Practice Questions DEP
1. When Maria touches the palm of her newborn´s hand with her finger, the baby closes
its fingers around it. What reflex does the newborn show?
a. Moro reflex
b. Rooting reflex
c. Grasping reflex
d. Touching reflex
2. Which of the following applies to rational learning?
a. The infant has no expectations before learning and is passive during the
learning process
b. The infant has expectations before learning and is active during the learning
process
c. The infant has no expectations before learning and is active during the learning
process
d. The infant has expectations before learning and is passive during the learning
process
3. Children usually avoid unfamiliar foods. Why is that?
a. Food neophobia: unfamiliar foods are resisted to avoid eating poisonous or
rotten food
b. Food intimidation: unfamiliar food and the new flavors that go along with it
intimidate children
c. Food fear: children fear foods and the new flavors that go along with it
d. Food danger: children know that unfamiliar foods can be dangerous
4. The genetic material an individual inherits is called:
a. Genotype
b. Genome
c. Genetic material
d. Phenotype
5. Kate and Julie are monozygotic twins. Whereas Kate is a very shy person, Julie is
rather extrovert and likes attention a lot, unlike her identical twin sister. What relation
explains this?
a. Child´s Environment – Child´s Genotype
b. Child´s Phenotype – Child´s Environment
c. Child´s Epigenetics – Child´s Phenotype
d. None of the above
, 6. The process by which neurons form synapses with other neurons which results in
trillions of connections is called:
a. Synaptic pruning
b. Neurogenesis
c. Synapse Elimination
d. Synaptogenesis
7. A college student learns a new computer program, what continuity stage does this
represent?
a. Assimilation
b. Accommodation
c. Equilibrium
d. Advanced equilibrium
8. The tendency for children to reach for hidden objects where they were last found
rather than in a new location (where it was hidden) occurs in what phase of cognitive
development?
a. A-not-B error
b. Sensorimotor stage
c. Concrete operational stage
d. Formal operational stage
9. When Sara´s Dad starts to look around in a room, the infant follows his looks and
looks at the same things her Dad does. This is related to…
a. Joint attention: allows children to evaluate the competence of others and
whether they should imitate them
b. Intersubjectivity: effective communication is related to understanding what the
other person is looking at
c. Deferred imitation: repetition of other´s behavior a substantial time after it
originally occurred
d. None of the above
10. Smiles that are directed at people and emerge around the 3rd month of life are
a. An indicator of happiness
b. Genuine smiles
c. Social smiles
d. An indicator of joy
11. When 5-year old Justin steals a book from his preschool library, he starts feeling
guilty. What type of emotion does he experience?
a. Conscious emotion
b. Unconscious emotion
1. When Maria touches the palm of her newborn´s hand with her finger, the baby closes
its fingers around it. What reflex does the newborn show?
a. Moro reflex
b. Rooting reflex
c. Grasping reflex
d. Touching reflex
2. Which of the following applies to rational learning?
a. The infant has no expectations before learning and is passive during the
learning process
b. The infant has expectations before learning and is active during the learning
process
c. The infant has no expectations before learning and is active during the learning
process
d. The infant has expectations before learning and is passive during the learning
process
3. Children usually avoid unfamiliar foods. Why is that?
a. Food neophobia: unfamiliar foods are resisted to avoid eating poisonous or
rotten food
b. Food intimidation: unfamiliar food and the new flavors that go along with it
intimidate children
c. Food fear: children fear foods and the new flavors that go along with it
d. Food danger: children know that unfamiliar foods can be dangerous
4. The genetic material an individual inherits is called:
a. Genotype
b. Genome
c. Genetic material
d. Phenotype
5. Kate and Julie are monozygotic twins. Whereas Kate is a very shy person, Julie is
rather extrovert and likes attention a lot, unlike her identical twin sister. What relation
explains this?
a. Child´s Environment – Child´s Genotype
b. Child´s Phenotype – Child´s Environment
c. Child´s Epigenetics – Child´s Phenotype
d. None of the above
, 6. The process by which neurons form synapses with other neurons which results in
trillions of connections is called:
a. Synaptic pruning
b. Neurogenesis
c. Synapse Elimination
d. Synaptogenesis
7. A college student learns a new computer program, what continuity stage does this
represent?
a. Assimilation
b. Accommodation
c. Equilibrium
d. Advanced equilibrium
8. The tendency for children to reach for hidden objects where they were last found
rather than in a new location (where it was hidden) occurs in what phase of cognitive
development?
a. A-not-B error
b. Sensorimotor stage
c. Concrete operational stage
d. Formal operational stage
9. When Sara´s Dad starts to look around in a room, the infant follows his looks and
looks at the same things her Dad does. This is related to…
a. Joint attention: allows children to evaluate the competence of others and
whether they should imitate them
b. Intersubjectivity: effective communication is related to understanding what the
other person is looking at
c. Deferred imitation: repetition of other´s behavior a substantial time after it
originally occurred
d. None of the above
10. Smiles that are directed at people and emerge around the 3rd month of life are
a. An indicator of happiness
b. Genuine smiles
c. Social smiles
d. An indicator of joy
11. When 5-year old Justin steals a book from his preschool library, he starts feeling
guilty. What type of emotion does he experience?
a. Conscious emotion
b. Unconscious emotion
