A. Jean Piaget
B. John Locke
C. Arnold Gesell
D. Lev Vygotsky
Psychology Mcqs
Within the human embryo, activity related to the development of hair and nails is centered in the ____________?
A. mesoderm
B. endoderm
C. exoderm
D. ectoderm
According to Piaget, children who can think symbolically about absent objects and can appreciate the stable properties of those objects, but cannot think logically about actions that produce change, are at the__________ stage?
A. formal-operational
B. concrete-operational
C. preoperational
D. sensorimotor
In order to understand that a ball of clay can take a different shape without either losing or gaining substance, which of Piaget’s stages must the child have reached?
A. sensorimotor
B. preoperational
C. formal operational
D. concrete-operational
A change in the structure of a gene that leads to minor of major changes in an organism’s physical constitution is ____________?
A. mitosis
B. meiosis
C. parthenogenesis
D. mutation
The process of interpreting new information in terms of existing schema is termed _______________?
A. assimilation
B. ideation
C. conservation
D. accommodation
Anoxia is ________________?
A. a disease of the blood cells
B. hyperventilation
C. interruption of the oxygen supply to brain
D. an oversupply of oxygen to the brain
According to Erikson’s developmental theory, the maturity stage deals with which of the following crises?
A. initiative vs. guilt
B. autonomy vs. doubt
C. integrity vs. despair
D. intimacy vs. isolation
The palmar reflex, present in neonates, refers to which behavior?
A. sucking
B. startle response
C. hand grasping
D. head turning
Erikson proposed that trust or mistrust develops during the ____________?
A. muscular-anal stage
B. latency stage
C. oral-sensory stage
D. maturity stage