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1_PRACTICE Moodle Dev Psych Quiz

Question 1 of 9

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Compared to older babies, younger babies prefer to look a large, bolder checkerboards than checkerboards with many small squares. This is because:

Select one of the following:

  • More complex checkerboards overwhelm very young infants

  • Very young infants cannot resolve the small features in complex patterns

  • Very young infants are sensitive to the contrast in complex patterns

  • None of the above

Explanation

Question 2 of 9

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According to Piaget, when do infants demonstrate a full understanding of object permanence?

Select one of the following:

  • Once they search and find a fully hidden object

  • At 12 months of age

  • When they look more at impossible events

  • When they can pass invisible displacement tasks

  • Once they no longer make the A-not-B error

Explanation

Question 3 of 9

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According to the nativist perspective, deliberate training by parents ________ language development

Select one of the following:

  • Is unnecessary for

  • Can actually hinder

  • Is beneficial to

  • Is absolutely necessary for

  • All of the above

Explanation

Question 4 of 9

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Carroll represents the structure of intelligence as:

Select one of the following:

  • 180 unique intelligence factors organised along three dimensions

  • A pyramid with a "g" at the top, broad abilities in the second tier, and narrow abilities in the third tier

  • Eight independent intelligences that are based on distinct sets of processing operations

  • Three interacting theories: componential, experiential, and contextual

  • 50 independent 'primary mental abilities'

Explanation

Question 5 of 9

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A five-year-old girl sees a handbag being taken from a girl doll and given to a boy doll. When asked if the second doll is a boy or girl she says “a boy”. According to Cognitive Developmental Theory, what does she now understand?

Select one of the following:

  • Gender stability

  • Gender constancy

  • Gender identity

  • Gender difference

Explanation

Question 6 of 9

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An infant drops her biscuit from her high chair, just out of reach. She points to the biscuit and cries. According to Baron-Cohen, she is engaging in what type of activity?

Select one of the following:

  • Social referencing

  • Self-recognition

  • Proto-imperative pointing

  • Proto-declarative pointing

  • Emotional contagion

Explanation

Question 7 of 9

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According to Shah and Frith (1983), when asked to find an “embedded figure” (such as a triangle in the pram), people with autism:

Select one of the following:

  • Will be poorer at this task than the control group

  • Will be about the same as this task than the control group

  • Will be better at this than the control group

  • Will not be able to do this task

  • None of the above

Explanation

Question 8 of 9

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Citing behavioural genetic studies, Judith Rich Harris (1995) challenged socialisation theories of parenting, instead emphasising the role of _________ in child outcomes:

Select one of the following:

  • Genes

  • Shared environment

  • Unshared environment

  • Genes and unshared environment

  • None of the above

Explanation

Question 9 of 9

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Which of the following statements best describes two to three-year-olds’ understanding of television?

Select one of the following:

  • They understand that television is symbolic

  • They understand the difference between fantasy and reality

  • They are simply attracted to the light and sound of the television

  • They understand the motives and consequences of characters in television programmes

  • They can extract some meaning, but their ability to distinguish between fantasy and reality is weak

Explanation

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