In order to understand that a ball of clay can take a different shape without either losing or gaining substance, which of Piaget’s stages must the child have reached?

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

A change in the structure of a gene that leads to minor of major changes in an organism’s physical constitution is ____________?

A. Mitosis
B. Meiosis
C. Parthenogenesis
D. Mutation

The process of interpreting new information in terms of existing schema is termed _______________?

A. Assimilation
B. Ideation
C. Conservation
D. Accommodation

Anoxia is ________________?

A. A disease of the blood cells
B. Hyperventilation
C. Interruption of the oxygen supply to brain
D. An oversupply of oxygen to the brain

According to Erikson’s developmental theory, the maturity stage deals with which of the following crises?

A. Initiative vs. guilt
B. Autonomy vs. doubt
C. Integrity vs. despair
D. Intimacy vs. isolation

The palmar reflex, present in neonates, refers to which behavior?

A. Sucking
B. Startle response
C. Hand grasping
D. Head turning

Erikson proposed that trust or mistrust develops during the ____________?

A. Muscular-anal stage
B. Latency stage
C. Oral-sensory stage
D. Maturity stage

According to Roger Brown and other psycholinguistic researchers, children refine the way they apply grammatical rules through ______________?

A. Positive reinforcement from caregivers
B. Positive conditioning from caregivers
C. Experience and self-correction
D. Memorizing of what others say

Stimulation of the cheek will cause a newborn to begin making sucking responses. This illustrates the __________ reflex?

A. Perkinjie
B. Korsakoff
C. Startle
D. Rooting

Which of the following choice is not characteristic of infantile autism?

A. Language problem
B. Brain lesions
C. Bizarre behavior
D. Extreme aloneness