Child Psychology Quiz 3 (30 MCQs)

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1. Three-year-old Anna's parents consistently praise her when she learns new skills. According to Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development, this praise will help Anna to learn .....
2. A young child's inability to understand another person's perspective
3. Child wants to stay out late, parents consider thier argument, and settles on a later time, but not at the child's orginal request
4. School transitions can be problematic, ..... would say changing classes and not having time to make new friends reduces the teen's ability to meet their needs for safety, security and belongingness.
5. Children with ..... disorder have impaired social skills such as avoiding eye contact, delayed language and lack of imaginative play or functional play with toys.
6. ..... is the ability to mentally order items along a logical dimension and this means a child can integrate multiple relationships.
7. An infant that alternates between wanting the mother and then pushes her away on reunion is displaying signs of which type of attachment?
8. Which theorist used a rat in a box to study their theory?
9. ..... is internally programmed growth
10. According to Lev Vygotsky, children learn best through ..... interaction, including play with peers and parents.
11. Piaget's 4 stages of development
12. According to Piaget part of thinking is applying an existing scheme to interpret the world, this is called?
13. ..... is the principle that a given quantity does not change when its appearance changes
14. Which principle states we develop visual abilities well before we master the ability to walk
15. Parents and other caregivers can use rewards and punishments to try to influence a child's behavior
16. The widening gap in college enrollments may be attributed to the continued advantage that girls have over boys in .....
17. George joins a protest in an effort to change gun laws. He is in the ..... stage of moral development.
18. In a ..... style the vocabulary is mainly nouns and the intent is labeling or describing objects.
19. To reach their full potential in life, children's needs must be met sequentially, move up the pyramid
20. ..... refers to how cognitive development can occur when someone more expert and someone less expert work together to accomplish the task.
21. The age children usually start to form a specific attachment coincides with what other development concept?
22. Parents attempting to control and evaluate the behavior and attitudes of children and adolescents in accordance with a set code of conduct is an example of which of the following parenting styles?
23. Substage 4 in secondary circular reactions is important because the infant shows ..... behaviors.
24. What principle states that growth follows a pattern that begins with the head and upper body parts and then proceeds down the rest of the body
25. Babies learn about trust from their caregivers who meet their needs including food, attention, physical contact, interaction, and safety.
26. Which of the following identifies children's difficulty seeing another's perspective?
27. After a few months with the research team Genie was:
28. Children develop "theory of mind" a coherent set of ideas about mental activity and what other people are thinking and this is also called .....
29. ..... is when a toy is felt but not remembered, pictured, or imagined.
30. When unnecessary neurons are allowed to die it is known as