development test

Question 1

a decrease in responsiveness with repetitive stimulation

Answer 1

habituation

Question 2

interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing shemas

Answer 2

assimilation

Question 3

adapt current understandings to incorporate new info

Answer 3

accomodate

Question 4

the principle that properties such as mass, volume, and numbers remain the same despite changes in form

Answer 4

conservation

Question 5

the preoperational child’s difficulty taking another’s point of view

Answer 5

egocentrism

Question 6

peoples ideas about their own and others mental states (may be individually working from egocentrism)

Answer 6

theory of mind

Question 7

an optimal period early in the life of an organism when exposed to certain stimuli or experiences produces normal development

Answer 7

critical period

Question 8

studies imprinting with ducks

Answer 8

konrad lorenz

Question 9

studiesd different attachment styles

Answer 9

mary ainsworth

Question 10

all the thoughts we have about ourselves in answering the question of “who am I?”

Answer 10

self concept

Question 11

studied gender and found that women tend to be more concerned with making connections and less with individulaism

Answer 11

carol gillian

Question 12

we learn social behavior by observing and imitating and by being rewarded or punished

Answer 12

social learning theory

Question 13

the acquisition of traditional masculine or femenine roles

Answer 13

gender typing

Question 14

believed that morality was rooted in minstincts and moral institutions

Answer 14

johnathan haidt

Question 15

first menstural period

Answer 15

menarche

Question 16

studied the biological differences between straight and gay people

Answer 16

simon levay