View source for AP Psychology Quiz 10A - Development (15 Questions)

The following is a quiz with '''Development''' based questions. 
Take this quiz as often as you would like. You goal for this exam should be 60% or higher.

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Jonas lives near a very busy street where trucks constantly honk their hours. His friends are amazed when the honking makes them jump and Jonas barely flinches.

Which of the following is Jonas demonstrating?
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-Priming
+Habituation
-Mere exposure effect
-Observational learning
-Long term potentiation

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The process by which human infants, as well as other species, form phase-sensitive attachments is referred to as
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-association
-habituation
-basic trust
-comfort seeking
+imprinting

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According to Piaget's cognitive-development theory, a child passes from the sensorimotor stage into the preoperational stage when they have mastered which of the following?
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-Concepts of conservation
+Objective permanence
-Identity
-Hypothesis testing
-Ethical principles

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Who formed a theory of development by first noticing that children consistently gave wrong answers to certain types of questions?
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-Erik Erikson
+Jean Piaget
-Mary Ainsworth
-Lev Vgotsky
-Carl Rogers

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A twenty-two year old who is looking for fulfillment in a relationship would be in which stage of Erikson's development?
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-Trust vs. mistrust
-Fulfillment vs. noncompletion
+Intimacy vs. isolation
-Identity vs. role confusion
-Integrity vs. despair

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A seventy year old man who looks back on his life and feels he has not lived a rewarding life and feels a sense of failure would be in which stage of Erikson's development?
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-Initiative vs. guilt
-Success vs. failure
-Competence vs. inferiority
+Integrity vs. despair
-Intimacy vs. isolation

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Social psychologist Harry Harlow's experimental research with monkeys demonstrated
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-the existence of a biological preference for a provider of physical nourishment
-the effects of classical conditioning and generalization of stimulus
+the importance of contact comfort and emotional nurturance
-the ability for animals to acquire language and use it in every day life
-temperament is both socially and biologically influenced

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A infant which spreads his or her toes in response to a feather being stroked down the foot is demonstrates which of the following?
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-Rooting reflex
-Moro reflex
+Babinski reflex
-Withdrawal reflex
-Achilles reflex

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Which of the following reflexes does an infant retain for the remainder of his or her life?
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-Rooting reflex
-Sucking reflex
-Moro reflex
-Babinski reflex
+None of the above

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A child who falls down while tripping over a toy, and then calls it a "Mean toy!" is engaging in
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-centration
-object permanence
+animistic thinking
-irreversibility
-mental representation

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Mrs. Jones is a first grade teacher. On the first day of school, she divided her students into two groups, "fast learners" and "slow learners." Unconsciously, Mrs. Jones would spend more time with the "fast learners" answering their questions and giving them extra assignments. Over time, the "fast learners" got better grades and the "slow learners" grades declined. This is an example of
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-cognitive dissonance
-social comparison theory
+the self-fulfilling prophecy
-self-disclosure
-self-monitoring effects

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A securely attached baby placed in Mary Ainsworth's Strange Situation would demonstrate which of the following?
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-Crying and seems distressed when the mother leaves
-Ambivalence towards the mother when she returns
+Returns to the mother after separation
-Avoids the mother when she returns
-Reluctance to separate from mother and explore the room

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In Kohlberg's theory of moral development, a person demonstrating preconventional morality evaluates the morality of a particular action
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+by the direct consequences it will have on him or her.
-by what others in society may think
-by whether it is permissible by society's laws
-in accordance with one's person conscience
-based on notions of justice and ethics.

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According to Kohlberg's theory of moral development, a young adolescent demonstrating preconventional morality in evaluating a particular action will most likely ask which of the following questions?
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+"What's in it for me?"
-"Am I breaking society's laws?"
-"What will my friends think of me?"
-"Is this just?"
-"Who will I hurt by doing this?"

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The theory in development psychology that development does not cease at young adulthood, but rather continues throughout life, is most closely associated with which of the following?
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-Fluid intelligence theory
-Acculturation
-Determinism
+Life-span approach
-Social-learning theory

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