Psychology Quiz #3

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The study of changes that occur as an individual matures is the definition for which term?

Developmental Psychology

Cognitive Psychology

Humanistic Psychology

Sports Psychology

"The kind of verbal utterances in which words are left out, but the meaning is usually clear" is the definition for which term?

Single Syllable Speech

Two Syllable Speech

Telegraphic Speech 

None of These

Which of the following terms states that language can be learned after puberty but it cannot be learned as easily?

Critical Period of Language Acquisition 

Sensible Period of Language Acquisition 

Social Period of Language Acquisition 

Biological Period of Language Acquisition

Known as "monster makers", these substances can negatively impact a child's development

Chemicals

Mutagens

Teratogens

None of these

____________ is a conceptual framework a person uses to make sense of the world

Schema

Cognition

Blueprint

Perceptual Set

___________ is the intellectual ability of a child to picture something in his or her mind

Conservation

Schema

Object Permanence

Representational Thought

This famous developmental psychologist claimed that bright 4 year olds cannot comprehend the same information 7 year olds can

Lev Vygotsky

Jean Piaget

Karl Marx

Sigmund Freud

After learning about dogs, a child develops a schema were all four legged animals are dogs. This is an example of which of the following terms?

Accommodation

Assimilation

Egocentrism

Conservation

A parent playing "peak a boo" with their child is an example of __________

Conservation

Egocentrism

Object Permanence

None of these

A child's inability to consider that amount of something doesn't change with the size of the container is an example of ____________

Conservation

Egocentrism

Object Permanence

None of these

Humans undergo a critical period of attachment known as imprinting

True

False

Our brain becomes inactive when we go to sleep

True 

False

In Vygotsky's theory of development, the surroundings were the crucial aspect of a child's development

True

False

Maturation is a developmental process that describes how an organism "grows up" through its life span.

True

False

In the Formal Operations stage, children begin to wonder about abstract concepts like justice and peace

True

False

REM sleeping is sometimes called "quiet sleeping" because the brain is passive during stage IV of sleeping

True

False

One of the main functions of the Circadian Rhythm is to regulate sleep in humans

True

False

The basic principle of biofeedback is that "feedback makes learning possible"

True

False

Sleep disorders are a major contributor to traffic and industrial related accidents and death

True

False

Separation Anxiety occurs when the mother leaves a child alone

True

False

This parenting style allows the child to make their own decisions but parents have the final say.

Authoritarian

Democratic 

Permissive

Uninvolved

One of the reasons your parent's "parenting style" changed overtime is because...

You're older and need less guidance

They're more experienced and need to rely less on authoritarian methods

Your younger siblings has a different temperament than you

All of these are correct

Which of the following are proposed functions of sleep?

It might've been a primitive hibernation process

It allows the body to recover from exhaustion

It's an evolutionary process that kept us out of harm's way at night

All of these are correct

According to Erik Erikson, social development is a matter of learning and imitating

True

False

Kolhberg's studies demonstrate that children have complex thoughts about morality.

True

False

The study of changes that occur as an individual matures is the definition for which term?

Developmental Psychology

Cognitive Psychology

Humanistic Psychology

Sports Psychology

"The kind of verbal utterances in which words are left out, but the meaning is usually clear" is the definition for which term?

Single Syllable Speech

Two Syllable Speech

Telegraphic Speech 

None of These

Which of the following terms states that language can be learned after puberty but it cannot be learned as easily?

Critical Period of Language Acquisition 

Sensible Period of Language Acquisition 

Social Period of Language Acquisition 

Biological Period of Language Acquisition

Known as "monster makers", these substances can negatively impact a child's development 

Chemicals

Mutagens

Teratogens

None of these

____________ is a conceptual framework a person uses to make sense of the world

Schema

Cognition

Blueprint

Perceptual Set

___________ is the intellectual ability of a child to picture something in his or her mind

Conservation

Schema

Object Permanence

Representational Thought

This famous developmental psychologist claimed that bright 4 year olds cannot comprehend the same information 7 year olds can

Lev Vygotsky

Jean Piaget

Karl Marx

Sigmund Freud

After learning about dogs, a child develops a schema were all four legged animals are dogs.  This is an example of which of the following terms?

Accommodation

Assimilation

Egocentrism

Conservation

A parent playing "peak a boo" with their child is an example of __________

Conservation

Egocentrism

Object Permanence

None of these

A child's inability to consider that amount of something doesn't change with the size of the container is an example of ____________

Conservation

Egocentrism

Object Permanence

None of these

Humans undergo a critical period of attachment known as imprinting

True

False

Our brain becomes inactive when we go to sleep

True 

False

In Vygotsky's theory of development, the surroundings were the crucial aspect of a child's development

True

False

Maturation is a developmental process that describes how an organism "grows up" through its life span.

True

False

In the Formal Operations stage, children begin to wonder about abstract concepts like justice and peace

True

False

REM sleeping is sometimes called "quiet sleeping" because the brain is passive during stage IV of sleeping

True

False

One of the main functions of the Circadian Rhythm is to regulate sleep in humans

True

False

The basic principle of biofeedback is that "feedback makes learning possible"

True

False

Sleep disorders are a major contributor to traffic and industrial related accidents and death

True

False

Separation Anxiety occurs when the mother leaves a child alone

True

False

This parenting style allows the child to make their own decisions but parents have the final say. 

Authoritarian

Democratic 

Permissive

Uninvolved

One of the reasons your parent's "parenting style" changed overtime is because...

You're older and need less guidance

They're more experienced and need to rely less on authoritarian methods

Your younger siblings has a different temperament than you

All of these are correct

Which of the following are proposed functions of sleep?

It might've been a primitive hibernation process

It allows the body to recover from exhaustion

It's an evolutionary process that kept us out of harm's way at night

All of these are correct

According to Erik Erikson, social development is a matter of learning and imitating

True

False

Kolhberg's studies demonstrate that children have complex thoughts about morality.  

True

False