Do Now Unit 5-7 AP Psychology

Raj, a four-year-old child, learned to open the door to a classroom by pulling on the handle. Now whenever he approaches any door he pulls on the handle and is confused when that does not work. This is best explained by Raj’s having developed which of the following for door opening?

• Accommodation

• Object permanence

• Conservation

• A mental set

• Divergent thinking

A student who obtained a percentile rank of 75 on an achievement test is best characterized as having

• ranked 75th from the top in a group of 100 test takers

• answered 75% of the test questions correctly

• scored higher than 75% of the test takers

• scored 75% higher than the average test taker

• scored 75% of the highest score

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

• Industry vs. Inferiority

• Identity vs. role confusion

• Autonomy vs. shame and doubt

• Integrity vs. despair

• Trust vs. mistrust

Melissa reads in a parenting magazine that the average age at which children first walk on their own is twelve months old, and most children walk within the range of nine to seventeen months old. The article is discussing the concept of

• standardized testing

• developmental norms

• reliability

• validity

• inferential statistics

Angry with his professor because of a difficult exam, Martin returns home and takes out his anger on his best friend. Martin’s behavior illustrates

• rationalization

• projection

• reaction formation

• regression

• displacement