Unit 6: Developmental Psychology

According to Piaget, a child who cannot yet understand that the quantity of liquid remains the same when poured into a differently shaped glass is in which stage?

Harlow's research with infant monkeys and surrogate mothers demonstrated that:

In Erikson's psychosocial theory, the crisis of adolescence is:

Object permanence develops during which of Piaget's stages?

According to Kohlberg's theory, a person at the conventional level of moral reasoning:

Which type of attachment, identified by Mary Ainsworth, is characterized by a child showing distress when the caregiver leaves and easily being comforted upon return?

Teratogens are:

Vygotsky's concept of the zone of proximal development (ZPD) refers to:

Which characteristic is typical of the formal operational stage in Piaget's theory?

Cross-sectional studies of aging differ from longitudinal studies in that cross-sectional studies:

According to Piaget, a child in the concrete operational stage (ages 7-11) can:

Mary Ainsworth's "Strange Situation" experiment identified different types of:

According to Erikson, the primary psychosocial conflict during adolescence is:

At Kohlberg's preconventional level, moral reasoning is based on:

Teratogens are harmful agents that can cause birth defects during:

Twin studies are used in psychology primarily to:

Vygotsky's zone of proximal development (ZPD) refers to:

Crystallized intelligence is best described as:

Thomas and Chess identified three types of infant temperament:

According to Baumrind, authoritative parents are characterized by: