Language
Temperament
Vaccines and other stuff
Drawing, play, and intelligence
Gender, bullying and puberty
100
A historian is looking at how humans have evolved over time. Which level of Vygotskys social constructivist approach is this?
Phylogenetic
100
An experimenter compares child behaviors that a mother ranks from most annoying to least annoying to a list of the behaviors her child displays. What is the experimenter looking at?
Goodness of fit
100
A toddler is learning how to use the bathroom on their own. Her mom got her special Princess underwear. She has an accident, her mom shakes her head and says, "The princesses are not very happy with you." What Erikson stage does this impact?
Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt
100
Jimmy draws a picture of his pet dog, Maggie. His ability to do that is based on what?
Semiotic Function
100
Grace is nine years old. She identifies as trans, but she lives in Texas, a state with laws against gender affirming care. According to Lee et al (2024), which is Grace most at risk for?
Suicide attempts
200
A German speaker is talking to an English friend and tries to explain the word Schadenfreude (the feeling of pleasure derived from another person's misfortune). The German speaker explains that because their language has a single, dedicated word for this concept, they naturally recognize, categorize, and consciously experience this specific emotional state much more readily in daily life than English speakers, who lack a single word for it.
The idea that having a specific vocabulary word shapes how a speaker perceives and conceptualizes an emotion is an example of which of the following?
The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
200
A dad thinks that his baby is not as connected to him as the baby is to the mother. The mom explains, "It's because I feed him". What theory is she following?
Cupboard theory of attachment
200
A child is present with a box labeled 'Oreos'. A researcher opens the box and shows the child that there are actually stickers inside. When asked what their friend will think is the box, the child says stickers. What has this child not yet developed?
Theory of Mind
200
What type of Hagens theory is this house? Piaget?
Affine
Visual Realism
200
Andre and his little sister Clarise are going through puberty. Andre is about 15, and most of his friends have already had increased muscle growth and testis development. Clarise is also going through puberty much later than most of her friends. What best describes the psychological effects of late puberty on Andre and Clarise, respectively?
Andre is more likely to face negative long-term psychological consequences of late puberty; Clarise is less likely to struggle or face negative long-term psychological consequences
300
An 18-month-old says "I go car", when his Dad puts him in his car seat. What is this an example of?
Telegraphic Speech
300
What is driving attachment during the pre-attachment phase?
scent
300
In a city, public health officials launch an aggressive vaccination campaign against a highly contagious respiratory virus. Over several months, 85% of the city's population successfully receives the vaccine and develops active immunity. Consequently, when an unvaccinated individual traveling from abroad enters the city while actively carrying the virus, the pathogen fails to spread through the community. What is this phenomenon called?
Heard Immunity
300
Lucy and Megan are 7 years old. They are playing a game where Lucy is acting as a teacher, and Megan is acting as a student. What form of play is this? What level of play development is this?
Dramatic play
Cooperative play
300
Timmy comes home with a black eye; he says his friend hit him with a ball by accident. He has $ 5 in his backpack that he was not sent to school with; he says he found it. His mother has noticed that he has been getting increasingly aggressive at home. What could these things be a sign of?
Timmy is bullying
400
At the supermarket, Molly, a 2-year-old, calls every kid she sees Mikey (her brothers name). What language concept is this? What would Piaget call this?
Overextension
Assimilation
400
A developmental psychologist conducts a comparative study of two groups of infants. Group A consists of infants living in an institutional "family home" where one caregiver is responsible for eight babies, strictly providing for their basic physical needs (feeding and changing) without holding, cuddling, or emotional interaction. Group B consists of infants in a prison nursery where incarcerated mothers provide direct, one-on-one care and consistent physical affection.
The researcher notes that despite receiving adequate nutrition, the infants in Group A become passive, fail to meet developmental milestones, and do not gain weight. The researcher concludes that this physical wasting and developmental delay is a result of a lack of maternal contact comfort. What is this called?
Failure to Thrive
400
This liver infection is transmitted by bodily fluids, and when it is contracted as a child, there is a 90% chance that it becomes chronic. What is this?
Hepatitis B
400
Researchers gave a test to white, African American, and Latinx children. They told some of them that it was a game and others that it was a test. The children who were African American and Latinx did worse when they were told it was a test. What is this phenomenon called?
Stereotype threat
400
The more people consume news and TV that show the world as mean and scary, the more they start to view the world this way. What is this called?
Cultivation effect
500
A researcher believed that we come with a built-in language acquisition device and that all people have a universal grasp of grammar. They also believe there is a time that is best to learn language. What is this called? What is this perspective?
Critical Period Hypothesis (Lenneberg)
Nativist Perspective
500
An 8-month-old recognizes her parents visually, but has no issue letting new people hold her. What stage of attachment is this?
Attachment in the making phase
500
A person says 'Vaccinated people can catch and spread disease just like the unvaccinated can". What is this an example of?
Neglect of Probability
500
Lucy is on her way to work. On the way, she has to go through a tunnel. As she is driving through, a truck gets stuck in the center of the tunnel because it is too tall. Lucy has never seen this before. She gets out of her car and suggests that they let the air out of the tires. What subtheory of Sternberg's Triarchic theory of intelligence is she using?
Experiential Subtheory (creative)
- Novelty of Task
500
A researcher believes that gender is developed through a combination of social learning and cognitive development. Children learn through imitation and use this information to construct gender. What theory is this?
Gender Schema Theory