AP Psych Unit #6: Developmental Psychology

What is the first stage of Piaget's cognitive development?

• Preoperational
• Sensorimotor 
• Formal operational
• Concrete operational

Children who in infancy formed secure attachments to their parents are more likely than other children to:

• Prefer the company of adults to that of other children

• Become permissive parents

• Have healthy adult relationships

• Be less achievement oriented

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.

Jenny's parents always do whatever she wants. They give into all of her demands and desires. Jenny's parents are

• Permissive

• Authoritative

• Authoritarian

• Submissive

This style of parenting calls for imposing rules and demanding obedience without debate or discussion between parent and child.

• Permissive
• Neglectful
• Authoritative
• Authoritarian

The natural physical development that occurs automatically and in a sequential manner as a result of genetics is . . .

• Childhood
• Maturation
• Puberty
• Aging

Erikson said that when you are a teenager, your main goal is to find your . .

• Trust
• Calling
• Identity
• Integrity

The experiment with Harry Harlow and the monkeys prove what about humans?

•  We need food to survive.
•  We need human touch to survive.
• We want human touch over food.
•  We want food over human touch.

Four-year-old Jennifer mistakenly believes that her mother would like to receive a toy doll as a Christmas present. This best illustrates Piaget's concept of:

• accommodation
• attachment
• object permanence
• egocentricism

If research suggested that a pregnant mother's use of an artificial sweetener caused harm to the fetus, the artificial sweetener would be considered a(n):

• FAS
• form of DNA
• depressant
• teratogen