Liam is learning the values, behaviors, and roles of his culture. In other words, Liam is experiencing
a. direct instruction.
b. counterimitation.
c. authoritative parenting.
d. socialization.
Question 2What is the correct order of Piaget's stages of development?
a. Sensorimotor, concrete operational, preoperational, formal operational
b. Preoperational, formal operational, concrete operational, sensorimotor
c. Sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
d. Preoperational, sensorimotor, formal operational, concrete operational
Question 3Brandon's developmental psychology teacher believes human development is best conceptualized as progressing discontinuously through several qualitatively different stages of thinking. His instructor is likely a(n)
a. Piagetian.
b. social learning theorist.
c. ecological theorist.
d. behaviorist.
Question 4Whose theory of development is best exemplified by the idea that children construct their own knowledge and this constructed knowledge changes with age/experience?
a. Piaget
b. Bronfenbrenner
c. Erikson
d. Skinner
Question 5Social cognitive theory and operant conditioning are similar in that they both
a. view the individual as an active processor of information.
b. believe that experience is important in determining behavior.
c. place a greater emphasis on nature than on nurture.
d. stress discontinuity.
Question 6Dr. Sefky says: Sure, reinforcement and punishment are important, but how people interpret reinforcement and punishment is even more important.. Given this statement, Dr. Sefky's view is most likely to agree with
a. operant conditioning.
b. social cognitive theory.
c. psychosocial theory.
d. psychodynamic theory.