Topic Test Answers

The goodness of fit is when caregivers recognize their child’s temperament and work with it in order to raise a well-adjusted child.

A caregiver who makes few demands of one’s children and is not responsive or nurturing is displaying __________ parenting.

Which of the following occurs during the embryonic stage?

Vygotsky's theory of cognitive development best represents a stage theory of development.

Kohlberg believed that human moral development is strongly based on the fact that we all have a desire for justice and a(n) __________.

The average ages at which an individual displays certain abilities are known as __________.

Which of the following statements does not represent assumptions that stage theories share?

__________ are agents in the __________ that can reach the fetus through the mother and cause harm.

__________ is an important factor in the process of maturation because it provides a biological framework of how much one is capable of accomplishing.

Vygotsky believed that learning primarily occurred through __________.

Piaget believed that language helped foster cognitive development.

Although heredity lays down the __________ of who we are, environment helps build who we will become.

All of the following are environmental factors that affect human development except __________.

Which of the following choices is an accurate example of how the use of cultural tools is important in the development of one’s cognitive developmental process?

Read the following scenario and answer the question that follows. After watching the morning news, roommates Kelly and Rob argued about whether or not a man on trial should have been sentenced to prison for robbing goods and giving to those on welfare. Rob argued that the man should not have been convicted because he broke the law for a good cause while Kelly argued that the man should be convicted because it is against the law to steal so the man's behavior was wrong. Based on Lawrence Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning which of the following statements would Kohlberg agree with?

The __________ stage of Kohlberg’s postconventional level focuses on making judgments based on what best protects individuals.

Over the course of an individual’s life, personality is __________.

When an infant progresses from crawling to walking an advancement in the infant's __________ has occurred.

Which of the following is not an assumption of stage theories?

__________ refers to the ability of an individual to survive and reproduce, whereas __________ is any inherited characteristic that increases one’s chance of survival.