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8 November 2023
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A baby looks under the sofa for a ball that has just rolled underneath it. According to Jean Piaget, the baby's action shows development of
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object permanence
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A conscious objector refuses to engage in combat because he cannot support the taking of human life. His reasoning best illustrates which stage in Lawrence Kohlberg's theory of moral development?
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Postconventional
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A nine-year-old girl first learning about her capabilities on the playground and in the classroom would be in which of Erikson's stages of development?
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industry vs inferiority
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A young child shown a nine-inch round bowl and a six-inch round bowl containing equal amounts of popcorn days he is certain the smaller bowl has more popcorn than the larger bowl. This child has yet to acquire what Jean Piaget called
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Conservation
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gender stereotypes are developed as a result of
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Both environmental and biological factors
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Bobby is seventeen and has been engaging in risky behaviors, such as reckless driving, skipping classes, and breaking curfew. Which of the following is an explanation for Bobby's actions?
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Bobby is still developing new neural connections in his brain
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Which of the following is true about gender roles in children?
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Children oftentimes develop traditional gender roles despite parents discouragement of such roles
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Which one of the following researchers found that ducklings will follow the first figure they see within their first day of hatching?
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Konrad Lorenz
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In Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, which of the following best exemplifies the concept of accommodation?
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An Infant trying unsuccessfully to suck her fist opens her mouth wider and is successful
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In Mary Ainsworth's Stranger Situation experiment, infants who were classified as securely attached were more likely to
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Express happiness when the mother returned to the room
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In trying to replicate Lawrence Kohlberg's research, several college psychology students observed four-year-olds in five pre-kindergarten classes. Their observations most likely indicating that these children were
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Preconventional
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Lawrence Kohlberg used which of the following techniques to illustrate the states of his theory?
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Having people solve moral dilemmas
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One criticism of Sigmund Freud's psychosexual theory of development is that
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Is based on empirically unverifiable constructs
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Researchers want to study the effects of teratogens they should conduct
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An experiment using pregnant rats
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Who studied authoritarian parenting
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Diana Baurmrind
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Which Psychologist reported that infant attachment to another goes beyond the satisfaction of the need for the nourishment
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Harry Harlow