Psychology Chapter 3 Study questions NAME______
Section 1
1. Define developmental Psychology.
2. Explain and define rooting reflex
3. Explain and define grasping reflex.
4. Using the chart on page 64, point out the stages of Physical and Motor development. Why is it necessary to note that these changes are not “exact?”
5. Examine Perceptual Development theories and give an example of experiments associated with it.
6. With the scientific research noted, how do animals use language?
7. Explain the steps children acquire language noting telegraphic speech, babbling, and word usage.
8. Look at the Chart on 68. Explain the “progression” of language skills.
Section 2
1. What is Cognitive development and which psychologist did research on it?
2. Explain the difference between accomodation and assimilation.
3. Define and give examples of Object permanence and representational thought.
4. Explain Piaget’s conservation experiment.
5. Explain and give benchmarks (indicators) for each of Piaget’s stages of Cognitive development theory.
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6. Explain Lorenz imprinting experiments.
7. What did Harry Harlow determine about emotional attachment in his surrogate mother experiment.
8. What from Harlow’s experiment can be transferred to human conditioning?
Section 3
1. Explain the three types of parenting styles and determine which one suits your family.
2. Note the section on page 79-80 under effects. Is this information accurate or not and why.
3. What do you think has caused a rise in child abuse cases?
4. Explain the term socialization in relation to the development of a child.
5. Explain and give examples of Freud’s Psycho-sexual theory.
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6. Explain and give examples of Erikson’s Psycho-social theory
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7. What is significant about the games children play?
8. What are the stages of Kohlberg’s Moral development theory? Give definitions and examples.
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