AP Psych Twitter ?s: Development Review

The process of imprinting involves the formation of ______.

• attachment

• an identity

• theory of mind

• habituation

According to Jean Piaget, the ability to think logically about events first develops during the ______ stage.

• sensorimotor

• formal operational

• concrete operational

• preoperational

Four-year-old Julia mistakenly believes that her mother would like to receive a toy doll as a Christmas gift. This best illustrates Jean Piaget’s concept of ______.

• accommodation

• object permanence

• conservation

• egocentrism

When Henry’s mother hides his favorite toy under a blanket, he acts as though it no longer exists and makes no attempt to retrieve it. Henry is clearly near the beginning of Jean Piaget’s ______stage.

• preoperational

• concrete operational

• sensorimotor

• formal operational

According to Erik Erikson, adolescents are primarily in a search of _______.

• a career

• an identity

• affection

• autonomy

Harry Harlow’s experiments with substitute mothers made of wire demonstrated the importance of what aspect of nurturing?

• feeding

• responsiveness to needs

• imprinting

• touch

According to Lawrence Kohlberg, morality based on the avoidance of punishment and the attainment of rewards represents a(n) ______ morality.

• conventional

• preconventional

• concrete operational

• postconventional

Which of the following is the correct term for a mental rule Jean Piaget said a person uses to interpret our environment?

• assimilation

• schema

• accommodation

• maturation