Developmental Unit Quiz

Humanlike features start to develop around 9 weeks after conception. What is the developing human called at this point in development?

• zygote

• fetus

• embryo

• teratogen

Babies are born with several reflexes for getting food. One of these is to

• withdraw a limb to escape pain

• turn the head away from a cloth placed over the face

• open the mouth in search of a nipple when touched on the cheek

• avoid overly sweet foods

The symptoms of fetal alcohol syndrome demonstrate that alcohol is a

• teratogen

• form of DNA

• hallucinogen

• neurotransmitter

Three-month-old Andrew was obviously startled by the first ring of the telephone, but with each subsequent ring he seemed to become less reactive. This best illustrates the process of

• accommodation

• conservation

• imprinting

• habituation

Biological growth processes that are relatively uninfluenced by experience and that enable orderly changes in behavior are referred to as

• continuity

• imprinting

• generativity

• maturation

According to Piaget, schemas are

• fixed sequences of cognitive developmental stages

• children's ways of coming to terms with their sexuality

• people's conceptual frameworks for understanding their experiences

• problem-solving strategies that are typically not developed until the formal operational stage

According to Piaget, assimilation involves

• the absorption of nutrients into the body for growth and development

• training children to behave in a socially acceptable manner

• interpreting new experiences in terms of one's current understanding

• altering existing schemas in order to incorporate new information

Olivia understands her world primarily by grasping and sucking easily available objects. Olivia is clearly in Piaget's ________ stage.

• preoperational

• concrete operational

• sensorimotor

• formal operational

According to Piaget, a child can represent things with words and images but cannot reason with logic during the ________ stage.

• sensorimotor

• concrete operational

• formal operational

• preoperational

Children's ability to infer other people's intentions and feelings is indicative of their emerging

• theory of mind

• conservation

• conventional morality

• object permanence