MCQs of Psychology – Developmental Psychology

The portion of the brain that appears to be the last area to mature fully is the:

Each cell of the body has how many chromosomes?

Harlow observed that most monkeys raised in total isolation:

Even though smoking marijuna would reduce the pain associated with her chronic medical condition, Juanita believes i would be morally wrong because it is prohibited by the laws of her state. Kholberg would suggest that Juantia demonstrates a(n)_______morality.

If research suggested that a pregnant mother’s use of an artificial sweetener caused him to the fetus, the artificial sweetener would be considered a(n):

Studies of monkeys raised with artificial mothers suggest that mother-infant emotional bonds result primarily from mother providing inflants with:

Dr.Jamil wants to study the effects of poverty on one’s self concept. To do this he interviews a group of subjects from the inner city once every five years for a period of 30 years. This experiment is an example of what type-of study?

Little Kiran will approach and play with unfamiliar only if her mother first reassures her that it is safe to do so.This best illustrates the adaptive value of:

Ameen, a 70-years old retired teacher, feels that his life has not been of any real value or significance. According to Erikson, Ameen has failed to achieve a sense of:

When Teresa’s mother hides favorite doll under a blanket, Teresa acts as if it no longer exists, and she makes no attempt to look for it. Based on this information, you can infer that Teresa is in Piaget’s

Four-years-old Karen can’t remember anything of the first few months of her life.This is best explained by the fact that:

The unhealthy environment:

Healthy environment and training:

Heredity:

In development an important role is played by:

The individuals possessing limited abilities:

Better development can only be ensured by:

Development is:

Every step of personality development is:

Which aspect of development is most important:

The pace of development of different aspects is:

Which aspect female development becomes faster after 10 years of age:

The subject individual differences has widened the scope of:

The individual differences are seen in the:

The individual differences refers to:

The individual differences are:

The knowledge of individual differences is essential so that

In order to improve the learning processes:

In the same family, there may be:

The hereditary differences are also called:

Environment refers to all those circumstances:

The differences in aptitude occur because of:

The physical differences are:

Which of the following features is not concerned with physical:

According to Erikson, trust is to______as identity is to______.

Adolescence extend from:

A child who knows how to tie shoelaces would probably find it relatively easy to learn how to tie a bow. Piaget would call this thinking process

Maturation refers to:

The 23rd chromosome determines the sex of the child.A male pattern is

Primary sex characteristics are to_______as secondary sex characteristics are to_______.

Dementia is most commonly associated with:

Girls who mature_______and boys who mature________seem to experience more subjective distress and emotional difficulties with the transition to adolescence.

Sixteen-year-old Foster wants to spend a few years experimenting with different lifestyles and careers before he settles on who and want he wants to be foster’s behavior illustrates the identity status of:

Compared to mothers, fathers spend more time

When parents around the world use a short, sharp rhythm, they are

Which of the following must clearly demonstrates the existence of emotional attachment?

The grasping rooting, and sucking reflexes of infants are best described as

According to Chomsky, humans have a________to develop language.

______is an example of a congenital problem.

Which reflex probably helps prevent falling?

A child is largely nonverbal, is learning to coordinate purposeful movements with sense information, and is developing the concept of object permanence. The child is in Piaget’s_____stage.

Newborn children:

Physical growth and development is called

Substances capable of causing birth defects are known as

Piaget is mainly known for studying:

Cephalocaudal means:

Each cell possesses 46______that are responsible for all the genetic information passed from parents to children.

If an infant is startled by a loud sound, it makes movement similar to an embrance. This is called a______reflex.

Babies will imitate actions they see when mothers show joy or interest because of:

A child has learned to get his or her way with a younger sibling by using physical intimidation. If her or she uses the same tactics on peers, this demonstrates

Most human characteristics are the result of many genes working in combination. This is referred to as

Jamil and Qasim are identical twins,reared in different homes after their birth, due to the death of their parents. They are nineteen years of age and have personalities that differ sharply from each other. The reason of this difference in personality is most likely due to

Dr.Jamshed wants to see if person’s IQ changes as they get older. To do this he takes three groups of subjects. Group i is made up of 10 years olds, and Group III of 25 years olds. Dr.Jamshed tests all three groups of their IQ level. The design of this experiment is called

Two characteristics of authoritarian parents are that they demonstrate:

Alzheimer’s disease involves a deterioration of neurons that produce:

Junaid’s mother has light hair and O blood type (both are recessive. His father has dark curly hair (both dark and curly are dominant). In addition , Junaid’s father has O blood type. From this information alone, we can say for sure that junaid has:

Tanvir is a graduate student who is studying identity formation. He selects a group of 5-year-olds, agroup of 10-years-olds, and a group of 15-year-olds, and a group of 15-year-olds, and interviews each group asking them what they plan to be when they finish school. In this example, Tanvir is using:

Javaid is a graduate student who is studying the way in which selective attention develops during the preadolescent years. He selected a group of 10-years-olds, and he assesses their selective attention every six months over a two-year period. In this example, Javaid is using:

The symptoms of fetal alcohol syndrome are most likely to include:

The corrupt behavior of many ordinary people who served as Nazi concentration camp guards best illustrates that immorality often results from:

The stage of prenatal development during which the developing organism is most vulnerable to injury is the:

The cephalocaudal trend in the motor development of children can be described simply as a:

Developmental norms:

When the development of the same subjects is studied over a period of time, the study is called a:

The quality of infant-caregiver attachment depends:

During the second year of life, toddlers begin to take some personal responsibility for feeding, dressing, and bathing themselves in an attempt to establish what Erikson calls a sense of:

Five-year-old David watches as you pour water from a short, wide glass into a tall, narrow one. He says there is now more water than before. This response demonstrates that:

Which of the following is not one of the criticisms of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development?

If a child’s primary reason for not drawing pictures on the living room wall with crayons is avoid the punishment that would inevitably follow this behavior, she would be said to be at which level of moral development?

The child is very egocentric during which of Piaget’s stages?

An on going study of 1100 children in 10 American cities has found that those who had spent the most time in day care facilities had:

The ability to learn a new computer software program is to be______as knowledge of state capitals is to______.

Mariam is blond with blue eyes and curly hair. She also has A blood type and dark skin.This is a description of Mariam’s

Habituation refers to the:

Authoritivate parents are likely to have children who:

After living together for a year, Surriya and Fahim have decided to marry.Research on premarital cohabitation most strongly suggests that:

The Russian psychologist Vygotsky suggested their children’s ability to solve problems is enhanced by:

Despite huge legal costs and social disapproval, Mr. Lambers refuses to pay Income taxes because his conscience will not allow him to support a government that spends billion of dollars on military weapons. Mr. Lambers’ reasoning best illustrate Kohiberg’s______stage.

Those who believe emotions are inherited or inborn say that the infant begins with the emotion of:

Yasmin has decided to try a different restaurant. Instead of going to McDonalds like she usually does, she decides to go to KFC: Yasmin figures the two places are similar. According to Piaget, to Yasmin this new experience is an example of:

Instead of happily exploring the attractive toys located in the prediatrician’s waiting room, little Saima most clearly shows sign of:

Fetal alcohol syndrome is most serve if the mother drinks during which period of pregnancy?

When something touches the newborn’s cheek the infant will turn toward it. This is known as the_______reflex.

The visual cliff experiment was design to test:

The area of the brain which undergoes the greatest change from puberty into young adulthood is the

Which process is at work when a toddler learns to use a sippy cup when all he knew before was a bottle?

All of the following stages in Piaget’s cognitive development EXCEPT:

The mile stone in the concrete operational stage is that children master:

Sally has trouble solving for X in her Algebra class.She can’t quite grasp the idea of:

Which type of intelligence seems to decline with age?

At about age two children begin to use two word sentences. This is known as_____speech.

All of the following are Erikson’s stages EXCEPT

Menopause refers to:

When placed in strange situations without their artificial mothers, Harlow’s infant monkeys demonstrated signs of:

The prenatal period refers to

During the course of successful prenatal development, a human organism begins as a(n):

According to Kohiberg, morality based on the avoidance of punishment and the attainment of concrete rewards represents a(n)______morality.

The onset of puberty

Critics of Kohlberg’s theory of moral development have suggested that postconventional morality is more characteristic of_______than of______.

Five-year-olds who were surprised to discover that a Blind-Aids box contained pencils subequently delighted in anticipating their friend’s false belief about the contents of the box. This best illustrates that the children had developed a(n):

When you go over to visit your friend’s new baby, your friend exclaims, “Watch this! Every time I touch his cheek he turns his mouth towards my finger!” Because you’ve taken psychology, you know that this phenomenon is called the______reflex.

Children’s thought processes are particularly egocentric during which Piagetian stage?

Development is continuous process which ranges from conception to:

Development is formal study of changes

Study of development is useful for the:

Development is a formal study of those changes which take place due to:

Which of the following trait is not associated with development:

Development cause different changes:

Development causes:

Growth refers to:

Maturation refers to that stage of the development when organism:

The ‘quantitive changes’ of body are called:

In the development of child, a significant role is played by:

Environment helps man to:

An individual is the product of:

The surroundings of the individual are called his:

Physically handicapped children are:

Physically week children are:

If the physical differences are of intensive nature,then:

The children having Intelligence Quotient of 140 or more are called:

The IQ of mentally backward children is less than:

The intelligent students:

The dull students:

Heredity refers to those traits which are transmitted to the children:

Gens are the units mainly associated with:

Which of the following human traits are hereditary:

Heredity cells are_______by environment:

The Law “similar things give rise to similar things” is called law of:

According to Law of recurrence, direction of human development is:

Effects of environment are such factors of change in individual which leave impression on a fertilized cell:

The significant effects of environment are manifested:

Learning of culture language is a Process associated with

“Give me a child and I will move him as you desire” this was said by:

If the teacher focuses the intelligent students while teaching:

A teacher should:

The emotionally disturbed children:

In order to maintain emotional health of the children:

If children are allowed to choose subjects according to their aptitude:

In order to make education useful for all the children:

The education process is mainly affected by

The children requiring more attention are those who:

The gifted children:

Effective teaching requires the:

Output of various body organs and change in their mutual interaction is called:

Heredity refers to all those traits whom a child acquires from:

The number of chromosomes in human being is

Although women perform about______of all housework, about_____of wives characterize their household division of labor as unfair.

Males have been found to differ slightly from females in three well-documented areas of mental abilities. Which of the following is not one of these?

Research suggests that males exhibit____________than females and that females have a________than males.

The age at which most people show a particular level of physical or mental development is known as the:

At the moment of conception, when a male’s sperm fertilizes the female’s egg’ the single cell that is formed is called the:

Thomas has achieved a capacity for closeness and commitment to others. Erikson would say he has successfully navigated the stage of:

Which of the following is NOT one of the Ainsworth’s categories of attachment?

According to Erikson, a major conflict in the first year of life is that between