg would say this student is in what stage of moral development?

• Preconventional

• Conventional

• Postconventional

• Nonconventional

• Advanced conventional