PSYCH 100 EXAMS SCRIPT 2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Karla understands her world by grasping, sucking, and physically handling objects in
her path. Karla is in Piaget's ________ stage of development.
Answers:
a. sensorimotor
b. preoperational
c. concrete operational
d. formal operational - ✔✔Sensorimotor
✔✔Sarah has developed a sucking scheme as a way of understanding objects around
her. Sarah's behavior of sucking on a harmonica to make music is an example of
Answers:
a. accommodation.
b. assimilation.
c. equilibration.
d. conservation. - ✔✔Assimilation
✔✔Harlow's study of infant rhesus monkeys showed that
Answers:
a. surrogate mothers who were cold to the touch but provided food and water produced
the strongest attachment responses.
b. surrogate mothers who were soft to the touch but did not provide food and water
produced the strongest attachment responses.
c. early imprinting led to the strongest attachments of monkeys to their surrogate
mothers.
d. surrogate mothers who were inconsistent in providing food and water produced the
weakest attachment responses. - ✔✔surrogate mothers who were soft to the touch but
did not provide food and water produced the strongest attachment responses.
✔✔Ken is able to perform mathematical operations only if he can use real objects and
familiar examples in working up his answers. Ken is in Piaget's ________ stage.
Answers:
a. sensorimotor
b. preoperational
c. concrete operational
d. formal operational - ✔✔concrete operational
✔✔Psychologist Mary Ainsworth developed the __________ test in order to assess the
different types of attachment that might exist between a child and his or her primary
caregiver.
Answers:
a. separation-reunification
b. separation
, c. strange situation
d. attachment schema - ✔✔Strange situation
✔✔Elizabeth is nursing her newborn daughter, and holds the baby up to her breast. As
the breast strokes the child's cheek, the child turns her head toward the breast, finds her
mother's nipple, and begins to feed. This is a demonstration of the __________ reflex.
Answers:
a. rooting
b. suckling
c. Moro
d. grasping - ✔✔Rooting
✔✔Young Eli, only a bit over 18 months of age, has been fooled by his parents. In order
to get him to willingly take a children's chewable vitamin every day, his parents have
taught him that it is a "candy." Now, whenever Eli sees any product that is small and
brightly colored, he says "Candy! YUMMM" and tries to put it into his mouth. Eli's
attempt to make new stimuli consistent with his existing mental structures is an example
of __________.
Answers:
a. centration
b. egocentrism
c. accommodation
d. assimilation - ✔✔Assimilation
✔✔At five years old, Sammy is better able to understand his friends' feelings as
compared to when he was three years old. Sammy is acquiring a
a.
theory of mind.
b.
self-concept.
c.
sense of identity.
d.
sense of self-reflection. - ✔✔Theory of Mind
✔✔Xiao is gathering research on the number of meals people eat. He gathers data
about the number of daily meals eaten by 25 people at each of the following ages - 10,
20, 30, 40, 50, 60, and 70 years - over the course of one week, and looks for
developmental differences. What type of research design is Xiao using?
Answers:
a. Continuous
b. Cross-sectional
c. Sequential
d. Longitudinal - ✔✔Cross-Sectional
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Karla understands her world by grasping, sucking, and physically handling objects in
her path. Karla is in Piaget's ________ stage of development.
Answers:
a. sensorimotor
b. preoperational
c. concrete operational
d. formal operational - ✔✔Sensorimotor
✔✔Sarah has developed a sucking scheme as a way of understanding objects around
her. Sarah's behavior of sucking on a harmonica to make music is an example of
Answers:
a. accommodation.
b. assimilation.
c. equilibration.
d. conservation. - ✔✔Assimilation
✔✔Harlow's study of infant rhesus monkeys showed that
Answers:
a. surrogate mothers who were cold to the touch but provided food and water produced
the strongest attachment responses.
b. surrogate mothers who were soft to the touch but did not provide food and water
produced the strongest attachment responses.
c. early imprinting led to the strongest attachments of monkeys to their surrogate
mothers.
d. surrogate mothers who were inconsistent in providing food and water produced the
weakest attachment responses. - ✔✔surrogate mothers who were soft to the touch but
did not provide food and water produced the strongest attachment responses.
✔✔Ken is able to perform mathematical operations only if he can use real objects and
familiar examples in working up his answers. Ken is in Piaget's ________ stage.
Answers:
a. sensorimotor
b. preoperational
c. concrete operational
d. formal operational - ✔✔concrete operational
✔✔Psychologist Mary Ainsworth developed the __________ test in order to assess the
different types of attachment that might exist between a child and his or her primary
caregiver.
Answers:
a. separation-reunification
b. separation
, c. strange situation
d. attachment schema - ✔✔Strange situation
✔✔Elizabeth is nursing her newborn daughter, and holds the baby up to her breast. As
the breast strokes the child's cheek, the child turns her head toward the breast, finds her
mother's nipple, and begins to feed. This is a demonstration of the __________ reflex.
Answers:
a. rooting
b. suckling
c. Moro
d. grasping - ✔✔Rooting
✔✔Young Eli, only a bit over 18 months of age, has been fooled by his parents. In order
to get him to willingly take a children's chewable vitamin every day, his parents have
taught him that it is a "candy." Now, whenever Eli sees any product that is small and
brightly colored, he says "Candy! YUMMM" and tries to put it into his mouth. Eli's
attempt to make new stimuli consistent with his existing mental structures is an example
of __________.
Answers:
a. centration
b. egocentrism
c. accommodation
d. assimilation - ✔✔Assimilation
✔✔At five years old, Sammy is better able to understand his friends' feelings as
compared to when he was three years old. Sammy is acquiring a
a.
theory of mind.
b.
self-concept.
c.
sense of identity.
d.
sense of self-reflection. - ✔✔Theory of Mind
✔✔Xiao is gathering research on the number of meals people eat. He gathers data
about the number of daily meals eaten by 25 people at each of the following ages - 10,
20, 30, 40, 50, 60, and 70 years - over the course of one week, and looks for
developmental differences. What type of research design is Xiao using?
Answers:
a. Continuous
b. Cross-sectional
c. Sequential
d. Longitudinal - ✔✔Cross-Sectional
