Child Developmental Psychology

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 

The inability of young children to see the world through someone else's view is termed:

• Centration
• Irreversibility
• Conservation
• Egocentrism

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

• Sensorimotor
• Preoperational
• Concrete Operational
• Formal Operational

Jane's mother has two crackers, both of equal size. She breaks one of the crackers up into four pieces. Jane says she wants the one with the most and immediately chooses the four pieces, even though the two amounts are equal. Jane's choice illustrates Piaget's concept of:

• Accommodation
• Egocentrism
• False belief
• Conservation

Sally attempts to retrieve her teddy bear after her father hides it under a blanket. This suggests that Sally has developed a sense of

• egocentrism.

• object permanence.

• conservation.

• accommodation.

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

• preoperational

• concrete operational

• sensorimotor

• formal operational

Where did the monkeys in the cage spend most of their time

• The wire mother

• On the floor of the cage

• Climbing the cage

• The cloth mother

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