Quiz 3 Human Development

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Quiz 3Human Development
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Which of the following is the correct
order of the three stages of prenatal
development?

• embryonic ? fetal ? germinal
• fetal ? germinal ? embryonic
• germinal ? fetal ? embryonic
• germinal ? embryonic ? fetal

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If Baby Huey is growing at his fastest
rate, he is in the _____ stage of prenatal
development. 

• germinal
• fetal
• embryonic
• zygotic

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Bowlbys research on infants who had a secure
relationship with their mothers showed that they
went through three stages when they were
separated from their mothers. Which of the
following is the correct order of these stages?

• despair ? protest ? detachment
• protest ? detachment ? despair
• despair ? detachment ? protest
• protest ? despair ? detachment

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Harlows research on attachment with monkeys
demonstrated that infants become attached to
their mothers because their mothers _____.

• feed them
• provide them with contact comfort
• prevent them from developing a disorganized-disori
  ented attachment style
• protect them from falling off the deep side of
  the visual cliff

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Which of the following terms refers to the
ways in which infants differ when they respond
emotionally and behaviorally to their
environments.

• scaffolding
• attachment
• temperament
• identity

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Which of the following is the correct order of
Piagets stages of cognitive development?

• preoperational ? sensorimotor ? formal
  operational ? concrete operational
• formal operational ? preoperational ?
  sensorimotor ? concrete operational
• sensorimotor ? concrete operational ? formal
  operational ? preoperational
• sensorimotor ? preoperational ? concrete
  operational ? formal operational

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A schema is a(n) _____.

• type of parenting style that produces
  well-adjusted children
• concept used by Kohlberg to explain moral
  development in children
• collection of ideas about the characteristics of
  persons, events, or objects
• important component in the construction of a zone
  of proximal development

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Homer is very set in his ways (i.e., he
doesnt like to change his mind or do things
differently than he has always done them).
Piaget would say that Homer is more likely to use
_____ than _____ in his everyday life.

• egocentrism, object permanence
• object permanence, egocentrism
• accommodation, assimilation
• assimilation, accommodation

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Five-year-old Brad thought all girls were
yucky until he met Jennifer. He still believes
that the vast majority of girls are yucky, but he
thinks that Jennifer is so nice that he has
invited her to his birthday party. Which of the
following processes would Piaget use to explain
Brads sudden change of heart?

• assimilation
• conservation
• egocentrism
• accommodation

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Russells mother leaves the light on in the
hall when she puts him to bed. When asked why
she does this, Russell says its because she is
afraid of the giant gladiator who prowls around
the house at night in search of people whose
heads he can cut off with his sword. Which of
the following terms would Piaget use to explain
Russells answer to this question?

• assimilation
• egocentism
• conservation
• object permanence

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Although Henry had never seen sea gulls
before, he was able to correctly identify them as
birds when his family went to Hawaii on vacation.
Piaget would say that this is an example of
_____.

• accommodation
• release from egocentrism
• conservation
• assimilation

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When children realize that the amount of a
substance does not change even though its shape
has changed, they have mastered the cognitive
process that Piaget calls _____.

• assimilation
• conservation
• accommodation
• object constancy

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Four-month-old Julie has accidentally covered
her favorite toy with her blanket, and now she
seems to act as if the toy no longer exists.
Piaget would say that Julie has not yet developed
the cognitive skill called _____.

• conservation
• schema proximalization
• assimilative accommodation
• object permanence

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During which of Piagets stages of cognitive
development can a child successfully perform a
scientific experiment? (Big Hint It is
necessary to test a hypothesis in a systematic
manner in order to perform a scientific
experiment.)

• sensorimotor
• preoperational
• concrete operational
• formal operational

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When Billy asked Jim why he goes to church
every Sunday, Jim answered, If I dont go to
church every Sunday, God will punish me by
sending me straight to Hell! Jim is operating
at the _____ level of Kohlbergs theory of moral
development.

• conventional
• postconventional
• preconventional
• unconventional

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If you participated in an experiment in which
you were given a vocabulary test every two years,
then you would be in an experiment known as a
_____ design.

• longitudinal
• cross-sectional
• sequential
• either a or c