MCQ Flashcards
Who is responsible for the cognitive social learning theory of development ?
a- piaget
b-Bandura
C-Sigler
b- Albert Bandura
what is a behavioural perspective of development ?
a- child is active in shaping their development
b- child is passive and the genes shape their development
c- child is passive in shaping their development
c- children are believed to be passive in shaping their development
Who believed that child development is due to social interaction ?
a- piaget
b- vygotsky
c- erikson
B- Vygotsky
How many stages does Erikson believe are in child development ?
A- 4
B-9
C-8
name the stages
C-Erikson believed there were 8 stages in the development which focus on the internal challenges the person faces
1- trust vs mistrust - with the mother during the infant stage , being fed and cared for
2- Autonomy vs shame/doubt - toddler -toilet training the child , muscle control
3-Initiative vs Guilt -pre school - exploring and discovery/play
4-Industry vs Inferiority - school , achievements and accomplishments
5-Identity vs role confusion - adolescence - becoming a grown up
6-intamacy vs isolation - young adult , social relationships/lovers
7-Generativity v Stagnation - mid adult - contribution and giving back
8-Integrity and dispair - late adult - life achievements
What is Phillipe Aries view on childhood in history ?
a- childhood was not recognised as a distinct period
b- childhood was recognised as the most important period
c- childhood was represented in many paintings
a - Phillipe Aries thought that childhood was not recognised as a distinct period
Who’s theory contains the stages, microsystem , mesosystem, exosystem, macro system and chronosystem ?
A- bowlby
b- Ainsworth
C- Bronfenbrenner
C- Bronfenbrenner was the creator of the ecological theory
Microsystem is the things that are closest to the child to alter their development e.g. home , school ext
- Mesosystems are the interactions between the different parts of the microsystem e.g. parents visiting school
- Exosystems- are the things that happen around the child , they do not participate in , but are indirectly affected e.g. moving away because of parents work
- Macrosystems are the cultural environment
- Chronosystem - the major transitions in a life / historic events
what is the first stage of a scientific method ?
A- choosing the sample of people
b- choosing the research method
c- choosing the theories
A- choosing the sample of participants is the first stage of scientific method
If a mother thought her baby could distinguish between colours not long after being born she :
A- would be incorrect as babies do not see in colour straight away
B- was correct, colour perception is innate
C- would be correct , babies are able to detect colour from brightness
B- the mother would be correct in thinking her child could see colours because this is innate.
The experimenters / researchers on the ‘visual cliff’ paradigm were called :
A- Hood and Walk (1960)
B- Gibson and Walk (1996)
C- Gibson and Walk (1960)
c- Gibson and walk created the visual cliff experiment in 1960 .
What did all of the children undertaking the visual cliff do ?
A- they were all able to crawl
B- they cried and would not move
c- they would not care about the height when their parent called them
a- All of the children undertaking the visual cliff experiment had to be able to crawl
According to Rovee Collier (1987) Noxious events were learnt _________ than pleasurable / positive events
A- more easily
B- at the same time as
c- with more difficulty
c- noxious events were learnt more difficultly than pleasurable events
The first sense to evolve is :
a- hearing
B- smell
C- touch
c- touch
Children are more likely to elicit smiles when they look at an adults :
A- eyes
B- mouth
c- Chin
a- eyes
which theory of attachment suggests that there is the development of a mutual attachment where the infant and the care giver form attachments to each other ?
A- ecological
B- ethological
c- emperlogical
B- ethological theory of attachment
Emotional displays of infants are:
a- the first stage of language acquisition
b- the way children get attention from caregivers
C- easier to understand that crying
a- emotional displays are the first sign of language acquisition
