Ch. 9 Flashcards
The view that development is a cumulative process, gradually adding to the same type of skills known as _____.
A. Nature
B. Nurture
C. Continuous development
D. Discontinuous development
C. Continuous development
Developmental psychologists study human growth and development across three domains. Which of the following is not one of these domains?
A. Cognitive
B. Psychological
C. Physical
D. Psychosocial
B. Psychological
How is lifespan development defined?
A. The study of how we grow and change from conception to death
B. The study of how we grow and change infancy and childhood
C. The study of physical, cognitive, and psychosocial growth in children
D. The study of emotions, personality, and social relationships
A. The study of how we grow and change from conception to death
The idea that even if something is out of sight, it still exists is called ______.
A. Egocentrism
B. Object permanence
C. Conservation
D. Reversibility
B. Object permanence
Which theorist proposed that moral thinking proceeds through a series of stages?
A. Sigmund Freud
B. Erik Erickson
C. John Watson
D. Lawrence Kohlberg
D. Lawrence Kohlberg
According to Erickson’s theory of psychosocial development, what is the main task of the adolescent?
A. Developing autonomy
B. Feeling competent
C. Forming an identity
D. Forming intimate relationships
C. Forming an identity
Which of the following is the correct order of prenatal development?
A. Zygote, Fetus, Embryo
B. Fetus, Embryo, Zygote
C. Fetus, Zygote, Embryo
D. Zygote, Embryo, Fetus
D. Zygote, Embryo, Fetus
The time during fetal growth when specific parts or organs develop is known as _____.
A. Critical Period
B. Mitosis
C. Conception
D. Pregnancy
A. Critical Period
What begins as a single-cell structure that is created when a sperm and egg merge at conception?
A. Embryo
B. Fetus
C. Zygote
D. Infant
C. Zygote
Using scissors to cut out paper shapes is an example of ______.
A. Gross motor skills
B. Fine motor skills
C. Large motor skills
D. Small motor skills
B. Fine motor skills
The child uses the parents as a base from which to explore her world in which attachment style?
A. Secure
B. Insecure avoidant
C. Insecure ambivalent-resistant
D. Disorganized
A. Secure
The frontal lobes become fully developed ______.
A. At birth
B. At the beginning of adolescence
C. At the end of adolescence
D. By 25 years old
D. By 25 years old
Who created the very first modern hospice?
A. Elizabeth Kübler-Ross
B. Cicely Saunders
C. Florence Wald
D. Florence Nightingale
B. Cicely Saunders
Which of the following is the order of stages in Kübler-Ross five-stage model of grief?
A. Denial, Bargaining, Anger, Depression, Acceptance
B. Anger, Depression, Bargaining, Acceptance, Denial
C. Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance
D. Anger, Acceptance, Denial, Depression, Bargaining
C. Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance
Which theorists came up with the Psychosexual Theory?
A. Erik Erikson
B. Piaget
C. Sigmund Freud
D. Lawrence Kohlberg
C. Sigmund Freud
