Human Growth and Development

Chapter 1: Review Questions 1.​ A child sees a sparrow and shouts, “bird.” Then she sees a crow and also says, “bird.” According to Piaget, the child is demonstrating the process of:

A.​ Scheming B.​ Semantic networking C.​ Assimilation D.​ Accommodation E.​ Conditioning 2.​ The evolutionary psychology perspective tries to: A.​ Find effective ways to speed up maturation. B.​ Understand the historical origins of human behaviors. C.​ Understand how nutrition can influence physical growth. D.​ Eliminate bad traits from the human gene pool. E.​ Discover humans’ closest animal relatives. 3.​ Albert Bandura argued that children learn behaviors:

A.​ By just hearing about the behavior, but not seeing it B.​ By performing the behavior and then receiving reinforcement C.​ By observing another person perform a behavior D.​ By trial-and-error E.​ To avoid punishment 4.​ According to Freud, a developmental halt due to frustration and anxiety is referred to as: A.​ Depression B.​ Fixation C.​ Regression D.​ Neurosis E.​ Learned helplessness 5.​ McDonald's featuring Olympic athletes in its ads is an example of classical conditioning because:

A.​ This is not classical conditioning, but rather the use of an unconditioned stimulus. B.​ It connects healthy athletes with fast food, suggesting that fast food is healthy. C.​ Audiences are unconsciously influenced by calls to action made on TV. D.​ Audiences are conditioned to imitate celebrities, including famous athletes. E.​ Audiences are rewarded with food every time they see the ad.

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