M45-48 - Infant/Child Development

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.

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

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 

Peek-a-boo works on children in what stage?

• Sensorimotor
• Preoperational
• Concrete Operational
• Formal Operational

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

When a child displays distress at strangers...

• stranger anxiety
• detachment
• secure attachment
• separation anxiety

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

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