1. The infant’s understanding of the world is:

1. practical, intuitive, emotional, and social
2. practical, intuitive, emotional but not social
3. practical, intuitive but not emotional or social
4. practical, but not intuitive, emotional, or social

2. Which of these is behavior that is organized and directed towards a goal, according to Piaget?

1. a reflex
2. a primary circular reaction
3. a secondary circular reaction
4. a coordinated secondary circular reaction

3. What kind of schema does this illustrate? Jacqueline tries to grasp a cigarette case which I present to her. I then slide it between the crossed strings which attach her dolls to the hood. She looks in front of her, grasps the strings, pulls and shakes them, etc. The cigarette case then falls and she grasps it.

1. a reflex
2. a primary circular reaction
3. a secondary circular reaction
4. a coordinated secondary circular reaction

4. A psychologist who insists that infants as young as 4 months are able to form mental representations is likely to be working within which theoretical framework?

1. genetic
2. behaviorist
3. cognitivist
4. constructivist
5. cultural

5. System 1 is ____ while System 2 is ____.

1. automatic and unconscious: deliberate and aware
2. deliberate and aware; automatic and unconscious
3. automatic and deliberate; unconscious and aware
4. automatic and aware; unconscious and deliberate

6. The style of caregiving that values and encourages hierarchy, obedience, and respect in the child is called:

1. the proximal style
2. the distal style
3. the independent style
4. the social style

7. Face-to-face interaction between caregiver and infant is more common in which parenting style?

1. the proximal style
2. the distal style
3. the independent style
4. the social style

8. Which parenting style is associated with the appearance of social smiling around 2 months of age?

1. the proximal style
2. the distal style
3. the independent style
4. the social style

9. Dynamic field theory proposes that embodied knowledge:

1. is not important in children’s development
2. is important only during the first few months of life
3. is important only during the first two years of life
4. is important throughout life

10. In dual systems theory, the rapid, intuitive and unconscious mode of reasoning is called:

1. System 1
2. System 2
3. Dynamic Field theory
4. Dual systems

11. The various functions in System 2 share what characteristic?

1. they are fast and intuitive
2. they require focused attention
3. they are unconscious
4. they are reflexive

12. Which theoretical perspective views the infant’s understanding as a practical, intuitive, emotional, and social grasp of social spaces and times?

1. Piaget’s constructivism
2. the cognitive developmental perspective
3. the cultural perspective
4. dual systems theory