Practice Questions

Piaget Type of Question

• Egocentrism, animism, and artificialism are characteristic of which of Jean Piaget’s stages of cognitive development?

A. SensorimotorB. PreoperationalC. PostformalD. Concrete operationsE. Formal operations

Physical Development Type of Question• When a newborn infant is touched on the cheek, the infant will turn

its head toward the source of stimulation. This behavior is known asA. RootingB. SuckingC. The patellar reflexD. The Moro reflexE. The Babinski reflex

Attachment Type of Question

• Developmental research on the formation of attachment indicates that a child’s secure attachment to its mother during infancy is predictive of which of the following during its toddler years?

A. Social rejectionB. Impulsive behaviorC. Social competenceD. Divergent thinkingE. Shyness

Kohlberg Type of Question

• A conscientious objector refuses to engage in combat because he cannot support the taking of human life. His reasoning best illustrates which stage in Lawrence Kohlberg’s theory of moral development?

A. AuthoritativeB. PostconventionalC. Concrete operationalD. ConventionalE. Egocentric

Research Type of Question

• A disadvantage of longitudinal studies is thatA. Differences observed among participants of different ages are usually due

to differences in the environment in which they were rearedB. Participants who drop out during the course of the study may be different in

important ways from ones who do not drop outC. Unfamiliarity with testing situations can put older participants at a

disadvantageD. Personality traits do not remain constant across the life spanE. Men and women confront different developmental crises in the course of

their lives because of their different social roles