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9 IQ/Testing Test*

Total questions: 66

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Intimacy vs. Isolation occurs at what stage?

a)

childhood

b)

teenage years

c)

young adult

d)

old age

2.

What stage is this?

People look back on their lives either with a sense of accomplishment or failure and regret.

a)

integrity vs despair

b)

Generativity vs stagnation

c)

Identity vs role confusion

d)

Intimacy vs isolation

3.

What term was made famous by Erik Erikson?

a)

trust issues

b)

identity crisis

c)

industry

d)

initiative

4.

Which theorist thought that each stage of development includes a unique psychological crisis? If the crisis is met in a positive way, the individual develops normally.

a)

Kohlberg

b)

Erickson

c)

Piaget

d)

Bandura

5.

Whose theory states that children learn through imitation?

a)

Kohlberg

b)

Erikson

c)

Piaget

d)

Bandura

6.

Jamie's parents are so wrapped up in their own problems that they do not have time for her.

a)

Negligent

b)

Permissive

c)

Authoritative

d)

Authoritarian

7.

Parenting style where the child is in control and parents have difficulty setting boundaries.

a)

Authoritarian

b)

Authoritative

c)

Permissive

d)

Negligent

8.

People are motivated by rewards and punishment during this stage of moral development.

a)

Preconventional

b)

Conventional

c)

Post Conventional

9.
Kohlberg was concerned with what type of development?
a)
Cognitive
b)
Social
c)
Moral
d)
Physical
10.

Parenting style where the child and parents work together on setting boundaries and rules

a)

Authoritarian

b)

Authoritative/Democratic

c)

Permissive/Laisse-faire

d)

Negligent

11.

People are willing to break the law to do what they believe is for the greater good of most people.

a)

Preconventional

b)

Conventional

c)

Post Conventional

12.

Parenting style where the child is left on his/her own.

a)

Authoritarian

b)

Negligent

c)

Permissive

d)

Authoritative

13.

Harry Harlow is best known for his research on

a)

Cognitive development

b)

Attachment

c)

Morality

d)

Social Skills

14.

Children of these parents often struggle to make their own decisions when outside of the home.

a)

Authoritarian

b)

Democratic or Authoritative

c)

Permissive

d)

Negligent

15.

Which of the following psychologists developed the Strange Situation to identify various types of attachment between infants and caregivers?

a)

Lawrence Kohlberg

b)

Erik Erikson

c)

Mary Ainsworth

d)

Jean Piaget

16.

Which is NOT a form of attachment according to Mary Ainsworth?

a)

Secure attachment

b)

Insecure attachment

c)

Trusting attachment

17.

Which of the following behaviors is NOT indicative of a securely-attached baby?

a)

Difficulty in calming child when parent returns

b)

High willingness to explore when parent is in sight

c)

Moderate stranger anxiety

d)

Enthusiastic response when parent returns

18.

This psychologist raised baby monkeys with a wire “mother” and a cloth "mother". He showed the importance of "contact comfort" for building a bond between caregiver and child.

a)

Jean Piaget

b)

Harry Harlow

c)

Mary Ainsworth

d)

Lawrence Kohlberg

e)

Konrad Lorenz

19.

These parents love their children, yet believe that they (the parents) know best about all matters and expect their children to obey them with no explanation.

a)

Authoritarian

b)

Permissive

c)

Authoritative

d)

Neglectful

20.

Old Concept: Whose theory emphasized how children learn from social interactions, stressing the importance of scaffolding, zone of proximal development, and inner speech.

a)

Erik Erikson

b)

Lev Vygotsky

c)

Mary Ainsworth

d)

Jean Piaget

e)

Konrad Lorenz

21.

Old Concept: Which psychologist is known for his bobo doll experiment and for Social Learning theory, both emphasizing observational learning?

a)

Lawrence Kohlberg

b)

Albert Bandura

c)

Erik Erikson

d)

Jean Piaget

22.

Whose experiment with baby monkeys showed that attachment doesn't occur simply because a caregiver feeds a child (as Behaviorists once argued)?

a)

Bandura

b)

Harlow

c)

Lorenz

d)

Erikson

e)

Piaget

23.

Set of expected behaviors for males and females

a)

gender roles

b)

gender identity

c)

sex

d)

gender typing

24.

We learn social behavior by observing and imitating and by reward and punishment.

a)

gender identity

b)

object permanence

c)

self concept

d)

social learning theory

25.

Which level of moral reasoning includes upholding laws in order to gain social approval?

a)

Collectivist

b)

Preconventional

c)

Conventional

d)

Postconventional

26.

Old Concept: Study in which people of different ages are compared with one another.

a)

longitudinal study

b)

cross sectional study

27.

5. Which statement about the human sex chromosomes is correct?

a)

A. All boys have two Y chromosomes.

b)

B. Everybody has at least one X chromosome.

c)

C. Girls have a Y chromosome and an X chromosome.

d)

D. Nobody has two X chromosomes.

28.

7. Which sex chromosomes are present in all mature human sperm cells that will determine the sex of a potential baby?

a)

A. both X and Y chromosomes

b)

B. either X or Y chromosomes

c)

C. only X chromosomes

d)

D. only Y chromosomes

29.

The female class of hormones

a)

Androgen

b)

Estrogen

c)

Testosterone

d)

Endorphins

30.

The umbrella term for the male class of hormones

a)

Estrogen

b)

Progesterone

c)

Androgen

d)

Serotonin

31.

Sex characteristics that are related directly to the production of reproductive cells

a)

Secondary Sex Characteristics

b)

Primary Sex Characteristics

c)

Puberty

d)

"Super powers"

32.

Changes during puberty related to a person's gender, unrelated to reproduction.

a)

Secondary sex characteristics

b)

Puberty

c)

Hormones

d)

Primary sex characteristics

33.

Old Concept: Which part of the brain is responsible for emotion?

a)

Amygdala

b)

Prefrontal Cortex

c)

Cerebellum

d)

Hippocampus

34.

This biologist did work on imprinting that was used as evidence for a biological basis for human attachment.

a)

Mary Ainsworth

b)

Lawrence Kohlberg

c)

Konrad Lorenz

d)

Erik Erikson

35.

The part of the brain in charge of judgement, reasoning, planning, and delay of gratification that does not fully develop until one's 20's.

a)

hippocampus

b)

prefrontal cortex

c)

hypothalamus

d)

cerebellum

36.

The four stages of Piaget's cognitive development (in order) are:

a)

Sensorimotor, preoperational, formal operational, concrete operational.

b)

Sensorimotor, formal operational, concrete operational, optional.

c)

Sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational.

d)

Sensorimotor, abstract operational, logical operational, formal operational.

37.

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.

38.

Two key struggles for preoperational kids are ____________. (Please select two)

a)

understanding conservation

b)

thinking in abstracts and hypotheticals

c)

being egocentric

d)

believing that things continue to exist even after they're out of our perception

39.

Lev Vygotsky's concept about supporting students as they stretch to learn higher concepts is called ____________.

a)

zone of proximal development

b)

conservation

c)

object permanence

d)

scaffolding

e)

temperament

40.

Whose research uncovered that "inner speech" (talking to oneself) is helpful for children in solving problems?

a)

Noam Chomsky

b)

Jean Piaget

c)

Schacter-Singer

d)

Lev Vygotsky

41.

Teachers should target their instruction to a place above what students can do on their own but below what they can do with help from advanced tutors. This is called ___________.

a)

the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)

b)

scaffolding

c)

conservation

d)

maturation

e)

habituation

42.

The concrete operational stage occurs in what age bracket?

a)

Birth - 2

b)

7 - 11 years

c)

11+ years

d)

2 - 7 years

43.

Two key features of the formal operational stage (11+) are:

a)

Abstract thinking and hypotheticals

b)

Object permanence and theory of mind

c)

Conservation and abstract thinking

d)

Logical and empathetic thinking

44.

Which of these are criticisms/weaknesses of all stage theories? (Please mark all that apply.)

a)

We don't always progress in a straight, predictable way based on our age.

b)

Sometimes we can be in two stages at the same time.

c)

Sometimes we can skip stages.

d)

Climbing stairs is good exercise.

45.

Old Concept: These are examples of cognitive bias that act as frameworks to help us organize our world.

a)

Assimilation

b)

Accommodation

c)

Habituation

d)

Schema

46.

This is taking in new information and fitting it into existing schemas (where they don't fit).

a)

Habituation

b)

Dishabituation

c)

Assimilation

d)

Accommodation

47.

This is changing and revising existing schema in the face of new experiences or information.

a)

Habituation

b)

Dishabituation

c)

Assimilation

d)

Accommodation

48.

Another way to look at an Old Concept: Which of the following best describes a critical period?

a)

A moment in development where the infant becomes self-aware.

b)

Moments in time where individuals are influenced socially.

c)

Developmental periods where individuals learn through observation.

d)

A time during development when the individual is ready to move to the next objective

49.

Who developed the 8-stage theory of Psychosocial development?

a)

Lev Vygotsky

b)

Erik Erikson

c)

Jean Piaget

d)

Sigmund Freud

50.

Who developed the 4-stage theory of cognitive development?

a)

Lev Vygotsky

b)

Sigmund Freud

c)

Erik Erikson

d)

Jean Piaget

51.

Which of the following designs studies one group of children over an extended period of time?

a)

longitudinal method

b)

case-study method

c)

laboratory method

d)

cross-sectional method

52.

What term is used to describe a child’s inability to see the world through anyone else’s eyes except his or her own?

a)

egocentrism

b)

narcissism

c)

accommodation

d)

assimilation

53.

According to Piaget, the ability to understand that simply changing the appearance of an object does not change the object’s amount is known as _______.

a)

accommodation

b)

assimilation

c)

conservation

d)

object permanence

54.

What experimental design studies two groups of children at the same time?

a)

focus groups

b)

case studies

c)

cross-sectional studies

d)

longitudinal studies

55.

Which type of developmental research design yields the most valid results?

a)

cross-sectional studies

b)

longitudinal studies

c)

case studies

d)

interviews

56.

Old Concept: _______________ are mental representations that organize our knowledge, beliefs, and expectations.

a)

Flashbulb memories

b)

Cognitive schemas

c)

Implicit memories

d)

Explicit memories

57.

Erik Erikson suggested that infants with a secure attachment to their parents are especially likely to learn ___________.

a)

stranger anxiety

b)

egocentrism

c)

basic trust

d)

object permanence

e)

habituation

58.

According to Erikson's Psychosocial Stages of Development, which stage describes a child who needs to learn important academic skills and compare favorably with peers in school in order to achieve competence?

a)

Trust vs Mistrust

b)

Identity vs Role Confusion

c)

Initiative vs Guilt

d)

Industry vs Inferiority

59.

How many psychosocial stages did Erikson believe that people move through during the lifespan?

a)

8

b)

10

c)

4

d)

6

60.

What psychosocial stage is it when toddlers wish to do things on their own yet are sometime humiliated for it....

a)

Trust vs Mistrust

b)

Identity vs Role Confusion

c)

Autonomy vs Shame

d)

Industry vs Inferiority

61.

When an ovum (egg) is first fertilized, it is known as ___________.

a)

a nucleus

b)

an embryo

c)

a zygote

d)

a fetus

62.

_______ is a concept that encompasses your personality and activity level.

a)

Conservation

b)

Zone of proximal development

c)

Temperament

d)

Maturation

e)

Habituation

63.

Which of the following is NOT a teratogen?

a)

alcohol

b)

the mercury in raw fish

c)

most medicines

d)

viral infections

e)

fried food

64.

Old Concept: When sperm and egg meet to form a one-celled zygote, how many chromosomes does that zygote have?

a)

23

b)

23 pairs

c)

46 pairs

d)

more than a million

65.

One useful technique to use with babies to see if they understand or expect something is _______________. This is when you measure how long a baby stares at something (like a ball rolling downhill vs a ball rolling uphill).

a)

Longitudinal

b)

Cross-sectional

c)

Habituation

d)

Maturation

e)

Critical period

66.

Being aware of other people's intentions is part of the concept of ______________.

a)

Instincts

b)

Intelligence

c)

Temperament

d)

Theory of mind