According to Piaget's theory of Cognitive Development, at what age do children

develop the ability for deferred imitation?

Discuss
A. 8-12 months
B. 12-18 months
C. 18-24 months
D. 24-36 months
2.
During Piaget's Sensorimotor stage, what is the ability to flexibly altering existing
schemas into new schemas called?
Discuss
A. Accommodation
B. Assimilation
C. Adaption
D. Equilibrium
3.
According to Piaget's theory of Cognitive Development, as part of a child's
development of object permanence, what does perseverance error refer to?
Discuss
A. The mistake of referring to caregivers as possessing the object which is
lost
B. The mistake of using only the imagination to track an object
C. The mistake of believing only what is seen can exist
D. The mistake of looking in the place the object was previously found
4.
According to Freud's theory of Psychosexual Development, during which stage is
children's developmental focus on gender identity and morality?
Discuss
A.
Anal (1-3 years)
B.
Phallic (3-6 years)
C.
Latency (6-12 years)
D. Genital (12+ years)
5.
Which of the following is NOT regarded as an important area of personality
development in the first 3 months of life?
Discuss
 A. Developing a balance between optimism and pessimism
B. Developing gender identity
C. Developing self-efficacy
D. Avoiding learned helplessness
6.
According to Piaget's theory of Cognitive Development, during which stage do
children develop animistic conceptions, expressed in ways such as "Don't hurt
the grass. It will be sad"?
A. Sensorimotor
B. Pre-Operational
C. Concrete Operational
D. Formal Operational
7.
According to Piaget's theory of Cognitive Development, during which stage do
children develop the capacity for conservation?
A. Sensorimotor
B. Pre-Operational
C. Concrete Operational
D. Formal Operational
8.
"Play is for children what work is for adults". Which of the following is NOT an
important developmental outcome of play?
Discuss
A. Cognitive mastery (e.g. concepts of reversibility & conservation)
B. Emotional development & regulation (e.g. "cooling down" by venting
socially unaccepted emotions)
C.
Overcoming negativism (e.g. reducing noncompliance to adult requests)
D.
Language development (e.g. giving labels)
9.
What is the difference between a child's capacity to perform a task independently
and the potential to perform it with assistance known as?
Discuss
A.
Zone of proximal development
B.
Social learning dissonance
C.
 Heteronomity-autonomity difference
D.
Scaffolding discrepancy
10.
What is the knowledge that one's biological gender cannot be altered by
superficial transformations, such as wearing a wig (achieved by around 5-7
years), known as?
A.
Gender schema theory
B.
Gender stability
C. Gender constancy
D. Gender consistency
11.
Which of the following is NOT regarded as a disadvantage of the case study
approach to developmental psychology research?
A. Fails to generate hypotheses for future research
B. Risks error due to individuals' recall inaccuracy
C. Tends to be expensive and time-consuming
D. Prone to confirmatory biases
12.
In naturalistic observation research, which of the following is NOT an effective
way of ensuring objectivity of individuals' behaviour?
Discuss
A. Train as observers people who are a normal part of the individual's
natural environment
B. Use one-way glass observation rooms to hide observers from the
participant
C. Use video cameras to film participants without them knowing
D. Have several observers confer on what they should be looking for
before watching the same events
13.
What is the fact that findings from controlled experimental studies cannot always
be applied outside the laboratory into everyday life referred to as?
Discuss
A. Limited transferability
B. Limited reliability
C. Limited generalisability
D. Limited applicability
 14.
Self-report questionnaires...
A. Are easy to administer and are therefore make for an efficient research
method
B. Withstand the problems of miscommunication and participants'
inaccurate recall
C. Tap into thoughts and feelings which could easily be observed using a
naturalistic observation approach
D. Allow researchers to overcome desirability bias