CHILD DEVELOPMENT QUIZ 8 (DARRELL MEECE
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Question:
1. This is a a perspective on learning that focuses on changes in individuals' observable
behaviors—changes in what people say or do.
Answer:
Behaviorism
Question:
2. Respondent Conditioning is sometimes called
Answer:
Classical Conditioning
Question:
3. In respondent conditioning, the disappearance of a link between the conditioned stimulus and the
conditioned response is known as
Answer:
Extinction
Question:
4. A desire or tendency to direct attention and energy in a particular way that originates from the child
himself or herself is called
Answer:
intrinsic motivation
Question:
5. In the first of Piaget's infant sub-stages, babies:
Answer:
begin to gain control over their reflexes.
Question:
6. A baby babbles to herself again and again. A mother, listening in, wonders about this phenomenon.
What can you tell her about this behavior?
Answer:
The baby is engaging in a primary circular reaction. This is an early example of a behavior that is playfully
repeated because it causes an interesting result.
Question:
7. Object permanence is a(n):
Answer:
awareness that objects still exist when they can no longer be seen.
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Question:
1. This is a a perspective on learning that focuses on changes in individuals' observable
behaviors—changes in what people say or do.
Answer:
Behaviorism
Question:
2. Respondent Conditioning is sometimes called
Answer:
Classical Conditioning
Question:
3. In respondent conditioning, the disappearance of a link between the conditioned stimulus and the
conditioned response is known as
Answer:
Extinction
Question:
4. A desire or tendency to direct attention and energy in a particular way that originates from the child
himself or herself is called
Answer:
intrinsic motivation
Question:
5. In the first of Piaget's infant sub-stages, babies:
Answer:
begin to gain control over their reflexes.
Question:
6. A baby babbles to herself again and again. A mother, listening in, wonders about this phenomenon.
What can you tell her about this behavior?
Answer:
The baby is engaging in a primary circular reaction. This is an early example of a behavior that is playfully
repeated because it causes an interesting result.
Question:
7. Object permanence is a(n):
Answer:
awareness that objects still exist when they can no longer be seen.
