Psychology Chapter 4 Development

3 April 2024
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According to Piaget, accommodation refers to
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adjusting current schemas in order to make sense of new experiences
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According to Piaget, children learn to logically about events first develops during which stage?
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concrete operational
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According to Piaget developmental stages, during the formal operational stage people begin to do what?
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reason abstractly.
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According to Piaget, egocentrism refers to
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the difficulty perceiving things from another person's point of view
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According to Piaget, schemas are
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people's conceptual frameworks for understanding their experiences
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A human organism begins as a(n)
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zygote and finally develops into a fetus.
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A teratogen is a(n)
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substance that can cross the placental barrier and harm an unborn child
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Cell division and differentiation begin during the which stage of prenatal development?
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zygotic
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Developmental psychologists study physical, cognitive, and what other change throughout the human life span?
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Social
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Erikson would have suggested that adolescents can most effectively develop a sense of identity by doing what?
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investigating the personal suitability of various occupational and social roles.
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Harlow observed that most monkeys raised in total isolation behaved in ALL the follow ways but which one?
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were incapable of mating upon reaching sexual maturity.
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Jean Piaget called the process of interpreting new experiences in terms of existing schemas called what?
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assimilation.
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Kohlberg emphasized that human behavior becomes less selfish as we mature because of which kind of development?
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cognitive development.
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Melissa smoked cigarettes during pregnancy that caused her baby to be born premature and with health problems valve. In this instance, the virus would be called what?
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teratogen.
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Parents who are demanding and yet sensitively responsive to their children are said to be which kind of parenting style?
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authoritative.
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Walter Mischel gave preschoolers a choice between one marshmallow now and two marshmallows when he returns a few minutes later. Children who chose to wait for two marshmallows demonstrated what concept?
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delay of gratification.