Psychology MCQs with Answers – Practice Online – Page 39

Question 761 Psychology

Experiments with children suggest that the age at which a child begins to walk mainly depends on what?

Correct answer A. maturation

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Question 762 Psychology

According to Erik Erikson, a person facing the crisis of identity versus role confusion is most likely to be what?

Correct answer C. An adolescent

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Question 763 Psychology

Each mature egg or sperm carries only one chromosome from each pair. Which process is responsible for this?

Correct answer C. Reduction division

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Question 764 Psychology

In social situations a young child can attend to only one dimension at a time. What is this called in cognitive terms?

Correct answer D. egocentrism

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Question 765 Psychology

Experiments show that infants display their strongest preference for which visual stimulus?

Correct answer C. Likenesses of human faces

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Question 766 Psychology

One boy has brown eyes and his twin brother has blue eyes. What can be concluded about the two?

Correct answer D. They are fraternal twins

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Question 767 Psychology

Who would argue that the environment is of central importance?

Correct answer C. Watson

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Question 768 Psychology

After birth, what is one way in which heredity continues to act?

Correct answer C. Maturation

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Question 769 Psychology

In Piaget’s theory, internalising action schemes is the major task of which stage?

Correct answer D. Sensorimotor

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Question 770 Psychology

Humans normally have 46 chromosomes. Which condition would a person born with an extra copy of chromosome 21, making 47 in total, have?

Correct answer D. Down’s syndrome

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Question 771 Psychology

Which of Piaget’s stages occurs in adolescence and involves reasoning about abstract concepts and principles and evaluating issues in the wider social world?

Correct answer B. Formal operational

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Question 772 Psychology

In Piaget’s scheme, during which period does a child master the logic of classification and numbers?

Correct answer D. Concrete operations

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Question 773 Psychology

According to Piaget, the ability to ‘think like a scientist’ is typical of which developmental stage?

Correct answer B. formal operational

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Question 774 Psychology

According to Piaget, a child who is sure the amount of milk in a glass stays the same when poured into a differently shaped glass is probably what?

Correct answer D. Able to conserve volume

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Question 775 Psychology

Which developmental concept lies at the heart of the children’s game ‘peekaboo’?

Correct answer B. Object permanence

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Question 776 Psychology

What does touching a newborn’s cheek produce?

Correct answer C. rooting response

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Question 777 Psychology

Which theorist gave the greatest importance to maturation in development?

Correct answer A. Arnold Gesell

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Question 778 Psychology

In the human embryo, in which layer is the development of hair and nails centred?

Correct answer B. Ectoderm

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Question 779 Psychology

According to Piaget, children who can think symbolically about absent objects but cannot think logically about actions that cause change are at which stage?

Correct answer B. preoperational

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Question 780 Psychology

Which of Piaget’s stages must a child have reached to understand that a ball of clay can change shape without gaining or losing substance?

Correct answer B. Concrete-operational

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