Psychology Test 1: Infancy and Childhood


Instructions: You may write on this test. Read each question carefully, and take your time. When you are done with your test, raise your hand and your test will be collected. There will be no talking allowed during the test.

1.)Based on lecture and discussion, how many stages of play are there?
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a. 1
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5


2.)If a certain student teacher were to suddenly put on a Spiderman suit and try to climb the walls, it would be safe to say he had not yet reached:
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a. the first (1st) Piagetian stage. b. the second (2nd) Piagetian stage. c. the third (3rd) stage of play. d. the first (1st) stage of play.

3.)What is the very first game for a young child?
write the correct answer below



complete the statement below...
4.)Psychology is the study of


5.)Mike was running low on money, he wanted to find a child in this stage of development and try to offer them six one dollar bills for a crisp $10.
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a. 1st Stage of play
b. 2nd Piagetian stage
c. 3rd Piagetian stage
d. 4th Piagetian stage


6.)Susan, Jenny, Natalie, LaShelle, Antwane, Andrew, Kevan and Kirk were all picked for a psychological experiment. They were taken into a room, where Mr. Culpepper and Mr. VonBerg had them watch The Brady Bunch Movie 125 times back to back. The test subjects were watched for their reactions to the movie. What kind of study was this?
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a. longitudinal study
b. comparative method study
c. latitudinal study
d. a contrasting method study


7.)The story of a certain student teacher removing all of the can food from his parents closets, caring the food around in a red wagon, and then removing the labels would be an example of behavior from someone in...
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a. stage 2 of play
b. stage 3 of play
c. stage 4 of play
d. stage 1 of play


8.)Which of the following actions would indicate that a person had entered the 3rd stage of play?
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a. Spiderman (a.k.a. Mr. C) falling off a shelf and realizing he had no special spider powers.
b. Mr. Gooch suddenly realizing wearing a hat in class was offensive to some of his fellow students.
c. Mr. Harm pretending to be a student teacher while Mr. VonBerg was 'up the mountain' and presumed 'lost'.
d. Mr. Zarndt singing the old song "That Voodo, That Only You Do".


9.)At what stage of play do children start 'social play' with other children?
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a. stage 1
b. stage 4
c. stage 3
d. stage 2


10.)Harlows' studies with monkeys relied on one basic premise:
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a. human and monkey babies behave in similar ways
b. monkeys are more fun to study than babies
c. monkey babies are smarter than human babies
d. human and monkey babies are in no way similar


11.)Some people never enter the Piagetian formal operations stage.
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a. True
b. False


12.)In Harlows' monkey study, which 'monkey' did the baby monkey cling to?
answer the question and then explain briefly why...

Why?


13.)What are the two basic branches of psychology?


14.)What Piagetian stage does this video clip represent?
a. Stage 1
b. Stage 2
b. Stage 2
c. Stage 4


15.)For Piaget, what was the key to development and growth?
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a. experiences
b. I.Q.
c. DNA
d. none of the above


16.STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
complete the following table of the Piagetian stages of development


17.)Taking a cue from Mike, Daniel decides to make some fast money and offers a eight one dollar bills to a 12 year old in return for a $10. Will Daniel make his 'fast money'?
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a. Yes
b. No


18.)List three environmental factors that can affect childhood development.





19.)List three heredity factors that can affect childhood development





20.)According to the social learning theory, how do people learn?



21.)A psychologist known only as 'C' picks Terry as a research subject. For the next 25 years, 'C' visits Terry at home giving him various psychological tests as well as interviewing his guardians. What type of study is this?





22.)Briefly explain why psychologists study babies.





23.)According to the social learning theory, if Byron watched this video clip often enough, he would want to...
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a. commit acts of violence
b. go out and help the poor
c. become a teacher
d. work for world peace


24.)What are the 4 types of daycare?






25.)Match the term with its definition. Write the letter that matches each term's definition beside the number of the term.
1. cognitive psychologya. psychological study that follows only one person
2. play behaviorb. inherited genetic factors
3. environmentc. the way of life of a group
4. social learning theoryd. people learn by observation
5. longitudinal studye. way that children first learn
f. surroundings a person lives in
g. study of the thought process


26.)What stage of play is being shown in this video clip?
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a. 1st Stage
b. 2nd Stage
c. 3rd Stage
d. 4th Stage



The following question is probably different from anything you have ever experienced, so here are the instructions: if the situation is good, circle 'yippie!' but if it is bad circle 'Oh NO!!'. Then briefly explain why the situation is either good or bad. Have fun!


27.)You are a stage 2 child. Today you just got your allowance, one little piece of paper with a '10' on it. Just as you're looking at you're lonely piece of paper, you're older sister Heather comes up to you and offers you a trade: 5 pieces of paper with a '1' on them for your one little piece of paper.

Heather is such a good sister!!
Oh NO!!
Yippie!!!


28.)You are a 3 year old child. Your father is Jean Piaget. Your daddy says he has some fun games for you to play as he takes you into his lab.
Oh No!!
Yippie!!!


29.)Essay Question...
On the left hand side of your notebook, on a clean page, write an essay on ONE of the following topics.

a. Describe your daycare experience and tell how it influenced your development. How did it help you to become the person you are.


b. Come up with a story about you in one of the stages of play. The story should be true.


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