REGIS COLLEGE PSYCH 643 WEEK 3 QUIZ
2026 PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
COMPREHENSIVE ANSWER EXPLANATIONS
◉ Accommodation. Answer: adapting our current understandings
(schemas) to incorporate new information
◉ Object Performance. Answer: the awareness that objects continue
to exist even when not perceived
◉ Preoperational Stage. Answer: in piagets theory, the stage (from
about 2-6/7) during which a child learns to use language but does
not yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic
◉ Postconventional. Answer: Postconventional level is the third and
final level of Kohlberg's moral development taxonomy where
individuals enter the highest level of morale development. People
who have reached this stage of development are concerned with the
innate rights of humans and guided by their own ethical principles
◉ Concrete Operational Stage. Answer: In pPiagets theory, the stage
of cognitive development (from about 7 -11) during which children
gain the mental operations that enable them to think logically about
concrete events
, ◉ Formal Operational Stage. Answer: (normally beginnign aroung
age 12) during which people begin to think logically about abstract
thinking
◉ Lev Vygotsky. Answer: Lev Vygotsky was an early 20th century
developmental psychologist who developed a sociocultural theory of
child development designed to account for the influence of culture
on a child's growth and development.
◉ Attachment. Answer: an emotional tie with another person:
showon in young children by thier seeking closeness to the caregiver
and showing distress on separation
◉ Imprinting. Answer: the process by which certain animals form
strong attachments during early life
◉ Basic Trust. Answer: according to Erik Erikson, a sense that the
world is predictable and trustworthy; said to be formed during
infancy by appropriate experiences with responsive caregivers
◉ Adolescence. Answer: the transition period from childhood to
adulthood, extending from puberty to independence
2026 PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
COMPREHENSIVE ANSWER EXPLANATIONS
◉ Accommodation. Answer: adapting our current understandings
(schemas) to incorporate new information
◉ Object Performance. Answer: the awareness that objects continue
to exist even when not perceived
◉ Preoperational Stage. Answer: in piagets theory, the stage (from
about 2-6/7) during which a child learns to use language but does
not yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic
◉ Postconventional. Answer: Postconventional level is the third and
final level of Kohlberg's moral development taxonomy where
individuals enter the highest level of morale development. People
who have reached this stage of development are concerned with the
innate rights of humans and guided by their own ethical principles
◉ Concrete Operational Stage. Answer: In pPiagets theory, the stage
of cognitive development (from about 7 -11) during which children
gain the mental operations that enable them to think logically about
concrete events
, ◉ Formal Operational Stage. Answer: (normally beginnign aroung
age 12) during which people begin to think logically about abstract
thinking
◉ Lev Vygotsky. Answer: Lev Vygotsky was an early 20th century
developmental psychologist who developed a sociocultural theory of
child development designed to account for the influence of culture
on a child's growth and development.
◉ Attachment. Answer: an emotional tie with another person:
showon in young children by thier seeking closeness to the caregiver
and showing distress on separation
◉ Imprinting. Answer: the process by which certain animals form
strong attachments during early life
◉ Basic Trust. Answer: according to Erik Erikson, a sense that the
world is predictable and trustworthy; said to be formed during
infancy by appropriate experiences with responsive caregivers
◉ Adolescence. Answer: the transition period from childhood to
adulthood, extending from puberty to independence
