Developmental Psychology and Cognitive Processes Quiz

Test your knowledge on cognitive processes with questions about Piaget's stages, Kohlberg's moral development, and psychosocial theory.

#1

Which stage of Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development occurs during infancy?

Formal operational stage
Concrete operational stage
Sensorimotor stage
Preoperational stage
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#2

What is the term for the mental framework that helps organize and interpret information?

Schema
Hypothesis
Prototype
Algorithm
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#3

In Piaget's theory, what is the term for the ability to understand that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be perceived?

Egocentrism
Conservation
Object permanence
Reversibility
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#4

What is the term for the mental process by which new experiences are interpreted in terms of existing schemas?

Accommodation
Equilibration
Assimilation
Adaptation
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#5

Which term describes the phenomenon where an infant exhibits distress when separated from their primary caregiver?

Social referencing
Attachment
Separation anxiety
Secure base
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#6

Who proposed the stages of moral development, including preconventional, conventional, and postconventional levels?

Erik Erikson
Jean Piaget
Lawrence Kohlberg
Lev Vygotsky
#7

Who proposed the theory of socio-cultural development, emphasizing the role of social interaction in cognitive development?

Albert Bandura
Jean Piaget
Lev Vygotsky
Lawrence Kohlberg
#8

Which term refers to the mental process of receiving, processing, storing, and retrieving information?

Cognition
Conception
Conditioning
Circulation
#9

Who is known for his theory of psychosocial development, which includes eight stages from infancy to old age?

Erik Erikson
Sigmund Freud
Carl Jung
Abraham Maslow
#10

What term describes the mental process of assimilating new information into existing schemas?

Accommodation
Equilibration
Adaptation
Assimilation
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#11

Who proposed the zone of proximal development (ZPD) as the range of tasks that a child can perform with the help of a more knowledgeable other?

Jean Piaget
Lev Vygotsky
Albert Bandura
Erik Erikson
#12

What is the term for the mental shortcut or rule of thumb that simplifies decision making?

Prototype
Heuristic
Schema
Algorithm
#13

According to Lawrence Kohlberg, what is the highest level of moral development characterized by internalized ethical principles?

Conventional morality
Preconventional morality
Postconventional morality
Unconventional morality
#14

Which psychologist proposed the concept of the 'self-schema,' a cognitive structure representing a person's beliefs and feelings about themselves?

Erik Erikson
Carl Rogers
George Kelly
Hazel Markus
#15

What term describes the phenomenon where individuals tend to overestimate the influence of internal factors and underestimate the impact of external factors when analyzing others' behavior?

Fundamental attribution error
Self-serving bias
Actor-observer bias
False consensus effect
#16

Who introduced the concept of 'selective attention,' suggesting that individuals filter information based on relevance and importance?

Donald Broadbent
George Miller
William James
Herbert Simon
#17

What is the term for the cognitive process of mentally representing and manipulating information, such as images and concepts?

Metacognition
Mental imagery
Working memory
Executive function

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