Mind your own business
Face Value
Wheel of Fortune
History Mystery
Kids on the Block
100
What are two famous tasks that are commonly used in order to test children's understanding of the Theory of Mind?
Sally-Anne task, Smarties task
100
What fictional creatures have some gamers been found to have a specialized region in their visual cortex for, which is activated when they view one of these creatures?
Pokemon
100
Name one experimental method that allows us to study infant cognition.
e.g., looking time measures, brain imaging, preferential looking
100
So-called "refrigerator mothers" were blamed for what condition that their kids had?
Autism Spectrum Disorders
100
Name one way in which having siblings can be an advantage.
Companionship, taking responsibility (for older siblings), being helped (for younger siblings), emotional support and comfort, better Theory of Mind, etc.
200
Name one reason why young kids may be bad at thinking about others' minds.
Cognitive maturation, not understanding the mental language used in the tasks, having a lower working memory capacity
200
Around roughly what age do infants lose the ability to recognize faces of other species and other-race humans?
~9 months
200
According to attachment research, what attachment style makes you more likely to be addicted to your phone?
Fearful/Anxious/Ambivalent
200
Which European country's orphanages did some developmental psychology studies in the 90s focus on, due to the severe neglect that the children there had undergone?
Romania
200
According to the sociometric techniques that are used to classify children's popularity among their peers, what features characterize a child categorized as "controversial?"
They are both liked and disliked by a notable number of peers.
300
Name at least two non-human animals who have been shown to have a Theory of Mind.
Chimps, rhesus monkeys, birds (Western scrub jays)
300
What is the name of the phenomenon that refers to seeing illusory faces on objects?
Pareidolia
300
What is the parenting style characterized by low levels of responsiveness and high levels of demandingness?
Controlling or authoritarian parenting
300
What is the name of the famous psychologist who used to conduct operant conditioning experiments on pigeons and is known as the "father of behaviorism?"
B.F. Skinner
300
Name at least one crazy phenomenon that researchers have investigated to see if it was related to being an only child.
Swallowing coins and ending up in the ER, having eating disorders, having asthma, having warts...
400
What is the name given to the bias that explains why we think our behaviors are externally motivated, while others' behaviors are internally motivated?
Fundamental Attribution Error
400
What is the name of the condition the sufferers of which have severe trouble recognizing faces at all?
Prosopagnosia
400
Name one difference that has been observed between the child-rearing practices of gay vs. straight parents.
Gay parents share child-rearing responsibilities in a more egalitarian way, their kids engage in less gender-typed play, etc.
400
What is the name of the experimental set-up that was developed by Mary Ainsworth and that is used to find out what a child's attachment style is?
Strange Situation
400
What is the Zone of Proximal Development?
It is the "sweet spot" that lies between what an individual can do and what they cannot do, it is the range of skills that are within the reach of the child to acquire with the proper "scaffolding."
500
In what relatively newly emerging sign language was the relationship of mental state verbs to mental state reasoning investigated?
Nicaraguan Sign Language
500
Did you see this face in Tuesday's class?
Nope, you didn't.
500
Name a language that makes a phonemic distinction between two sounds that are perceived as the same in English.
e.g., Korean or Thai distinguish between [p] and [ph]
500
What is the name of the Russian researcher who came up with the concept of Zone of Proximal Development?
Lev Vygotsky
500
In what way do peers contribute to a child's development in a way that a child's own siblings can't?
There is no birth order, so relationships among peers are in flux and negotiable. Also, a child who is the youngest child at home can experiment with having an "older child" role thanks to slightly younger peers, or vice versa.