PSYC 290 Quiz 3
Multiple-Choice Questions
Note: This quiz covers material learned in Chapters 11 and 12. Select the best answer for each of the
following questions.
Question 1
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What does the proximodistal trend in physical development suggest about infants’ control over their
bodies?
Select one:
a. Shoulders and arms will be under control before hands and fingers.
b. Hips and legs will be under control before shoulders and arms.
c. Shoulders and arms will be under control before hips and legs.
d. Hands and fingers will be under control before shoulders and arms.
Feedback
REF: p. 497
The correct answer is: Shoulders and arms will be under control before hands and fingers.
Question 2
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A child sees his mother crying and brings her his own favourite teddy bear to comfort her. What is this
child demonstrating about his cognitive development?
Select one:
a. animism
b. egocentrism
c. centration
, d. irreversibility
Feedback
REF: p. 507
The correct answer is: egocentrism
Question 3
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Byron is planning to ask his parents if he can borrow their car on Friday night. He is thinking about all the
possible reasons they might bring up for not letting him use the car and thinking of a logical reply to
each of these possible objections. Based on Piaget’s model of cognitive development, what do Byron’s
thought processes illustrate?
Select one:
a. the use of concrete operational thought
b. post-conventional reasoning
c. egocentric reasoning
d. the use of formal operational thought
Feedback
REF: p. 508
The correct answer is: the use of formal operational thought
Question 4
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Sixteen-year-old Krystal thought that all she needed to do to earn an “A” was to show up for class and
pay attention, like she had in middle school. In her first year of high school, she got Cs in all her classes
because she didn’t study enough. Which Piagetian process would allow Krystal to change her
understanding of what is needed to succeed in school?
Select one:
a. accommodation
Multiple-Choice Questions
Note: This quiz covers material learned in Chapters 11 and 12. Select the best answer for each of the
following questions.
Question 1
Question text
3
What does the proximodistal trend in physical development suggest about infants’ control over their
bodies?
Select one:
a. Shoulders and arms will be under control before hands and fingers.
b. Hips and legs will be under control before shoulders and arms.
c. Shoulders and arms will be under control before hips and legs.
d. Hands and fingers will be under control before shoulders and arms.
Feedback
REF: p. 497
The correct answer is: Shoulders and arms will be under control before hands and fingers.
Question 2
Question text
3
A child sees his mother crying and brings her his own favourite teddy bear to comfort her. What is this
child demonstrating about his cognitive development?
Select one:
a. animism
b. egocentrism
c. centration
, d. irreversibility
Feedback
REF: p. 507
The correct answer is: egocentrism
Question 3
Question text
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Byron is planning to ask his parents if he can borrow their car on Friday night. He is thinking about all the
possible reasons they might bring up for not letting him use the car and thinking of a logical reply to
each of these possible objections. Based on Piaget’s model of cognitive development, what do Byron’s
thought processes illustrate?
Select one:
a. the use of concrete operational thought
b. post-conventional reasoning
c. egocentric reasoning
d. the use of formal operational thought
Feedback
REF: p. 508
The correct answer is: the use of formal operational thought
Question 4
Question text
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Sixteen-year-old Krystal thought that all she needed to do to earn an “A” was to show up for class and
pay attention, like she had in middle school. In her first year of high school, she got Cs in all her classes
because she didn’t study enough. Which Piagetian process would allow Krystal to change her
understanding of what is needed to succeed in school?
Select one:
a. accommodation
