AP Psychology March 8 review

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.

What conclusion can we draw from Harlow's research

• The importance of food

• Monkeys are better at socializing when they come out the cage

• Contact comfort is the most important factor when forming attachment

• Contact is equally as important as food when forming an attachment

Sternberg proposed which of the following theories?

• Triarchic Theory

• Strength and Talents Theory

• Eight Intelligence Theory

• G and S Factor Theory

Which of these best describes a SECURE attachment?

• Young children cling to their parent when they are in a new place
• Young children are allowed to do whatever they want to
• Young children never cry, even when punished
• Young children may cry with they are left, but be happy when their caregiver returns

This person studied attachment in
infants using the Strange Situation model, which labeled infants as secure, and insecure in attachment

• Mary Ainsworth
• Harry Harlow
• Dorthea Dix
• Diana Baumrind

Maintaining one's conceptions even after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited is known as: 

• the representativeness heuristic.
• belief perseverance.
• confirmation bias.
• functional fixedness.

The cognitive ability to be able to recognize that quantities remain the same when two glasses of water are sitting beside each other, and one is poured into a taller glass.

• Irreversibility
• Centration
• Conservation
• Object Permanence 

According to Harry Harlow what made the mother so important?

• the comfort she provided

• the food she provided

• the protection she provided

• the guidance she provided

Adding new information because it fits an existing schema is

• assimilation

• accomodation

• discrimination

• gerneralization

Creating a new schema when new information does not fit an existing one

• assimilation

• accomodation

• discrimination

• generalization