Chapter 1

Question 1

Behaviorism and social learning theory have been praised for acknowledging people’s contributions to their own development.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Bronfenbrenner characterized the environment as dynamic and ever-changing

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Research indicates that Piaget underestimated the competencies of infants and preschoolers.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

According to Freud, in each stage of psychosexual development, parents walk a fine line between permitting too much or too little gratification of their child’s basic needs.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Evolutionary psychologists are solely concerned with the biological bases of development.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

The mesosystem is made up of social settings that do not contain the developing persons but nevertheless affect experiences in immediate settings.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

Vygotsky believes that social interaction is necessary for children to acquire the ways of thinking and behaving that make up a community’s culture.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Information-processing researchers view the mind as a symbol-manipulating system through which information flows.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Both Freud and Erikson pointed out that normal development must be understood in relation to each culture’s life situation.

Answer 9

False

Question 10

In Piaget’s theory as the brain develops and children’s experiences expand, they move through four broad stages, each characterized by qualitatively distinct ways of thinking.

Answer 10

True