Quiz 6: Development

• development of theory of mind forms the basis of lying in children in the pre operational stage
• children in sensorimotor stage enjoy playing peek-a-boo with their guardians because they have not developed an understanding for object permanence
• children in concrete operational stage prefer hands-on learning over abstract learning
• children in formal operational stage are able to apply abstract thinking and logical reasoning to their everyday lives
• Sally-Anne test


  Sally put a ball in the basket and leaves, Anne puts the ball in the box, where will Sally look for the ball?
• which psychological viewpoint does the result of Harlow's monkeys experiment contradict?

  opposes Freudian and behaviorist view that food (and other forms of reinforcement) form the foundation for the development of infant-caregiver attachment
• habituation paradigm


  infant is presented with a stimulus until they become habituated (stop paying attention to it); infant is presented with a second stimulus to see if they can discriminate between the two
• infant looks at the second stimulus for the same amount of time if


  they are not surprised
• infant looks at the second stimulus for a longer amount of time if


  they are surprised