Babies will imitate actions they see when mothers show joy or interest because of:
A. situational referencing B. learned referencing C. perceptual referencing D. social referencing
Developmental Psychology MCQs
Dr. Jamshed wants to see if person’s IQ changes as they get older. To do this he takes three groups of subjects. Group i is made up of 10 years old, and Group III of 25 years old. Dr. Jamshed tests all three groups of their IQ level. The design of this experiment is called:
A. longitudinal study B. more information is needed to determine the design of the experiment C. Gesell’s dome D. cross sectional study
Jamil and Qasim are identical twins, reared in different homes after their birth, due to the death of their parents. They are nineteen years of age and have personalities that differ sharply from each other. The reason of this difference in personality is most likely due to:
A. the two having identical genotypes B. the environment C. heredity D. brain chemistry differences
Alzheimer’s disease involves a deterioration of neurons that produce:
A. dopamine B. epinephrine C. acetylcholine D. estrogen
Two characteristics of authoritarian parents are that they demonstrate:
A. high levels of parental control and high levels of parental responsiveness B. low levels of parental control and no parental responsiveness C. low levels of parental control and low levels of parental responsiveness D. high levels of parental control and low levels of parental responsiveness
Javaid is a graduate student who is studying the way in which selective attention develops during the preadolescent years. He selected a group of 10-years-olds, and he assesses their selective attention every six months over a two-year period. In this example, Javaid is using:
A. a longitudinal research design B. a sequential design C. a cross-sectional design D. a multi-factorial research design
Tanvir is a graduate student who is studying identity formation. He selects a group of 5-year-olds, a group of 10-years-olds, and a group of 15-year-olds, and a group of 15-year-olds, and interviews each group asking them what they plan to be when they finish school. In this example, Tanvir is using:
A. a multi-factorial research design B. a longitudinal research design C. a cross-sectional research design D. a nested condition research design
The cephalocaudal trend in the motor development of children can be described simply as a:
A. head-to-foot direction B. center-outward direction C. foot-to-head direction D. body-appendages direction
The stage of prenatal development during which the developing organism is most vulnerable to injury is the:
A. zygotic stage B. germinal stage C. embryonic stage D. fetal stage
The corrupt behavior of many ordinary people who served as Nazi concentration camp guards best illustrates that immorality often results from:
A. crystallized intelligence B. social influence C. abnormal cognitive development D. postconventional moral thinking