Development Practice Questions

Consider the moral dilemma faced by the husband who is trying to decide to steal a drug he cannot afford, but which will save his wife's life. The person who reasons that it would be all right to steal the drug because the right to life is more important than property rights has reached the _____ stage of moral development.

Erikson's developmental theory has received criticism for

Recent research has indicated that the speculation of a tendency of females to make more care-based judgments on moral dilemmas

A major cognitive advance made during the sensorimotor stage is the ability to

On Halloween, Bart and Lisa go to Mr. Flanders' house. There on the porch, they find a bowl of candy with a sign that reads 'Please take only one.' Bart, however, takes two big handfuls and is encouraging Lisa to do the same. Lisa refuses, because she doesn't want to get caught. Lisa is most likely demonstrating

Sven is 3-years old. He has a small head and widely spaced eyes. He has a below average intelligence and is not as physically developed as other children his age. Sven likely is suffering from

The parenting style of authoritarian has the characteristics of

In addition to other knowledge, children in the preoperational stage seem to lack

Babies accustomed to a puppet jumping three times on stage show surprise if the puppet jumps only twice. This suggests that Piaget:

Incorporating new information into existing theories is to ________ as modifying existing theories in light of new information is to ________.

Timmy and his mother are frosting a cake. Timmy's mother exclaims that there may not be enough frosting for the whole cake. Timmy suggests putting the frosting in a smaller bowl so that there will be more of it. What concept does Timmy fail to understand?

An important criticism of Piaget's theory of cognitive development is that

A _____ refers to children's growing understanding of their own mental states and those of others.

According to Piaget, egocentrism is to conservation as the ________ stage is to the ________ stage.

What does Harry Harlow's monkey experiments demonstrate?

A tendency to exaggerate the extent to which our own opinions are shared by others best illustrates:

Adolescence is characterized by Piaget's

Maturation is to education as ________ is to ________.

Harlow's research with monkeys showed that

The despair of those in Erikson's final psychosocial crisis is most likely caused by

Primary sex characteristics are to ________ as secondary sex characteristics are to ________.

Branden is so apathetic about his occupational future that within two years of his high school graduation he had already been fired by four different employers. According to Erikson, Branden best illustrates:

Babies born to mothers smoke during pregnancy are more likely to

The first time that 4-year-old Sarah saw her older brother play a flute, she thought it was simply a large whistle. Sarah's initial understanding of the flute best illustrates the process of:

With respect to the strange situation test, active contact is to ambivalence as

Some mothers feed their infants when they show signs of hunger, whereas others fail to respond predictably to their infants' demands for food. These different maternal feeding practices are most likely to contribute to differences in infant:

Which of the following lists accurately portrays Freud's stages of psychosexual development in their correct order?

Research on rats suggests that throughout their lives they respond to stressful events better if they were ______ during the first few days of their lives.

At Kohlberg's preconventional level of moral understanding, what determines whether a particular action is viewed to be moral?

Which of the following is a question that typifies Erikson's integrity versus despair?

Older children and preadolescents become aware that different people can interpret the same information in different ways, which leads to the adoption of a _____ to knowledge.

Assimilation occurs when people

According to Piaget, the two basic processes at work in cognitive growth are

Pavlov, during his studies on the digestive systems of dogs, noticed surprising behaviors that led him to develop the theory of classical conditioning. This development illustrates

A person who thinks it's wrong to drive over the speed limit simply because one might get punished for doing so is demonstrating Kohlberg's ________ stage of morality.

Which of the following is one of the greatest criticisms of Kohlberg's theory of moral development?

Parents risk undermining their child's healthy resolution of the initiative vs. guilt stage primarily by

During the formal operational stage, thinking becomes

Parents who have the rejecting/neglecting parenting style are

Theories of human development have been most susceptible to criticism for overemphasizing:

Older people's capacity to learn and remember meaningful material does not decline as much as their capacity to learn and remember meaningless material. This best illustrates the value of:

Ralph took money from his dad's wallet to pay off a bully who was threatening his little sister. Was this right or wrong? An individual at the postconventional level of morality would most likely say that

In Piaget's theory of development: object permanence refers to a child's ability to

Recent research findings indicate that adolescents' high-risk behaviors are least likely to be due to

Gilligan (1982), in her criticism of Kohlberg's theory, indicated that females do not base moral judgments on principles of justice, but rather use

Since Kohlberg's theory is a stage theory, then the behavior of individuals in a particular stage should be consistent. The research data indicates that

The ability to learn a new computer software program is to ________ as knowledge of state capitals is to ________.

As an alternative to Piaget, the theories that focus on a child's capacity to process, store, retrieve, and actually manipulate information as a function of age are called

Four-year-old Jennifer mistakenly believes that her mother would like to receive a toy doll as a Christmas present. This best illustrates Piaget's concept of:

Which of the following situations involves a self-fulfilling prophecy?