Development--with some cognition

Jerry is not able to tie his shoes on his own, but he is able to tie his shoes with the help of his father. Which of the following theories best explains the interaction between Jerry and his father?

• Mary Ainsworth’s theory of attachment, because it focuses on whether a child has a secure or insecure attachment

• Lev Vygotsky's social learning theory, because it includes the concept of zone of proximal development

• Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory, because it includes the concept of the Oedipal complex

A baby looks under the sofa for a ball that has just rolled underneath it. According to Jean Piaget, the baby’s action shows development of

• conservation of mass

• reversibility

• object permanence

• metacognition

• logical thinking

Recent research on Jean Piaget’s cognitive stage theory of development indicates that

• the ages of onset for the sensorimotor and preoperational stages of cognitive development are essentially the same

• the ages of onset for the preoperational and formal operational stages of cognitive development are essentially the same

• the age of onset for the sensorimotor stage occurs much later than originally established

• the ages of onset for many cognitive milestones occur earlier than originally established

• it is not possible to establish the ages of onset for cognitive developmental stages before a child is five years old

Egocentrism, animism, and artificialism are characteristic of which of Jean Piaget’s stages of cognitive development?

• Sensorimotor

• preoperational

• Postformal

• Concrete operations

• Formal operations

Hypothetical and deductive thinking are characteristic of which of Jean Piaget’s stages of cognitive development?

• Preoperational

• Operational

• Conservation

• Concrete operations

• Formal operations

According to Jean Piaget, what is the earliest stage at which a child is capable of using simple logic to think about objects and events?

• Sensorimotor

• Preoperational

• Symbolic

• Concrete operational

• Formal operational

Tina’s mother often entertains Tina by bouncing a bunny puppet back and forth along the side of Tina’s crib. Initially, Tina pays close attention to the puppet but after a while, she begins to ignore it and continues doing what she was doing before the puppet appeared. Which of the following psychological concepts best explains Tina’s change in behavior?

• Discrimination

• Attachment

• Accommodation

• Habituation

• Maturation

Little Andrea has just learned that robins are birds. She now sees a sparrow, points to it, and calls out “Bird!” According to Jean Piaget, Andrea is showing the cognitive process of

• assimilation

• accommodation

• equilibration

• habituation

• object permanence

If you watch a sequel to movie, and have trouble remembering if a character was in the first movie, you are experiencing...

• Repressive Memories
• Proactive Interference
• Retroactive Interference
• Memory Decay

After having a stroke resulting from a blockage of blood to the medial temporal lobe, Gerald could not remember new information, such as the books he had just read, new songs he had just heard, or the faces of new people he had just met. Gerald was experiencing

• dissociative fugue

• dissociative amnesia

• retrograde amnesia

• anterograde amnesia

• conversion disorder