Cognitive Development

Critical Period is...

• a psychologist who said that attachments were formed for survival.

• an attachment to one primary caregiver.

• A time where attachment must take place or there will be long term consequences.

• the child is quite independent of the caregiver.

Deprivation is...

• relationship based on trust between child and caregiver , child wishes to interact with them.

• an attachment to one primary caregiver.

• when a child has formed an attachment to a caregiver but this is broken due to separation

• when a child forms no attachment to the caregiver.

What did Harry Harlow’s experiments with rhesus monkeys demonstrate?

• Feeding and nourishment do not create attachment; contact comfort is more important.
• Nourishment creates attachment.
• Feeding and contact comfort create
  attachments.
• Contact comfort is not important at all.

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

Children, who in infancy formed secure attachments to their parents, are more likely than other children to:

• Prefer the company of adults to that of other children
• Become permissive parents
• Show a high level of social competence
• Be less achievement oriented

The work of Harlow, Ainsworth, and Bowlby helped change the operating procedures and approaches to care for which types of facilities?

• Elementary schools, summer camps for troubled youth, and juvenile detention facilities.

• Doctors offices, Retirement communities, and mental health facilities.

• K-12 educational facilities, college and university campuses.

• Orphanages, adoption agencies, child care providers, and social services groups.

What are the 3 broad areas of psychological development?

• Cognitive Development

• Mental Development

• Social Development

• Emotional Development

• Neural Development

What aspects do theories of cognitive development primarily aim to understand?

• Brain development and growth

• Emotional intelligence and social skills

• Mental processes, knowledge acquisition, problem-solving abilities, and thinking patterns

• Genetic factors influencing cognitive factors

According to Piaget's theory of cognitive development, which of the following is an example of the process of assimilation?

• When a child sees a zebra for the first time and calls it a dog.
• When a child sees a zebra for the first time and calls it a donkey.
• When a child sees a zebra for the first time and calls it a cow.
• When a child sees a zebra for the first time and calls it a horse.

According to Piaget's theory of cognitive development, which of the following is an example of the process of accommodation?

• When a child learns that all four-legged animals are cats.
• When a child learns that all four-legged animals are dogs.
• When a child learns that all four-legged animals are horses.
• When a child learns that not all four-legged animals are dogs, but can also be cats or horses.