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.

1 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?

	Priming
	Habituation
	Mere exposure effect
	Observational learning
	Long term potentiation

2 The process by which human infants, as well as other species, form phase-sensitive attachments is referred to as

	association
	habituation
	basic trust
	comfort seeking
	imprinting

3 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?

	Concepts of conservation
	Objective permanence
	Identity
	Hypothesis testing
	Ethical principles

4 Who formed a theory of development by first noticing that children consistently gave wrong answers to certain types of questions?

	Erik Erikson
	Jean Piaget
	Mary Ainsworth
	Lev Vgotsky
	Carl Rogers

5 A twenty-two year old who is looking for fulfillment in a relationship would be in which stage of Erikson's development?

	Trust vs. mistrust
	Fulfillment vs. noncompletion
	Intimacy vs. isolation
	Identity vs. role confusion
	Integrity vs. despair

6 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?

	Initiative vs. guilt
	Success vs. failure
	Competence vs. inferiority
	Integrity vs. despair
	Intimacy vs. isolation

7 Social psychologist Harry Harlow's experimental research with monkeys demonstrated

	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

8 A infant which spreads his or her toes in response to a feather being stroked down the foot is demonstrates which of the following?

	Rooting reflex
	Moro reflex
	Babinski reflex
	Withdrawal reflex
	Achilles reflex

9 Which of the following reflexes does an infant retain for the remainder of his or her life?

	Rooting reflex
	Sucking reflex
	Moro reflex
	Babinski reflex
	None of the above

10 A child who falls down while tripping over a toy, and then calls it a "Mean toy!" is engaging in

	centration
	object permanence
	animistic thinking
	irreversibility
	mental representation

11 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

	cognitive dissonance
	social comparison theory
	the self-fulfilling prophecy
	self-disclosure
	self-monitoring effects

12 A securely attached baby placed in Mary Ainsworth's Strange Situation would demonstrate which of the following?

	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

13 In Kohlberg's theory of moral development, a person demonstrating preconventional morality evaluates the morality of a particular action

	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.

14 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?

	"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?"

15 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?

	Fluid intelligence theory
	Acculturation
	Determinism
	Life-span approach
	Social-learning theory