quiz 2 Flashcards
Haley is 5 years old. She loves to play dress-up and house with her friends at preschool. However, she gets extremely upset when her friends want to play different games, as she does not understand that other kids may have differing interests from hers. We might say Haley is in which of Piaget’s stages?
Preoperational
Tyler is experiencing difficulty in school. When asked about why he sleeps in class and disengages from school work, he tells you that he’d like to be more attentive in school but he is exhausted all of the time. He says that there has been an increase in crime in his neighborhood lately, and that it is not uncommon to hear gunshots in the middle of the night. Considering Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological model, we might conceptualize Tyler’s neighborhood as being part of which system?
exosystem
Angela, who is 50 years old, just helped her youngest daughter settle into her first college dorm room. Angela is satisfied with the way she has raised her children, thinking of them as part of her legacy in the world. We would say Angela has successfully navigated which of Erikson’s stages?
Generativity vs. Stagnation
Which is NOT one of the elements of a PPCT model?
Population
Megan is 7 years old. She very much enjoys going to school and playing with her best friends, three girls her age who live on her street. We might say Megan is in which stage of Freud’s psychosexual theory?
latent stage
Tony is a toddler who loves to do everything his older brother does. Having realized this, he teases Tony one day by spinning in circles before opening the refrigerator door. Consequently, Tony now spins in circles before trying to open the refrigerator door. We might say Tony is engaging in what aspect of observational learning?
overimitation
Heather is a freshman in high school. She’s very proud of herself because she won first place in her grade’s science fair competition. We would say Heather is in which of Piaget’s stages?
Formal operations
Nick has noticed that his teacher is grading his work more harshly than she used to. Unbeknownst to Nick, his teacher is currently reconciling with a difficult divorce that has left her sad and irritable. Even though Nick isn’t in his teacher’s family and knows nothing about her divorce, he is still affected by this event through which of Bronfenbrenner’s systems?
mesosystem
Hillary is a high school senior who is having a difficult time waking up for school. She is very tired in the morning; instead of getting up to her alarm clock when it rings, she smashes the “snooze” button to make the noise stop so she can go back to sleep. In operant conditioning terms, we’d say the snooze button is an example of what kind of consequence?
negative reinforcement
Austin is a toddler who was recently bit by a dog. He now cries every time he sees a dog–not just live dogs in neighbor’s yards, but also dogs in movies and t.v. shows and stuffed animals shaped like dogs. We’d say Austin’s terrified reactions are an example of what kind of conditioning?
classical
