1. The stage of development that lasts from approximately the 8th week after conception until birth is the:

fetal stage
embryonic stage
preoperational stage
zygotic stage

2. In a famous study of infant visual perception, Frantz (1961) found that infants preferred to look at:

complex auditory stimuli
simple visual stimuli
moving stimuli
complex visual stimuli

3. When an infant has its cheek stroked, the infant will turn its head toward the side that is being stroked, and begin to suckle, thus increasing the infant's chance of obtaining the mother's nipple. This response is known as the _____ reflex.

Rooting
Moro
Plantar
Babinski

4. In her famous body of work on attachment, Mary Ainsworth found that the majority of infants demonstrated _______ attachment when tested with her strange situation test.

secure
avoidant
anxious-avoidant
ambivalent

5. The process of creating a new scheme or changing an existing scheme to make room for a new situation or experience is known as:

assimilation
readiness to learn
accommodation
maturation

6. In his research on cognitive development, Jean Piaget found that if a child knew that the amount of liquid in two containers were the same regardless of the shape of the containers (e.g., if one was short and fat; the other was tall and thin, but they both had the same amount of liquid in them), then the child accomplished the cognitive task of:

egocentrism
conservation
object permanence
decentering

7. Which one of the following is NOT a function offered by hospices when a person is dying?

provide medical care
provide psychological care
provide counseling for the dying person's family
provide financial assistance with family expenses

8. According to Piaget, the stage of development that occurs in conjunction with adolescence, and is marked by the new found ability to use abstract reasoning and solve problems through hypothesis testing, is known as the:

concrete operational stage
formal operational stage
preoperational stage
pubescent stage

9. According to the ______ theory, young people learn about and acquire their gender roles through a process of observing and imitation at both cognitive and behavioral levels.

social-learning
psychosexual
psychoanalytic
cognitive

10. My parents always set guidelines and made me live my life following certain rules. In addition to setting life rules, they also always showed me warmth and affection, thus making me feel loved and supported. This type of parenting style is known as _____:

authoritarian
authoritative
restrictive
permissive

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