Developmental Psychology

Achieve Test Prep: Developmental Psychology

40. Because he now understands object permanence, John will now be able to: A) Understand there are equal amounts of water in vases of two different sizes B) Look for the ball that rolled under the couch C) Solidify Post-Formal Thoughts D) Understand that a round object contains the same amount of material when it is flattened into a pancake 41. In performing an autopsy on a patient who had displayed steady mental deterioration before his death, a physician finds some brain cells clumped together in tangles, while others are shrunken. The patient most likely had _______.

A) Alzheimer’s disease B) Parkinson’s disease C) Huntington’s disease D) Age-related senility

42. Three-year old Sally’s pediatrician is preparing to give her a shot when Sally bolts out of the examining room and hides behind the magazine rack in the waiting room. If her mother subscribes to the authoritarian style of child-rearing, which of the following would she most likely do? A) Acknowledge Sally’s feelings, help her to understand why the shot is necessary, and take her back into the examining room B) Yell at her

C) Promise to buy her a new doll if she goes back into the examining room D) Pick Sally up and carry her screaming into the doctor’s examining room

43. What is the strong desire for a child to want to do things for him/herself? A) Autonomy B) Self-regulation

C) Aggression D) Self-control

44. What is the term for when a teenager makes new information part of an existing schema? A) Accommodation B) Integrative processing

C) Assimilation D) Acceleration

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