Developmental Psych Summative ReTake

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

Mary Ainsworth's Strange Situation paradigm is typically used to test young children's

• ego strength
• intelligence
• attachment
• reaction time

A normally functioning 65-year-old who cannot solve abstract logic puzzles as quickly as he did when he was younger is experiencing a

• phenomenon that is uncommon for people of his age
• phenomenon predicted by Erik Erikson as part of the eight stages of psycho-social development
• decrease in his crystallized intelligence
• decrease in his fluid intelligence

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

Harry Harlow’s experiments with monkeys suggest which of the following as most important for infants when establishing an attachment to their mothers? 

• The amount of time spent with the mother
• The mother’s ability to protect the infant from physical harm
• The mother’s ability to provide nourishment
• The tactile characteristics of the mother

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

The most well-adjusted and socially competent children tend to come from homes where parents employ which of the following parental styles

• minimal supervision

• authoritarian

• authoritative

• indulgent

• permissive

Riley recently found out that she is terminally ill. Since this discovery she has visited a church every day and plead with God to let her live until she can see the birth of her grandchild. Riley's behavior reflects which stage of death and dying?

• Anger

• Depression

• Denial

• Bargaining

• Acceptance