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Chapter 3 Infancy and Childhood. Review. Process of fitting objects and experiences into your mental representation of the world. What is Assimilation?. Adjusting your conceptual framework of the world to fit newly observed events and experiences. What is Accommodation?.
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Process of fitting objects and experiences into your mental representation of the world.
Adjusting your conceptual framework of the world to fit newly observed events and experiences.
Child’s inability to understand another person’s perspective.
The process of learning the rules of behavior of one’s culture.
An infant’s response in turning toward the source of touching anywhere near his or her mouth.
The processes according to Sigmund Freud, of redirecting sexual impulses into learning tasks.
The principle that a given quantity does not change when its appearance changes.
In Harlow’s surrogate mother experiment, young monkeys chose the cloth mother out of their need for • Food • Object permanence • Imprinting • Physical contact comfort
Answer: D Physical Contact Comfort
During this stage (as described by Piaget), children develop the ability to use logical schemas. • Sensorimotor • Preoperational • Concrete operational • Formal operations
Answer: C Concrete Operational
During this stage of psychosexual development, children push sexual desires into the background and become involved in exploring the world and learning new skills.
According to Erikson, this plays an important role in human development. • Physical contact • Cognitive abilities • Social approval • stress
Answer: C What is Social Approval?
Which parenting style allows children and adolescents to participate in decisions that affect their lives?
If a child says, “Mommy, I hungry,” the child is using this type of speech.
Infants begin to form an emotional attachment to their mothers or a surrogate at __. • Birth • About 3 months • About 6 months • About 1 year
This psychologist studied the effects of imprinting on baby geese.
There is a heating duct above an infant’s head. The infant is startled in bed when the noisy heater kicks on. How will the infant most likely respond? Rooting reflex Moro reflex Babinski reflex Grasping reflex
At birth, the length of most infants is 12 to 16 inches 20 to 24 inches 18 to 22 inches Less than 12 inches
The rules for arranging language symbols to produce new meaning are called Syntax Grammar Telegraphic speech None of the above
A person’s behavior usually develops as a result of Attitudes only Heredity only Environment only Both heredity and environment