Development Quiz

When Zakiyah's mother hides her favorite doll under a blanket, Zakiyah acts as if it no longer exists, and she makes no attempt to look for it. Based on this information, you can infer that Zakiyah is in Piaget's

• sensorimotor period of cognitive development

• formal period of cognitive development

• concrete period of cognitive development

• pre-operational period of cognitive development

Answer explanation

This is an example of "object permanence" found only in sensorimotor

"Toy Story" is an example of ...

• artificialism

• animism

• egocentrism

• object permanence

Who was a former intelligence tester in Paris who saw a common pattern with cognitive development?

• Maslow

• Harlow

• Piaget

• Freud

The state of concrete operations is said to be "concrete" because

• the child attributes human qualities to concrete objects.

• the facts are taken to be set in stone, not to be given up easily.

• an object must be present for the child to recognize its existence.

• children can perform operations on tangible objects and actual events.

Answer explanation

children use fingers, counters or objects to do math equations because they are visible

Leon's does not feel confident about himself; however, he likes to be around his friends and is popular at school. Leon is most likely to have

• avoidance-attachment

• anxious-attachment

• fearful attachment

• secure attachment

Jerry is annoyed that while he's playing Modern Warfare, his little brother is sitting in front of the TV. He knows not to get mad at him because his brother

• is in the sensorimotor stage of cognitive development

• is using egocentric reasoning while is watching the TV

• can't understand due to object permanence

• believes the TV is his friend and has thoughts and feelings.

Answer explanation

young children aren't able to understand other perspectives

A father runs to save his young child while falling off a bike. His motivation for saving the child was due to which theory?

• instinct theory

• humanistic theory

• drive-reduction theory

• socio-cultural theory

Josephina is planning to ask her parents if she can borrow their car on Friday night. She is thinking about all the possible reasons they might bring up for not letting her use the car, and thinking of a logical reply to each of these possible objections. Based on Piaget's model of cognitive development, Josephina's thought process illustrates

• the use of formal operational thought

• use of concrete operational thought

• egocentric reasoning

• post-conventional reasoning

Answer explanation

The ability to see another point of view and think abstractly is formal operational

Someone with a positive model of self and high avoidance of others is said to have a

• avoidance-attachment

• anxious-attachment

• fearful-attachment

• secure-attachment

D'Marcus is upset because he is convinced that his brother has a bigger piece of cake than he does. His dad quickly slices D'Marcus's piece of cake in two and tells him that he now has "more" cake. If D'Marcus calms down and is convinced that he does have more cake than his brother, it would suggest that

• he has not yet mastered object permanence

• does not understand the process of assimilation.

• does not understand conservation

• is displaying egocentric reasoning

Answer explanation

conservation is same mass in different forms