Developmental Psychology

Stage of cognitive development when children begin to show signs of adult thinking

• Concrete operational stage

• Formal operational stage

• Preoperational stage

• Sensory-motor stage

What type of development do developmental psychologist study?

• physical

• social

• cognitive

• all of the above

During which of Piaget’s stages would the individual begin to look at the world through a view without egocentrism?

• sensorimotor stage

• preoperational stage

• concrete operational stage

• formal operations stage

The concepts of stranger and separation anxiety were pioneered by which of the following theorists?

• Jean Piaget

• Carol Gilligan

• Harry Harlow

• Mary Ainsworth

Which of the following best describes a critical period?

• A moment in development where the infant is ready to talk

• Moments in time where individuals recognize the urge to urinate

• Developmental periods where individuals recall past events

• A time during development when the individual is ready to move to the next objective

During which of Piaget’s stages of Cognitive development does object permanence take place?

• concrete operational stage

• preoperational stage

• sensorimotor stage

• formal operations stage

Who developed the concept of imprinting?

• Lawerence Kohlberg

• Konrad Lorenz

Who developed the theory of 8 stages of Psychosocial development?

• Lawrence Kohlberg

• Erik Erikson

• Jean Piaget

• Harry Harlow

Who developed the 4 stage theory of cognitive development?

• Lev Vygotsky

• Arnold Palmer

• Erik Erikson

• Jean Piaget

Who pointed out that Lawrence Kohlberg experiment was bias towards white upper-class males?

• Carol Gilligan

• Marie Curie

• lady antebellum

• Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta