Developmental Psychology Quiz

Development is plastic

• Piaget

• The Life span

• Vygotsky

• Behaviorism

Answer explanation

Lifespan Perspective:
Four assumptions make up this view:

1) development is lifelong

2) development is multidimensional and multidirectional

3) development is highly plastic

4) development is embedded contexts.

The interactionists perspective says: Children are naturally endowed with a language acquisition device (LAD)?

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Chomsky perspective: Children are naturally endowed with a language acquisition device (LAD)

New interactionist perspective: Innate abilities and a rich linguistic and social environment.

A child must be taught by an expert who guides and brings the task to the child?

• True

• False

Developmental is multidirectional means?

• you can imitate people's development

• you cannot change its direction as it is one path

• it is plastic

• you can change its direction

The author of our textbook proposes ........ Development

• cognitive

• social

• lifespan

• emotional

Piaget says: Through imitation and operant conditioning parents teach their child language

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Behaviorist perspective

Every human is unique

• Vygotsky

• Behaviorism

• Life span

• Piaget

Make-believe play means to copy the behavior of adults who are not present

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Make-believe play: acting, use of imaginary activities.

object permanence means understanding that an object continues to exist when out of sight.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Object permanence: understanding that object continue to exist when out of sight.

Piaget perspective proposes that development is

• social

• fast

• limited

• universal