A. a phenotype
B. a zygote
C. an allele
D. a clone
Psychology Mcqs
A child is creating new schemata to account for new information, Piaget calls this process _________________?
A. accommodation
B. assimilation
C. operations
D. function autonomy
Who emphasized that social development continues throughout life, not just for the first 5 or 6 years?
A. Sigmund Freud
B. Anna Freud
C. Erik Erikson
D. Jean Piaget
The powerful survival impulse that leads human infants to seek closeness to their parents is called ___________________?
A. attachment
B. imprinting
C. egocentrism
D. conservation
Two individuals who developed from one zygote are known as _________________?
A. heterozygous twins
B. homozygous twins
C. identical twins
D. b and c
In developmental psychology, the term nature refers to _______________ factors that influence development?
A. environmental
B. physical
C. biological
D. all of these
Which parenting style usually produces children with greatest confidence and self-esteem?
A. permissive
B. Authoritarian
C. authoritative
D. rejecting-neglecting
Erik Erikson suggested that children with a very secure attachment to their parents are especially likely to experience ________________?
A. stranger anxiety
B. egocentrism
C. basic trust
D. object permanence
Gender identity refers to ___________________?
A. one’s biological sex
B. the sense of being male or female
C. the set of expected behaviors for males and for females
D. how masculine a boy is or how feminine a girl is
Which theory of gender-typing suggests that people understand and classify their own behavior and personality traits in terms of masculine and feminine categories?
A. social learning theory
B. psychoanalytical theory
C. evolutionary theory
D. gender schema theory