AP Psychology FAQ 6.1-Physical and Cognitive Development

Boys first begin producing sperm during

• embryonic development.

• fetal development.

• the first year after birth.

• puberty.

• early childhood.

Humanlike features start to develop around 9 weeks after conception. What is the developing human called at this point in development?

• zygote

• fetus

• embryo

• teratogen

• Y chromosome

Harmful chemicals or viruses that can be transferred from a mother to her developing fetus are called

• schemas.

• attachments.

• teratogens.

• zygotes.

• menarche.

Which psychologist was most influential in shaping our understanding of cognitive development?

• B. F. Skinner

• Konrad Lorenz

• Jean Piaget

• Sigmund Freud

• Erik Erikson

According to Piaget, schemas are

• fixed sequences of cognitive developmental stages.

• children's ways of coming to terms with their sexuality.

• people's conceptual frameworks for understanding their experiences.

• problem-solving strategies that are typically not developed until the formal operational stage.

• moral ideas children use to understand right and wrong.

Three-year-old Ziva calls all four-legged animals “kitties.” Her tendency to fit all four-legged animals into her existing conception of a kitten illustrates the process of

• conservation.

• assimilation.

• accommodation.

• egocentrism.

• habituation.

In recognizing the inaccuracies of one's own ethnic stereotypes and revising his or her beliefs, an individual most clearly illustrates the process of

• habituation.

• attachment.

• assimilation.

• imprinting.

• accommodation.

The awareness that things continue to exist even when they are not perceived is known as

• attachment.

• conservation.

• assimilation.

• object permanence.

• habituation.

Piaget claimed that children understand the world primarily by observing the effects of their own actions on other people, objects, and events during the ________ stage.

• concrete operational

• sensorimotor

• formal operational

• preoperational

• preconventional

Gilbert notices that his sausage is sliced into six pieces, whereas his brother's is sliced into nine pieces. He understands, however, that his brother's sausage is not actually any larger than his own. This indicates that Gilbert has by now reached the ________ stage of development.

• concrete operational

• sensorimotor

• formal operational

• preoperational

• conventional