Psychology Quiz #3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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?

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

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

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Humans undergo a critical period of attachment known as imprinting

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Our brain becomes inactive when we go to sleep

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Separation Anxiety occurs when the mother leaves a child alone

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

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

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Which of the following are proposed functions of sleep?

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

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