AP Psych - 9&10 - Development Pt1

A baby looks under the sofa for a ball that has just rolled underneath it. According to Jean Piaget, the baby's action shows development of

• conservation of mass
• reversibility
• object permanence
• logical thinking

A nine-year-old girl first learning about her capabilities on the playground and in the classroom would be in which of Erikson's stages of development?

• competence v. inferiority
• identity v. confusion
• autonomy v. shame
• integrity v. despair

According to Lawrence Kohlberg, children at the first level of moral reasoning make judgments about right and wrong on the basis of

• cultural norms
• social conventions
• religious beliefs
• likelihood of punishment

A child believes that all birds can fly, but learns that a penguin is a bird. Which term was used by Piaget to refer to this developmental process of changing one’s ways of thinking in order to incorporate new information?

• accommodation
• egocentrism
• assimilation
• conservation

Maturation differs from learning in that developmental changes due to maturation

• are relatively independent of environmental factors
• follow no predictable pattern
• can take place only in an enriched environment
• require practice

A mother gives her child an orange for the first time.  The child rolls it across the table and says, “ball.”  Which Piagetian process would account for this behavior?

• seriation
• accommodation
• conservation
• assimilation

According to Erik Erikson’s theory of development, the key concern of early adulthood is

• establishing a career
• leaving the parents’ world
• sharing intimacy with another
• building an identity

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

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.