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AP Psychology: Developmental Psych

Total questions: 138

Worksheet time: 2hrs 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

At the germinal stage, the organism is called _ ____

a)

a zygote

b)

an embryo

c)

a fetus

2.

A zygote is at the _____ prenatal stage

a)

Germinal

b)

Embryonic

c)

Fetal

3.

At the embryonic stage, the organism is called _ ____

a)

a zygote

b)

an embryo

c)

a fetus

4.

An embryo is at the _____ prenatal stage

a)

Germinal

b)

Embryonic

c)

Fetal

5.

A fetus is at the _____ prenatal stage

a)

Germinal

b)

Embryonic

c)

Fetal

6.

At the fetal stage, the organism is called _ ____

a)

a zygote

b)

an embryo

c)

a fetus

7.

A general concept or framework that organizes and interprets information

(a)  

8.

Interpreting new expirences in terms of our existing schemas

(a)  

9.

Adapting one's schema to include new information/expirences

(a)  

10.

Age Range: Birth to 2 (Cognitive Development)

a)

Sensory motor stage

b)

Preoperational stage

c)

Concrete operational

d)

Formal operational

11.

Cognition is one of the three major themes of developmental psychology

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Socialization is one of the three major themes of developmental psychology

a)

True

b)

False

13.

How many major themes of deveolopmental psychology are there?

(a)  

14.

Age Range: 2 to 7 (Cognitive Development)

a)

Sensory motor stage

b)

Preoperational stage

c)

Concrete operational

d)

Formal operational

15.

Age Range: 7 to 11 (Cognitive Development)

a)

Sensory motor stage

b)

Preoperational stage

c)

Concrete operational

d)

Formal operational

16.

Age Range: 12+ (Cognitive Development)

a)

Sensory motor stage

b)

Preoperational stage

c)

Concrete operational

d)

Formal operational

17.

First major theme of developmental psychology

a)

Nature vs Nurture

b)

Stability vs Change

c)

Continuity vs Stages

18.

Second major theme of developmental psychology

a)

Nature vs Nurture

b)

Stability vs Change

c)

Continuity vs Stages

19.

Third major theme of developmental psychology

a)

Nature vs Nurture

b)

Stability vs Change

c)

Continuity vs Stages

20.

What is one of the three major themes of developmental psychology?

(a)  

21.

What is a group of people called?

(a)  

22.

A chemical or virud that could harm the baby's health

(a)  

23.

What is the most common teratogen?

(a)  

24.

What is an example of a baby reflex?

(a)  

25.

The rooting reflex is __

a)

turning towards object when cheek is touched in search of food

b)

holding onto a finger for connection and comfort

c)

trying to get food from object

d)

moving hands and feet as if walking on air

e)

when they cry from loud, sudden noises

26.

The sucking reflex is __

a)

turning towards object when cheek is touched in search of food

b)

holding onto a finger for connection and comfort

c)

trying to get food from object

d)

moving hands and feet as if walking on air

e)

when they cry from loud, sudden noises

27.

The grasping reflex is __

a)

turning towards object when cheek is touched in search of food

b)

holding onto a finger for connection and comfort

c)

trying to get food from object

d)

moving hands and feet as if walking on air

e)

when they cry from loud, sudden noises

28.

The Moro reflex is __

a)

turning towards object when cheek is touched in search of food

b)

holding onto a finger for connection and comfort

c)

trying to get food from object

d)

moving hands and feet as if walking on air

e)

when they cry from loud, sudden noises

29.

The stepping reflex is __

a)

turning towards object when cheek is touched in search of food

b)

holding onto a finger for connection and comfort

c)

trying to get food from object

d)

moving hands and feet as if walking on air

e)

when they cry from loud, sudden noises

30.

Infants notice the changes in __ but not __.

a)

shape

size

b)

face

body

c)

size

shape

d)

body

face

e)

shape

body

31.

The decreasing of responsiveness with repeated stilumation is (a)   .

32.

Interpreting new expirences in terms of existing schema is __.

a)

Accomodation

b)

Assimilation

c)

Habituation

33.

Adatping one's schema to inclue new expirences is __.

a)

Accomodation

b)

Assimilation

c)

Habituation

34.

(a)   is a general concept or framework that organizes and interprets information.

35.

What is the type of developmental study that is over a long period of time with multiple check-ins over time?

(a)  

36.

What is the type of study that is encompasses significant spans of time between information gathering?

(a)  

37.

The first stage of conception is __.

a)

Embryonic

b)

Germinal

c)

Fetal

38.

The second stage of conception is __.

a)

Embryonic

b)

Germinal

c)

Fetal

39.

The third stage of conception is __.

a)

Embryonic

b)

Germinal

c)

Fetal

40.

The Bainski reflex is the toes (a)   in response to a firm touch.

41.

The greatly impressionable time in development or attachment is the (a)   .

42.

Who specialized in moral development?

a)

Jean Piaget

b)

Lawrence Kohlberg

c)

Erik Erikson

d)

Lev Vygotsky

43.

Who specialized in cognitive development?

a)

Jean Piaget

b)

Lawrence Kohlberg

c)

Erik Erikson

d)

Lev Vygotsky

44.

Who specialized in psychosocial development?

a)

Jean Piaget

b)

Lawrence Kohlberg

c)

Erik Erikson

d)

Lev Vygotsky

45.

Who worked with wired and cloth monkeys?

a)

John Bowlby

b)

Harry Harlow

c)

Mary Ainsworth

d)

Konrad Lorenz

e)

Diana Baumrind

46.

Who begun the experiments about stranger anxiety?

a)

John Bowlby

b)

Harry Harlow

c)

Mary Ainsworth

d)

Konrad Lorenz

e)

Diana Baumrind

47.

Who described the differences of insecure and secure attachment?

a)

John Bowlby

b)

Harry Harlow

c)

Mary Ainsworth

d)

Konrad Lorenz

e)

Diana Baumrind

48.

Who categorized parenting styles?

a)

John Bowlby

b)

Harry Harlow

c)

Mary Ainsworth

d)

Konrad Lorenz

e)

Diana Baumrind

49.

Who labeled imprinting and critical periods with various animals?

a)

John Bowlby

b)

Harry Harlow

c)

Mary Ainsworth

d)

Konrad Lorenz

e)

Diana Baumrind

50.

What is the parenting style in which rules and obedience demand respect?

a)

Authoritarian

b)

Authoritative

c)

Permissive

d)

Neglectful

51.

What is the parenting style in which there is a lack of warmth in the relationship and no limits?

a)

Authoritarian

b)

Authoritative

c)

Permissive

d)

Neglectful

52.

What is the parenting style in which strictness is justified with open reasoning?

a)

Authoritarian

b)

Authoritative

c)

Permissive

d)

Neglectful

53.

What is the parenting style in which warmth and givingness becomes the most active factors?

a)

Authoritarian

b)

Authoritative

c)

Permissive

d)

Neglectful

54.

Who created the stages of sensorimotor and formal operational?

a)

Jean Piaget

b)

Lawrence Kohlberg

c)

Erik Erikson

d)

Lev Vygotsky

55.

Who created the stages of preconventional and conventional?

a)

Jean Piaget

b)

Lawrence Kohlberg

c)

Erik Erikson

d)

Lev Vygotsky

56.

Who created the stages of preschool and middle adulthood?

a)

Jean Piaget

b)

Lawrence Kohlberg

c)

Erik Erikson

d)

Lev Vygotsky

57.

Who created the zone of proximal development (ZPD)?

a)

Jean Piaget

b)

Lawrence Kohlberg

c)

Erik Erikson

d)

Lev Vygotsky

58.

Which one is representative of punishment motivation? (Moral Development)

a)

Preconventional

b)

Conventional

c)

Postconventional

59.

Which one is representative of socital expectation? (Moral Development)

a)

Preconventional

b)

Conventional

c)

Postconventional

60.

Which one is representative of moral principles separated from external input? (Moral Development)

a)

Preconventional

b)

Conventional

c)

Postconventional

61.

Which one is representative of avoiding punishment? (Moral Development)

a)

Stage 2

b)

Stage 5

c)

Stage 1

d)

Stage 4

e)

Stage 6

62.

Which one is representative of gaining a reward? (Moral Development)

a)

Stage 2

b)

Stage 3

c)

Stage 1

d)

Stage 4

e)

Stage 6

63.

Which one is representative of other's perception/approval of behavior? (Moral Development)

a)

Stage 2

b)

Stage 3

c)

Stage 5

d)

Stage 4

e)

Stage 6

64.

Which one is representative of what is expected? (Moral Development)

a)

Stage 2

b)

Stage 3

c)

Stage 1

d)

Stage 4

e)

Stage 6

65.

Which one is representative of the majority agreed-upon concepts? (Moral Development)

a)

Stage 2

b)

Stage 5

c)

Stage 1

d)

Stage 4

e)

Stage 6

66.

Which one is representative of principles that differ from majority? (Moral Development)

a)

Stage 2

b)

Stage 5

c)

Stage 1

d)

Stage 4

e)

Stage 6

67.

What is the orderly sequence of biological growth?

(a)  

68.

What is the awareness that things exist beyond active perception?

(a)  

69.

What is the principle that mass, volume, and numbers remain the same despite changes in form?

(a)  

70.

What is the disconnect in taking another point of view?

(a)  

71.

What is the phenomena where children belive others perceive exactly what they do?

(a)  

72.

From six to nine months, what causes distress of separation from the caregiver?

(a)  

73.

At eight months, what causes the distress of encountering new people?

(a)  

74.

What is distress upon a caregiver leaving and warmth upon return?

a)

Secure attachment

b)

Insecure attachment: avoidant

c)

Insecure attachment: anxious-ambivalent

75.

What is distress upon a caregiver leaving and no warmth upon return?

a)

Secure attachment

b)

Insecure attachment: avoidant

c)

Insecure attachment: anxious-ambivalent

76.

What is attaching to a stranger upon caregiver leaving?

a)

Secure attachment

b)

Insecure attachment: avoidant

c)

Insecure attachment: anxious-ambivalent

77.

(a)   is the process which certain animals form attachments during a critical period.

78.

What is the positive emotional and psychological effect of touch?

(a)  

79.

__ __ is the culturally preferred timing of social events in one's life.

(a)  

80.

One's sense of self is one's (a)   .

81.

The transition period from puberty to independence is (a)   .

82.

__ __ __ are the bodily structures for sexual reproduction.

a)

Secondary sex characteristics

b)

Primary sex characteristics

c)

Adolescence social clocks

83.

__ __ __ are the bodily structures that are connected to growth rather than directly to reproduction.

a)

Secondary sex characteristics

b)

Primary sex characteristics

c)

Adolescence social clocks

84.

(a)   is the first menstrual period.

85.

(a)   is the natural cessation of menstruation or changes of reproductive decline.

86.

(a)   intelligence is accumulated to past knowledge and verbal skill.

87.

(a)   intelligence is the ability to reason swiftly and abstractly with minimal information.

88.

A decrease in acetylcholine is connected to (a)   .

89.

A decrease in (a)   is connected to Parkinson's.

90.

Name the first stage of grief

(a)  

91.

Name the second stage of grief

(a)  

92.

Name the third stage of grief

(a)  

93.

Name the fourth stage of grief

(a)  

94.

Name the fifth stage of grief

(a)  

95.

(a)   is the smallest distinctive sound unit. There are 44 in the English language.

96.

(a)   is the smallest unit that carries meaning. (Ex. -ing)

97.

The system of rules that enables us to communicate is (a)   .

98.

The rules for combining words into sensible ordered sentences are (a)   .

99.

(a)   is when someone applies an overgeneralized rule of thumb to grammar.

100.

(a)   is the set of rules that define meanings of words.

101.

Parkinson's and Alzheimer's are (a)   disorders.

102.

Autism and Tourette's are (a)   disorders.

103.

Erikson's perspective on infancy:

(a)  

104.

Erikson's perspective on toddlerhood:

(a)  

105.

Erikson's perspective on preschool:

(a)  

106.

Erikson's perspective on elementary school:

(a)  

107.

Erikson's perspective of adolescence:

(a)  

108.

Erikson's perspective on early adulthood:

(a)  

109.

Erikson's perspective on middle adulthood:

(a)  

110.

Erikson's perspective on late adulthood:

(a)  

111.

Who created the linguistic determinism hypothesis?

a)

BF Skinner

b)

Noam Chomsky

c)

Benjamin Whorf

112.

Who connected linguistics to operant conditioning?

a)

BF Skinner

b)

Noam Chomsky

c)

Benjamin Whorf

113.

Who disconnected linguistics from operant conditioning?

a)

BF Skinner

b)

Noam Chomsky

c)

Benjamin Whorf

114.

Who thought language consisted of universal grammar?

a)

BF Skinner

b)

Noam Chomsky

c)

Benjamin Whorf

115.

What is the hypothesis that language determines the way we think?

(a)  

116.

What is the stage of language consisting of "ah- goo" and begins around 4 months?

(a)  

117.

Which is the stage of speech development consisting of single words and lasts age one to two?

(a)  

118.

The two-word stage is also called __ __.

(a)  

119.

Which stage begins in early two-year-olds and consists of minimal statements?

(a)  

120.

What are the common symptoms of autism?

(a)  

121.

What is it called when someone with Tourette's has a tic of swearing?

(a)  

122.

What are common symptoms of Tourette's?

(a)  

123.

Who is TS named after?

(a)  

124.

Which stage consists of experiencing the world through senses? (Cognitive Development)

(a)  

125.

Which stage consists of experiencing the world with words and images? (Cognitive Development)

(a)  

126.

Which stage consists of experiencing the world with logic and concrete events? (Cognitive Development)

(a)  

127.

Which stage consists of experiencing the world with abstract reasoning? (Cognitive Development)

(a)  

128.

Which stage of cognitive development encompasses the following:

object permanence

stranger anxiety

a)

Sensorimotor

b)

Preoperational

c)

Concrete Operational

d)

Formal Operational

129.

Which stage of cognitive development encompasses the following:

pretend play

egocentricism

a)

Sensorimotor

b)

Preoperational

c)

Concrete Operational

d)

Formal Operational

e)

Quantum Physics

130.

Which stage of cognitive development encompasses the following:

conservation

theory of mind

mathematical transformations

a)

Sensorimotor

b)

Preoperational

c)

Concrete Operational

d)

Formal Operational

131.

Which stage of cognitive development encompasses the following:

potential for mature moral reasoning

abstract thought

a)

Sensorimotor

b)

Preoperational

c)

Concrete Operational

d)

Formal Operational

e)

Elmo's World

132.

What is the group membership/"we" aspect to self-concept?

a)

Habituation

b)

Maturation

c)

Social Clock

d)

Social Identity

133.

What is the culturally preferred timeline of progression?

a)

Habituation

b)

Maturation

c)

Social Clock

d)

Social Identity

134.

What is the stages of growth?

a)

Habituation

b)

Maturation

c)

Social Clock

d)

Social Identity

135.

What is the decreasing responsiveness with repeated stimulation?

a)

Habituation

b)

Maturation

c)

Social Clock

d)

Social Identity

136.

Which is most likely to catch the attention of an infant?

a)

Body

b)

Shirt

c)

Face

d)

Target

137.

Is this a quiz?

a)

Yes

b)

I don't know

c)

Yes

d)

Look at the bird

e)

Click here for correct

138.

Which of these was Piaget's perception of children?

a)

A child's culture matters in the timing of development

b)

Cognitive abilities are escalators, not steps

c)

Children are intelligent and not entirely egocentric

d)

There is a sequence of cognitive stages across cultures