Unit 2 (Lifespan Development) Psychology Review Quiz

Which kind of development involves growth and changes in the body and brain, the senses, motor skills, and health wellness.

• Cognitive

• Learning

• Physical

• Psychosocial

Which kind of development involves learning, attention, memory, language, thinking, reasoning, and creativity?

• Artistic

• Cognitive

• Emotional

• Psychosocial

What does nature refer to in the nature vs. nurture debate?

• cognitive capacity

• environment and culture

• genes and biology

• language acquisition

What does nurture refer to in the nature vs. nurture debate?

• biology

• environment and culture

• genetics

• sexual preference

Age-specific approximations of when a certain skill or ability should first occur in normal development are called developmental ____________?

• milestones

• norms

• markers

• boundaries

Which theorist is credited with proposing the psychosexual stages of development?

• Erik Erikson

• Jean Piaget

• Lawrence Kohlberg

• Sigmund Freud

What are the concepts (mental models) that are used to help us categorize and interpret information?

• cognitions

• categories

• prototypes

• schemata

Between birth and one year, infants are dependent on their caregivers; therefore, caregivers who are responsive and sensitive to their infant's needs help their baby to develop a sense of the world as a safe, predictable place. In Erickson's developmental theory, what is the primary developmental task of this stage?

• autonomy v. shame/doubt

• identity v. confusion

• industry v. inferiority

• trust v. mistrust

After age 65, most people are attempting to assess their lives and make sense of life and the meaning of their contributions. Within the psychosocial model of development, what is the primary developmental task of this stage?

• generativity v. stagnation

• identity v. guilt

• initiative v. guilt

• integrity v. despair

During Piaget's ______________ stage, the world is experienced through what we can take in through our perceptual systems and how we can move our bodies.

• concrete operational

• formal operational

• preoperational

• sensorimotor