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WorksheetsHuman Psychological Development
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 20mins
What are the 4 levels of understanding in psychology?
Biological, Psychological, Socio-cultural, Basic Processes
Biological, Personal, Socio-cultural, Basic Processes
Biological, Personality, Socio-cultural, Basic Processes
Biological, Personal, Socio-cultural, Basic Thoughts
This cognitive achievement is why peek-a-boo works with babies
Imprinting
Representational thought
Accommodation
Object Permanence
A cognitive achievement that involves understanding that quantity stays the same despite the shape.
Object permanence
Conservation
egocentrism
Schema
Piaget study only children. He came up with 4 stages of development. The correct order of the stages was
sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational and then formal operational.
preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational and then sensorimotor.
sensorimotor, concrete operational, formal operational and then preoperational.
Preoperational, concrete operational, sensorimotor and then formal operational.
What is, the tendency to view the world for your own perspective without recognizing that others may have different viewpoints.
egocentrism
conservation
representational thought
accommodation
What is Cognition?
Actions involving running and jumping
Actions that involve nothing
All of the actions or processes involving thinking and knowing
Accommodation is the process of
organising existing mental schemata into larger networks
creating new schemata in light of new information
understanding new information in light of existing schemata
understanding the permanence of unseen objects
The 5 year old brain weighs nearly 90% of the adult brain because
children grow new neurons
neurotransmitters develop with age
glial cells and neuron connections increase
pruning of unnecessary synapses occur
The decline in grey matter is the result of (a) pruning
Myelination is the process of
glial development
white matter growth
development of the myelin sheath
development of the myelin synapse
Which part of the brain is primarily involved in movement?
Cerebrum
Cerebellum
Medial pre-frontal cortex
Amygdala
Early adverse experiences can interfere with
neuron development
development of neuron connections
pruning mechanisms
the ability to crawl
White matter in the brain consists mainly of
the axon of nerve cells
cell bodies of nerve cells
cell bodies of neurons
glial cells
It takes a year (approx) for an infant to learn to walk. This is because
grey matter is un-developed
the pre-frontal cortex is un-developed in infants
infants need to grow more neurons before walking
myelination develops in the legs last
The adolescent brain is at peak grey matter volume of it's lifetime because
synaptic pruning is at its peak
the brain begins to die after adolescence
adults are not learning as much as adolescents
the amygdala is at it's peak volume
The amygdala is responsible for
Judgment
Empathy
Emotion response
Cognition
Schemas are
mental pictures
mental representations of the world
methods of adaptation
assimilated to accommodate new information
Piaget's 1st stage of cognitive development is considered
Formal operational
Concrete operational
Pre-operational
Sensorimotor
How many basic emotions exist?
4
3
5
6
Abstract thinking such as hypothesising occurs in Piaget's
sensorimotor stage
pre operational stage
concrete operational stage
formal operational stage
The process of developing a new schema when existing ones do not fit is
(a)
What is the evolutionary purpose of anger?
to repeat actions that make us angry
to scare off predators
to communicate a need
Examples of physical responses to emotion are
Neurotransmitter release
Withdrawal from social activity
Changes in thoughts
change in heart rate
Parasympathetic nervous system serves to
speed up heart rate and blood pressure
to prepare for frightening situations
settle down the fight flight response
respond to external stimuli
A neurotransmitter released when a person experiences happiness is
endolphins
endorphins
gaba
epinephrine
As a child develops complex emotions often become a combination of several other emotions. Envy could be a combination of
sadness and anger
happiness and surprise
surprise and disgust
joy and anger
The high road of emotional response
passes through the pre-frontal cortex
involves judgment and decision making
bypasses the pre-frontal cortex
is a conscious response
The high road of emotional response
bypasses the cerebrum
is unconscious
involves judgment and interpretation
bypasses the thalamus
Eysenck's trait theories suggest that temperament
can be altered from birth
has a genetic basis
has no genetic basis
can be influenced by thinking patterns (cognition)
Erikson believe humans had to experience psycho-social crises which could have a negative or positive outcome. An example is
Mistrust vs Hope
Autonomy vs Shame
Initiative vs Shame
Identity vs Self Esteem
One of the dimensions of personality according to Eysenck is
Psychoticism - Neuroticism
Extroversion - Emotional Stability
Neuroticism - Emotional Stability
Introversion - Impulse control
Which direction does the message travel along the neuron?
left to right
right to left
dendrite to axon terminal
axon terminal to dendrite
What is at position c?
axon terminal
dendrite
axon
myelin sheath
John Bowlby's attachment theory suggests that closer relationships are formed from which type of attachment?
secure
disorganised
anxious
avoidant
Separation anxiety is understood on the
basic processes level
biological level
personal level
socio-cultural level
Language that could be associated with extroversion is
outgoing, shy, introspective
anxious, moody
talkative, outgoing, unreliable
reliable, sociable, thoughtful
