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Pop Quiz- Developmental Psychology

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

These are concepts or frameworks that organize and interpret information.

a)

Assimilation

b)

Accommodation

c)

Crystallized Intelligence

d)

Schema

2.

Taking in new information and fitting it into existing schemas

a)

Crystallized intelligence

b)

Fluid intelligence

c)

Assimilation

d)

Accommodation

3.

He believed that the human mind develops through a series of stages. For him, our minds are always trying to make order out of what we take in through our senses.

a)

Raymund Catell

b)

Jean Piaget

c)

Erik Erikson

d)

Sigmund Freud

4.

Object permanence can be defined as:

a)

Pieces of information continuing to be remembered.

b)

Events and ideas being permanently engrained in the mind.

c)

Objects continuing to exist even after they have left our perception.

d)

Believing you can see things that are not there.

5.

Kohlberg believed...

a)

There is a universal sequence to the development of morality and the stages begin earlier in childhood.

b)

There are 5 stages of moral development.

c)

There is a strict structure to how children develop that must be adhered to. Children can not move outside of these set groups.

d)

There are four aspects of cognitive development.

6.

What type of development do developmental psychologist study?

a)

physical

b)

social

c)

cognitive

d)

all of the above

7.

Which of the following is the correct order of Piaget’s stages of cognitive development?

a)

preoperational; formal operations, concrete operations; sensorimotor

b)

sensorimotor; preoperational; concrete operations; formal operations

c)

concrete operations; sensorimotor; preoperational; formal operations

d)

preoperational; concrete operations; sensorimotor; formal operations

8.

This is the chemical agent in the blood stream of the mother that could cause birth defects.

a)

Teratogens

b)

Bio-hazards

c)

Carcinogens

d)

Parabens

9.

What makes a human baby 12 months old cling to her mother when he or she is frightened or hurt?

a)

separation anxiety

b)

stranger anxiety

c)

attachment

d)

imprinting

10.
What stage am I?
Teens test different roles, or they’re confused about who they are.
a)
Trust vs mistrust
b)
generativity vs stagnation
c)
Identity vs role confusion