Which of the following categorization tasks can be performed by infants who are about 18 months old?
a. Sorting insects into butterflies and bees
b. Sorting words into nouns and verbs
c. Sorting yellow triangles and human figures into two separate groups
d. None of these
Question 2Which of the following statements is considered an assumption of psychosocial theory?
a. At every stage of life, individuals may contribute to their own development.
b. The direction of growth follows a genetically guided course that is impervious to cultural influences. c. Development is shaped largely through experiences in the first six years of life.
d. The combination of differences among cultures and individual differences make it impossible to speak of patterns of development.
Question 3One cognitive explanation for an infant's experience of separation anxiety is that the
a. baby lacks object permanence. b. baby is insecurely attached.
c. baby has not yet learned to crawl after the caregiver.
d. baby has no ability to distinguish the caregiver from a stranger.
Question 4Which of the following best describes the range of applicability of psychosocial theory?
a. Changes in unconscious processes during childhood.
b. Patterns of psychological and social change and growth over the life course. c. Habits created and sustained in adulthood.
d. Logical thinking changes from infancy through adolescence.
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