4th Physiology Lecture Exam (Batch 2022) COPY Flashcards
- According to Jean Piaget, a schema is a
a. Building block of intellectual development
b. Plan to outwit one’s rivals or opponents
c. Mechanism by which one learns to talk
d. Process of improving one’s self-esteem
a. Building block of intellectual development
- Jean Piaget defined assimilation as the process of
a. Learning how to think
b. Fitting new objects into old schemas
c. Remembering old schemas
d. Changing old schemas to new ones
b. Fitting new objects into old schemas
For questions 3 & 4, consider the following.
Ben is a 2-year-old boy who has learned from the books he has rad about dogs, cows, fish, and birds. When he visited his grandmother in the farm he saw a goat for the first time. He joyfully pointed at it and screamed, “Doggie! Doggie!” His mom corrected him by saying “No honey that’s not a doggie, that’s a goat.” Later on, when young Ben went to the farm and saw a goat he excaimed, “Goat! Goat!”
3. What process of thinking did Ben demonstrate when he called the goat a dog?
a. Delusion
b. Hallucination
c. Assimilation
d. Accommodation
c. Assimilation
For questions 3 & 4, consider the following.
4. What process of thinking did Ben demonstrate when he was able to correctly identify the goat?
a. Insight
b. Adaptation
c. Assimilation
d. Accommodation
d. Accommodation
- Cheryl is a one-yar-old girl who learns about objects around her by grasping on them and putting them inside her mouth. Piaget called this stage of learning as
a. Sensorimotor stage
b. Reflexive symbolic action
c. Formal operaitons
d. Pre-operational stage
a. Sensorimotor stage
- Which of the following statements best describes object permanence?
a. An object ceases to exist in the mind of a child when it disappears from sight
b. An object can only exist in the mind of a child if it is within sight
c. An object exists in the mind of a child even if it is out of sight
d. An object can only exist if a child has normal sensorimotor functioning
c. An object exists in the mind of a child even if it is out of sight
- Object permanence is the considered the first stage of thinking because it
a. Enables the child to assimilate objects in his/ her schemas
b. Allows the child to form new concepts in his head
c. Facilitates the child’s process of language development
d. Enables the child to hold an idea in his / her head
d. Enables the child to hold an idea in his / her head
- Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development states that
a. Immanent justice is the belief that punishment for bad deeds is…
b. Object permanence is developed during the stage of preoperational thought
c. Symbolization is the endowing of physical events & objects with psychological attributes
d. The most important sign that children have proceeded from the stage of preoperational thought to the stage of formal operations in the achievement of conservation & reversibility
a. Immanent justice is the belief that punishment for bad deeds is…
- According to Piaget, an important process that develops during the stage of concrete operation is the
a. Ability to reason about reasoning or thinking
b. Ability to make and follow the rules
c. Ability to distinguish between the ideal self and the real self
d. Use of phenomenological casuality as a mode of thinking
b. Ability to make and follow the rules
- The final stage in Piaget’s theory of cognitive development is
a. Formal operations
b. Sensorimotor
c. Prepoperational thought
d. Concrete operations
a. Formal operations
- The development of object permanence is associated with the
a. Latency stage
b. Concrete operations stage
c. Sensorimotor stage
d. Formal operations stage
c. Sensorimotor stage
- Children in Piaget’s stage of preoperational thought characteristically display
a. Intuitive thinking
b. Magical thinking
c. Egocentric thinking
d. All of the above
d. All of the above
- Nina is a 6-year-old girl. When asked to draw a bird, she comes up with a figure that represents the animal. This ability of Nina is called
a. Semiotic function
b. Animistic thinking
c. Immanent justice
d. Egocentric thinking
a. Semiotic function
For questions 14 & 15, consider the following:
Steve is a 5-year-old boy who is presented with a ball of clay. The clay is later rolled into a long, think sausage shape and Steve is asked which form has more clay. He responds by saying that there is more clay in the sausage-shaped form.
- Which stage of cognitive development is Steve at?
a. Sensorimotor
b. Preoperational
c. Concrete operations
d. Formal operations
b. Preoperational
For questions 14 & 15, consider the following:
Steve is a 5-year-old boy who is presented with a ball of clay. The clay is later rolled into a long, think sausage shape and Steve is asked which form has more clay. He responds by saying that there is more clay in the sausage-shaped form.
- When Steve reaches the age of 10, he is able to say that both forms contain the same amount of clay. What ability is Steve able to manifest at this stage?
a. Reversibility
b. Syllogistic reasoning
c. Conservation
d. Animistic thinking
c. Conservation
- Kevin is a grade schooler. He knows that water can turn into ice and vice-versa. What ability is Kevin demonstrating
a. Reversibility
b. Syllogistic reasoning
c. Conservation
d. Animistic thinking
a. Reversibility
- Robert is a 3-year-old boy. One day, his dog scratched his hand while they were playing. He was in terrible pain that he wished his dog would die. Several months later, Robert’s dog died from a heart infection. He believed that his dog’s death was caused by his wish that it would die. What type of thinking is Robert demonstrating?
a. Immanent justice
b. Phenomenalistic casualty
c. Animistic thinking
d. Object permanence
b. Phenomenalistic casualty
- Bea is a 2-year-old girl. Whenever her mother disappears from sight, she no longer becomes agitated. This is best explained by Bea’s achievement of
a. Immanent justice
b. Phenomenalistic casualty
c. Animistic thinking
d. Object permanence
d. Object permanence
- While running around their living room Mitch, a 5-year-old girl, accidentally trips and hits her forehead on the tabletop. She cries intensely and her mom runs to herrescue. In order to calm her down, Mitch’s mom slaps the tabletop and says, “Bad table, don’t hurt my darling Mitch!” Among children of Mitch’s age group, which type of thinking is this reflective of?
a. Immanent justice
b. Phenomenalistic casualty
c. Animistic thinking
d. Object permanence
c. Animistic thinking
- Jim, a 3- year-old boy, is enthusiastically sharing his first visit to the zoo to his teacher. When his teacher asks him when this happened he replies, “When my parents brought me there.” Among children of Jim’s age group, which type of thinking Is this reflective of?
a. Immanent justice
b. Phenomenalistic casuality
c. Egocentricism
d. Object permanence
c. Egocentricism
- The founder of the attachment theory is
a. Mary Ainsworth
b. Sigmund Freud
c. Harry Stack Sullivan
d. John Bowlby
d. John Bowlby
- Which of the following statements about the attachment theory is correct?
a. There is no empirical evidence for it
b. The child develops attachment by becoming dependent on its caregiver
c. The child seeks attachment to a caregiver in order to feel secure
d. There is no biological basis to it
c. The child seeks attachment to a caregiver in order to feel secure
- Secure attachment with another person is believed to occur when
2
a. Physical closeness is transformed to psychological closeness
b. Psychological closeness is transformed to physical closeness
c. There is a biological predisposition for proximity with the caregiver
d. The caregiver has developed secure attachment of himself/herself
a. Physical closeness is transformed to psychological closeness
- Which of the following are considered as aspects of secure attachment?
a. Physical and psychological closeness
b. Safe haven and secure base
c. Consistent and predictable caregiver
d. Safe and secure environment
b. Safe haven and secure base
- Which of the following statements best describes a safe haven?
a. It is the attachment figure who provides a sense of security to the child in distress
b. It is the attachment figure who has developed secure attachment in childhood
c. It is the environment that provides physical nourishment to the child in times of hunger
d. It is the environment that does not pose any physical dangers
a. It is the attachment figure who provides a sense of security to the child in distress
- This allows the infant to explore its world because of its confidence that the attachment figure can be relied upon if needed.
a. Secure base
b. Safe haven
c. Secure attachment
d. Safe attachment
a. Secure base
- Secure base and safe haven are synonymous with
a. Nurturance and protection
b. Psycholoical proximity and physical proximity
c. Love and care
d. Physical closeness and psychological closeness
a. Nurturance and protection
- At what age will the child’s attachment style be predicative of their responses to internal and external stimuli in adulthood?
a. 1 year
b. 2 years
c. 5 years
d. 13 years
a. 1 year