COPY: Developmental Psychology: Conception to Lifespan
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What is the primary characteristic of Stage 3 of moral development?

  • Mutual interpersonal expectations and relationships (correct)
  • Adopting social contract or utility and individual rights
  • Adopting universal ethical principles
  • Judging right and wrong based on personal standards

According to the theory of moral development, what is the primary difference between conventional morality and postconventional morality?

  • Conventional morality is based on justice, while postconventional morality is based on laws
  • Conventional morality is based on social standards, while postconventional morality is based on personal standards (correct)
  • Conventional morality is based on personal standards, while postconventional morality is based on social standards
  • Conventional morality is based on laws, while postconventional morality is based on justice

What is the primary concern of Social Systems Morality?

  • Maintaining social order, law, and justice (correct)
  • Evaluating laws based on their utility
  • Understanding universal human rights
  • Adopting moral standards of parents

What is the term for the process by which people examine and evaluate their lives during late adulthood?

<p>Life review (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary consequence of single-parent households on children?

<p>Difficulty in establishing close relationships later in life (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the theory that suggests successful aging is characterized by maintaining the interests and activities of earlier stages of life?

<p>Activity theory of aging (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary characteristic of the formal operational stage?

<p>Abstract, idealistic, and logical thought (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary concept of Vygotsky's view of cognitive development?

<p>Cognitive development occurs through social interactions (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the 'zone of proximal development' (ZPD) in Vygotsky's theory?

<p>The gap between what children can do alone and what they can do with guidance (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary characteristic of adolescent egocentrism?

<p>The state of self-absorption in which a teenager views the world from their own point of view (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary difference between fluid intelligence and crystallized intelligence?

<p>Fluid intelligence is based on information processing, while crystallized intelligence is based on experience (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary concept of Erikson's theory of psychosocial development?

<p>The development of individual's interactions and understanding of themselves and others (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary concept of attachment in social development?

<p>A positive emotional bond between a child and a caregiver (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary concept of imprinting in attachment theory?

<p>A behavior that takes place during a critical period and involves attachment to the first moving object observed (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary characteristic of Kohlberg's preconventional morality stage?

<p>Judging right and wrong based on the probability of rewards and punishments (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary characteristic of securely attached children in the Ainsworth strange situation?

<p>They show a strong attachment to their caregiver and are distressed when separated (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the study of the pattern of change from conception to the end of life?

<p>Developmental psychology (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the period called when the developing individual has a heart, a brain, and other organs?

<p>Embryonic period (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the point at which a fetus can survive if born prematurely?

<p>Age of viability (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for unlearned, involuntary responses that occur automatically in the presence of certain stimuli?

<p>Reflexes (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the period between childhood and adulthood?

<p>Adolescence (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the period at which maturation of the sexual organs occurs?

<p>Puberty (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the process by which a child's understanding of the world changes as a function of age and experience?

<p>Cognitive development (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the stage from birth to 2 years, during which a child constructs their understanding of the world through coordinating sensory experiences and motor movements?

<p>Sensorimotor stage (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the ability to understand that objects continue to exist even if they are out of sight?

<p>Object permanence (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the stage from 7 to 12 years of age that is characterized by concrete and logical thought?

<p>Concrete operational stage (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the tendency to like those who are similar to us?

<p>Similarity (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the component of love that involves feelings of closeness and connectedness?

<p>Intimacy (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for intentional injury of, or harm to, another person?

<p>Aggression (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a set of generalized beliefs and expectations about a specific group and its members?

<p>Stereotype (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the type of love that involves intense physiological arousal, psychological interest, and caring for the needs of another?

<p>Romantic love (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What influences children's feelings about members of various groups?

<p>Observational learning and behavior of parents (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the factor that attracts people to each other based on their physical appearance?

<p>Physical attractiveness (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the type of love that involves strong affection for those with whom our lives are deeply involved?

<p>Companionate love (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the theory that suggests people tend to be ethnocentric?

<p>Social identity theory (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a measure of prejudice that permits a more accurate assessment of people's discrimination?

<p>Implicit Association Test (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a way to reduce the consequences of prejudice and discrimination?

<p>All of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a result of having an implicit bias?

<p>Unconscious prejudice (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main difference between situational causes of behavior and dispositional causes of behavior?

<p>Situational causes are external to a person, while dispositional causes are brought about by a person's traits or personality characteristics (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the fundamental attribution error?

<p>The tendency to overattribute others' behavior to dispositional causes and minimize the importance of situational causes (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is social influence?

<p>The process by which an individual's behavior is influenced by social groups or individuals (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is conformity?

<p>A change in behavior or attitudes brought about by a desire to follow the beliefs or standards of other people (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the halo effect?

<p>The phenomenon in which an initial understanding that a person has positive traits is used to infer other uniformly positive characteristics (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is self-serving bias?

<p>The tendency to attribute success to personal factors and failure to factors outside oneself (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the process of discharging built-up aggressive energy according to Freudian theory?

<p>Catharsis (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daly and Watson (1988, 1996, 2005), who are less likely to abuse or murder their offspring?

<p>Birth parents (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the researcher who found that castrated roosters without transplanted testicles displayed less aggression?

<p>Berthold (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the tendency for the presence of weapons to increase aggression?

<p>Weapon's effect (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the reaction to the blocking of goals, which can lead to aggression?

<p>Frustration (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the evolutionary approach, who are more likely to harm children?

<p>Stepparents or foster parents (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for helping behavior?

<p>Prosocial behavior (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the phenomenon where the presence of others inhibits helping behavior?

<p>Bystander effect (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the belief that responsibility for intervening is shared among those present?

<p>Diffusion of responsibility (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for helping behavior that requires self-sacrifice?

<p>Altruism (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the erroneous inference that others accept a norm, causing the person to go along with it?

<p>Pluralistic ignorance (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What approach suggests that social and environmental conditions can teach individuals to be aggressive?

<p>Observational learning approach (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of social psychology?

<p>The scientific study of how people’s thoughts, feelings, and actions are affected by others (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the process by which people form an overall impression of another person?

<p>Impression formation (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are sets of cognitions about people and social experiences that help organize information stored in memory?

<p>Social schemas (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the major traits considered in forming impressions of others?

<p>Central traits (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the process by which people understand and make sense of others and themselves?

<p>Social cognition (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do social schemas help predict based on relatively little information?

<p>What others are like (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the kind of influence that affects behavior through social roles?

<p>Conformity (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the study by Philip Zimbardo and colleagues show about social roles?

<p>Social roles can have a powerful effect on behavior (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the result of Milgram's classic obedience study?

<p>65% of participants eventually used the highest setting (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the kind of influence that is a change in behavior in response to the commands of others?

<p>Obedience (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the role of the 'learner' in Milgram's classic obedience study?

<p>To receive electric shock (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the kind of influence that is a change in behavior in response to group pressure?

<p>Conformity (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the tendency to like those who are near us?

<p>Proximity (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the component of love that involves motivational drives relating to sex, physical closeness, and romance?

<p>Passion (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for intentional injury of, or harm to, another person?

<p>Aggression (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the tendency to like those who like us?

<p>Reciprocity (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the type of love that involves strong affection for those with whom our lives are deeply involved?

<p>Companionate love (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a set of generalized beliefs and expectations about a specific group and its members?

<p>Stereotype (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What influences children's feelings about members of various groups?

<p>Observational learning approaches and the behavior of parents and peers (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the tendency to like those who are similar to us?

<p>Similarity (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the behavior directed toward individuals on the basis of their membership in a particular group?

<p>Discrimination (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for negative (or positive) evaluation of a group and its members?

<p>Prejudice (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one way to reduce the consequences of prejudice and discrimination?

<p>Increase contact between the target of stereotyping and the holder of the stereotype (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is social identity theory suggesting about people?

<p>People tend to be ethnocentric (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary goal of the catharsis approach?

<p>To release built-up aggressive energy (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Daly and Watson, who are less likely to abuse or murder their offspring?

<p>Biological parents (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the tendency for the presence of weapons to increase aggression?

<p>Weapon's effect (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary finding of Berthold's study on castrated roosters?

<p>Castrated roosters without transplanted testicles displayed less aggression (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary characteristic of the frustration-aggression approach?

<p>It explains aggression in terms of reactions to frustration (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the blocked goal that leads to aggression?

<p>Frustration (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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