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Infancy and Childhood Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Attachment is a deep, enduring emotional bond between an infant and the caregiver.

a)

true

b)

false

2.

Jean Piaget found little difference in the thought processes of young children and older children.

a)

true

b)

false

3.

Lev Vygotsky placed less emphasis than did Jean Piaget on outside influences on development.

a)

true

b)

false

4.

If a child becomes anxious whenever a parent leaves, the child is experiencing separation anxiety.

a)

true

b)

false

5.

A infant with secure attachment will behave inconsistently whenever a parent leaves.

a)

true

b)

false

6.

Cognitive development

a)

is a type of reflex that infants possess when they are born.

b)

involves the growth of thought processes that help children understand their world.

c)

uses a virtually permanent learning process called imprinting.

d)

begins when children are approximately 11 to 12 years of age.

7.

What developmental process has taken place once a child realizes that dogs can vary in size?

a)

assimilation

b)

accommodation

c)

imprinting

d)

zone of proximal development

8.

According to Konrad Lorenz, baby ducks will treat you like their mother if you

a)

take them away from their mother before they are one week old.

b)

be the only person who feeds them and protects them from danger.

c)

play with them several times a day.

d)

make certain that you are the first thing they see that moves when they hatch.

9.

Lev Vygotsky believed that children learn from working with others. He called this concept

a)

secure attachment.

b)

representational thought.

c)

imprinting.

d)

the zone of proximal development.

10.

To Harry Harlow why did baby monkeys prefer a cloth surrogate mother over one made of wire?

a)

The cloth monkey was the only one with food.

b)

The cloth monkey was easier to hang onto.

c)

The cloth monkey provided contact comfort.

d)

The baby monkeys had imprinted to the cloth monkey.