Learning based on associating a stimulus that does not ordinarily elicit a response with another stimulus that does elicit the response is called

Learning based on association of behavior with its consequences is called

Which of the following is Piaget's stage of cognitive development during infancy?

The sensorimotor stage of Piaget’s cognitive theory of development includes what age group?

Infants learn about themselves and their world through their developing sensory and motor activity in which stage of Piaget's theory of cognitive development?  

What is the term used to describe the mutual interactions with adults that help shape children’s activities?

Baby Kevin is presented with a bright red rattle. After several seconds of looking at the rattle, he loses interest.  Kevin is then presented with a bright green rattle and his attention returns to a high level.  What term describes Kevin’s loss of interest in the red rattle?

According to Noam Chomsky's theory, what do children have that enables them to infer linguistic rules from the language they hear?

The study of the basic mechanics of learning and how behavior changes in response to experience is of interest to developmental psychologists who take which theoretical approach to human development?

The goals of psychometric testing are to measure the factors that make up intelligence and the results of that measurement, 

Goodness of fit describes the match between a person’s temperament and his or her

What is a relatively stable individual difference suggested by research, perhaps because it is largely inborn and strongly influenced by genetics?

The classic, laboratory-based technique designed to assess attachment patterns between an infant and an adult is called 

Erik Erikson argued that our first challenge as babies involves the issue of

The stage of developing trust begins in infancy and continues until about

Babies with which type of attachment are flexible and resilient in the face of stress?  

What is the process by which infant and caregiver can communicate emotional states to each other and respond appropriately?

Attachment theory was developed by

If a baby feels comfortable as long as his or her mother is around, then he or she would be described by Ainsworth as being

Eric Erikson’s second crisis, which begins at eighteen months of age and ends at about three years of age, is called

Talking aloud to oneself with no intent to communicate with others is called 

What is a phoneme?

You are opening a daycare center and want to help develop fine motor skills in children. Which of the following would be a good aide?

Paul attempted to draw shapes. One shape gave him a hard time, namely, a triangle. This shape has sharper corners and connections, which could require greater skills in which area?

Bradley is four years old.  He performs a conservation task. Bradley has difficulty completing the task because he is in which Piagetian stage of cognitive development?

What is a morpheme?

Five-year-old Seth was just presented with a conservation-of-liquid task. After agreeing that both glasses have the same amount of liquid and then the liquid from one glass is poured into a taller glass, when asked if both glasses now contain the same amount of water, or if one contains more, Seth is likely to say, 

Putting information into a mental folder for filing in our memory is called

A gap between what a child is already able to do and what he or she is not quite ready to accomplish alone is called 

When a child is able to speak while intending the words to be understood by a listener, he or she is showing an aspect of

Frank is having a great time repeatedly bouncing a ball down the sidewalk.  Frank is taking part in which type of play?  

Children’s play environments are affected by what adults set up for them, the frequency of their play, and the form of their play, which are all related to what type of values?

Ignoring, isolating, or showing dislike for a child is best called the 

The pioneering research of which researcher was BEST known for studying various parenting styles in families?

A parenting style with an emphasis on control and unquestioning obedience is called 

Without being told, Fran has noticed that her friend Katie needs her blue crayon and she shares it readily in an act of

Mitchell does not wish to hurt his brother, John, but he pushes John to get the toy tractor John is playing with in their backyard.  Mitchell is demonstrating what type of aggression?

Physical or verbal aggression that is openly directed at a target is called 

Which of the following types of child maltreatment occurs most often?

Which type of child maltreatment is characterized by a failure to provide for the child's basic needs?

Which of the following is not a feature of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder?

Andrew loves to line up all of his cars and trucks by size.  Andrew has accomplished an understanding of the concept of

Mimi recognizes her brain has the capacity to allow her to memorize her multiplication tables.  Mimi is demonstrating the use of  

A school program for gifted children that deepens the learned knowledge and skills with extra classroom activities is called 

Linda loves the outdoors. She is interested in different types of plants and flowers and also likes digging for fossils and old artifacts.  Linda is most likely strong in which type of intelligence?

Terry often gets lost when walking around the neighborhood.  Terry does not understand how to use a map and often confuses north with south.  Terry is probably weak in which type of intelligence?

Leslie is people smart.  She is good at reading the feelings and emotions of others and can predict other people's intentions.  According to Howard Gardner, for which occupation is Leslie well suited?

Tina believes she can master her schoolwork and enjoys her learning.  She demonstrates high

Playing baseball would be an example of which type of play?  

A main criterion for giftedness is a high general intelligence, which is shown by an IQ score of