This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Child Development > Child Psychology – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Child Psychology Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The study of changes that occur as an individual matures is called ..... A) Maturation. B) Developmental psychology. C) Maturational psychology. D) Sublimation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Developmental psychology. 2. In what stage do they learn object permanence in Piaget's theory? A) Preoperational stage. B) Concrete operational stage. C) Sensorimotor stage. D) Formal operational stage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sensorimotor stage. 3. An important advance in cognitive ability is ..... this is when the infant recognizes that words can be used as cues for mental images of things not present. A) Displaced reference. B) Object permanence. C) Video deficit. D) Core knowledge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Displaced reference. 4. Process where experiences that do not stimulate certain nerve connections, like unused neurons, are eliminated A) Synaptic pruning. B) Myelin. C) Plasticity. D) Sensitive period. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synaptic pruning. 5. The principle that a given quantity does not change when its appearance is changed A) Conservation. B) Egocentric. C) Assimilation. D) Accommodation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conservation. 6. Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD):Level that a children can learn with help A) Erik Erikson. B) Howard Gardner. C) Lev Vygotsky. D) B. F Skinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lev Vygotsky. 7. Was Genie able to learn language? A) Yes. B) No. C) Yes to the level of an adult. D) Yes to the level of an infant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 8. What are 3 and 4 year olds typically not learning yet? A) Colors. B) Shapes. C) Numbers and letters. D) Complex words. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complex words. 9. Jim doesn't cheat of his taxes because he knows how disappointed his parents would be if they found out. He is in the ..... stage of moral development. A) Stage 1 punishment/obedience. B) Stage 2 rewards. C) Stage 5 social contract. D) Stage 3 good boy/nice girl. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stage 3 good boy/nice girl. 10. By age 3 1/2 to 4 years children should be able to count to 10 and grasp the principle of ....., the recognition that the last number counted is the quantity A) Reversibility. B) Phonology. C) Cardinality. D) Ordinality. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cardinality. 11. A ..... test is a good individual measure of IQ it covers four broad processing factors and is not culture dependent. A) Stanford. B) Wechsler. C) Bailey. D) Flynn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wechsler. 12. Argued that people imitate other people's behaviors, despite whether there are rewards or punishments involved. Social cognitive theory A) B.F. Skinner. B) Jean Piaget. C) Albert Bandura. D) Lev Vygotsky. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Albert Bandura. 13. Studied monkeys with a wire mx and a cloth mx. Physical contact was more important A) Harlow. B) Ainsworth. C) Kohlberg. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harlow. 14. Comparing 5 to 9 year old's, the older children were better at planning and ability to figure out the best sequence because they A) Were intelligent. B) Used trial and error. C) Were creative. D) Scanned first. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scanned first. 15. The first memory strategy children apply is ..... reflecting the child's increased language proficiency. A) Egocentrism. B) Organization. C) Rehearsal. D) Elaboration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rehearsal. 16. The process of fitting objects and experiences into one's schemas A) Assimilation. B) Accommodation. C) Conservation. D) Schemas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assimilation. 17. Jot is having a hard time with Algebra. This is normal, according to Piaget, because he's only 10. He is in the ..... ..... stage. A) Concrete operational. B) Formal operational. C) Preoperational. D) Sensorimotor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concrete operational. 18. A reflex when touched on the cheek, the infant turns the head looking for food A) Rooting. B) Babinski. C) Sucking. D) Grasping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rooting. 19. Which is the first stage in Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development? A) Preoperational. B) Formal. C) Concrete. D) Sensorimotor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sensorimotor. 20. Case proposes that efficient use of ..... is significant to making gains within a stage of thinking. A) Assimilation. B) Working memory. C) Transitive inference. D) Everyday activities. 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