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Child Development Test - 11

Description: Child Psychology Test - 11
Number of Questions: 25
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Tags: Child Psychology Test - 11 Learning and Pedagogy Motivation and Learning Child Development Child Development and Pedagogy Social World & Children
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Operant conditioning was studied by

  1. Pavlov

  2. Maslow

  3. Freud

  4. Skinner


Correct Option: D

Advertisers often try to use higher order conditioning by

  1. pairing images that evoke good feelings with pictures of their products

  2. sounding loud tones at key points in the advertisement

  3. reducing fear or anxiety as they repeatedly show the same commercial

  4. associating the unconditioned stimulus with a cognitive response


Correct Option: A

A neutral stimulus is the one that

  1. leads to an increase of the UR

  2. leads to a decrease of the UR

  3. depends on the size of the UR

  4. does not evoke the UR


Correct Option: D

Which of the following might serve as a secondary reinforcer?

  1. Sex

  2. Grades

  3. Food

  4. A pain-relieving drug


Correct Option: B

For conditioning to occur, the proper order of events is

  1. US-UR-CR

  2. CS-CR-UR

  3. CS-US-UR

  4. UR-US-CR


Correct Option: C

Which of the following is a goal of the therapeutic use of sensory deprivation?

  1. Decompression of the ventricular system

  2. Experiencing relaxation and reducing stress

  3. Producing delusions

  4. Producing hallucinations


Correct Option: B

Infants sleep

  1. in 6-8 hour blocks of time

  2. 12 hours a day

  3. in 2-4 hour blocks of time

  4. in totally irregular patterns


Correct Option: C

Confusion, disorientation, delusions and hallucinations are characteristic of

  1. micro sleeps

  2. circadian rhythms

  3. sleep deprivation psychosis

  4. sleep narcosis


Correct Option: C

According to Erikson, failure to resolve the tasks of middle adulthood leads to a sense of __________ involving a concern for one's own needs and comforts only.

  1. apathy

  2. self-absorption

  3. despair

  4. stagnation


Correct Option: D

Information processed below the normal level of awareness is called

  1. adaptiveness

  2. subnormal

  3. psychophysical

  4. subliminal


Correct Option: D

Watching out of the corner of your eye, often important in sports activities and driving, is called

  1. tunnel vision

  2. peripheral vision

  3. astigmatism

  4. feature detection


Correct Option: B

Different thresholds

  1. occur when we can first detect some stimulus

  2. occur when we can detect the change in the intensity of a stimulus

  3. depend on the energy necessary to stimulate a sensory receptor

  4. are measured in Judgmental Normal Differences


Correct Option: B

In order for a frog's visual "bug-detector" to work, the bug must be

  1. colored

  2. coming closer to the frog

  3. stationary

  4. moving


Correct Option: D

A visual defect known as astigmatism is the result of

  1. an eyeball that is too short

  2. an eyeball that is too long

  3. an abnormal distribution of visual receptors in the retina

  4. a misshapen cornea or lens


Correct Option: D

Moderate self-disclosure typically leads to

  1. competence matching

  2. rejection

  3. romantic attraction

  4. reciprocity


Correct Option: D

Aggression is best defined as

  1. hostility

  2. anger

  3. any action carried out with the intent of harming another person

  4. none of these


Correct Option: C

A person who agrees to a small request initially is more likely to comply with a larger demand later. This describes the

  1. door-in-the-face-effect

  2. foot-in-the-door effect

  3. low-ball technique

  4. high-ball technique


Correct Option: B

With regard to the effects of TV on children, we can conclude that

  1. TV has little effect on the behaviour of children

  2. TV only increases aggressive behaviour in children

  3. TV only increases prosocial behaviour in children

  4. the amount of watching TV may be related to aggressive behaviour later in life


Correct Option: D

The process of changing your behaviour to match the behaviour of others in a group is known as

  1. norming

  2. forming a social contract

  3. conformity

  4. standardization


Correct Option: C

The real danger of "groupthink" is that it

  1. is contagious

  2. occurs in cohesive groups

  3. disrupts coordinated efforts at group problem solving

  4. leads to a suspension of critical thinking


Correct Option: D

Lack of bowel control in children is known as

  1. enuresis

  2. analism

  3. encopresis

  4. anorexia nervosa


Correct Option: C

Which one of the following is likely to be a common mistake made by many concerned parents?

  1. Deliberately creating high levels of stress for their child

  2. Unintentionally creating high levels of stress for their child

  3. Attempting to protect their children from all stress

  4. Unintentionally rewarding their children for creating stress


Correct Option: C

Someone who is hungry may show

  1. an increase in dreams about food and eating

  2. a decrease in dreams about food and eating

  3. no particular increase in dreams about food and eating

  4. no increase in food symbols in their dreams


Correct Option: A

The pain-killing effects of acupuncture may be related to

  1. sensory adaptation

  2. stabilization of physiological nystagmus

  3. the triggering of perceptual defense systems

  4. release of endorphins


Correct Option: D

According to __________, we face a specific psychosocial dilemma at each stage of life.

  1. James Coleman

  2. Lawrence Kohlberg

  3. Erik Erikson

  4. Sigmund Freud


Correct Option: C
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