This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Child Development > Child Psychology – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Child Psychology Quiz 6 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Vygotsky is credited with the idea that complex mental activities come from A) Reinforcement. B) Assimilation. C) Social interaction. D) Imitating models. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Social interaction. 2. Moral Reasoning is deciding ..... from ..... A) Smart; wise. B) Right; left. C) Right; Wrong. D) Good; Bad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Right; Wrong. 3. What was the main finding of Harlow's study? A) Any contact comfort is more important than food. B) Contact comfort is more important than food. C) Some contact comfort is more important than food. D) Textured contact comfort is more important than food. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contact comfort is more important than food. 4. Parents that allow children and adolescents to participate in decisions affecting their lives are practicing which parenting style? A) Permissive/Laissez-Faire. B) Democratic/Authoritative. C) Authoritarian. D) Laissez-Faire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Democratic/Authoritative. 5. What hierarchy does PERSONAL GROWTH & FULFILLMENT A) Esteem Needs. B) Self-Actualization. C) Safety. D) Biological & Physiological. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Self-Actualization. 6. Grammatical awareness is shown in ..... when a child sometimes over-extends rules to words that are an exception. A) Telegraphic form. B) Overregularization. C) Mutual exclusivity. D) Transitive inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Overregularization. 7. What is cognitive development? A) The changes that occur in all of us as we go through our lives. B) The development of thinking. C) Genetically driven, age-related changes in individuals. D) Changes in the size, shape, and functioning of our bodies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The development of thinking. 8. For infants and toddlers a commonly used test of mental ability is the ..... scales. A) LAD. B) Home. C) APGAR. D) Bayley III. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bayley III. 9. A cluster of fibers A) Neurons. B) Conclusion. C) Dendrites. D) Axon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dendrites. 10. An infant that seems disinterested in the mother on reunion is displaying signs of which type of attachment? A) Insecure-avoidant. B) Insecure-disorganised. C) Insecure-resistant. D) Secure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Insecure-avoidant. 11. Assimilation: A) A concept or category about the world. B) The tendency to interpret the new experiences in terms of existing schemas. C) Changes in schemas to incorporate information from experiences. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The tendency to interpret the new experiences in terms of existing schemas. 12. Inherited tendency of some newborn animals to follow the first moving object they see A) Imprinting. B) Egocentric. C) Surrogate. D) Maturation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imprinting. 13. Framework a person uses to make sense of the world A) Assimilation. B) Accommodation. C) Schema. D) Object permanence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Schema. 14. After the research scientists lost their funding what happened to Genie? A) She moved in with a scientist. B) She moved into assisted living. C) She lived in a series of foster homes. D) She moved to New York for more research. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She lived in a series of foster homes. 15. When parents allow children and adolescents to have the final say, are less controlling and have a non-punishing, accepting attitude toward children they are practicing which parenting style? A) Authoritarian. B) Democratic/Authoritative. C) Permissive/Laissez-Faire. D) Democratic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Permissive/Laissez-Faire. 16. ..... is a student's fear of being judged based on a negative belief and it triggers anxiety which interferes with the student's test performance. A) Imaginary Audience. B) Stereotype Threat. C) Personal Fable. D) Cognitive Impasse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stereotype Threat. 17. Believed that personalities developed through stages A) Erik Erickson. B) Jean Piaget. C) B.F. Skinner. D) Abraham Maslow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Erik Erickson. 18. To take hold of somebody or something firmly, especially with the hand A) Startle Reflex. B) Babinski. C) Grasping. D) Rooting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grasping. 19. During what age range can humans most easily form close and long-term attachments to their caregivers? A) 1 week to 3 months. B) 2 to 5 months. C) 6 months to 3 years. D) 2 to 4 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 6 months to 3 years. 20. Children and adolescents have the final say; parents are less controlling and have a non-punishing, accepting attitude toward children A) Permissive. B) Democratic. C) Authoritarian. D) Authoritative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Permissive. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesChild Psychology Quiz 1Child Psychology Quiz 2Child Psychology Quiz 3Child Psychology Quiz 4Child Psychology Quiz 5Child Psychology Quiz 7Child Psychology Quiz 8Child Psychology Quiz 9Child Psychology Quiz 10Child Psychology Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books