Experiments demonstrate that infants register strongest preference for which of the following visual stimuli?

A. Plain, solid colors
B. Bright colors
C. Likenesses of human faces
D. Likenesses of animals and pets

One boy has brown eyes. His twin brother has blue eyes. This information enables a person to conclude that the two ______________?

A. Are identical twins
B. Are fraternal twins
C. Are monozygotic
D. Have blue-eyed parents

Piaget’s concept of scheme is ___________________?

A. A mental representation of some aspect of external world
B. A mental blueprint for an organized pattern of action
C. A deliberate plan of action
D. A set of relaxed experiences

Who would comment that environment is of central importance?

A. Wundt
B. Dewey
C. Darwin
D. Watson

What is a continuing function of heredity after birth?

A. Transduction
B. Maturation
C. Learning
D. Habituation

In Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, internalizing of action schemes is the major task of the______________ stage?

A. Sensorimotor
B. Preoperational
C. Formal operational
D. Concrete-operational

Kohlberg’s moral developmental stages are closely related to __________________?

A. Freud’s psychosexual stages
B. Erikson’s psychosexual stages
C. Piaget’s cognitive developmental stages
D. Dollard and miller’s learning stages

Humans normally have 46 chromosomes. A person born with an extra 21st chromosome (47 in all) would have ______________?

A. Turner’s syndrome
B. Kleinfelter’s syndrome
C. Down’s syndrome
D. Pickwickian’s syndrome

Fertilization of human eggs normally takes place in the ______________?

A. Uterus
B. Ovaries
C. Cervix
D. Fallopian tubes

The stage of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development occurs during adolescence and refers to the ability to reason about abstract concepts and principles and evaluate issues in the broader social environment?

A. Formal-operational
B. Concrete-operational
C. Sensorimotor
D. Preoperational