LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT 2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
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✔✔Piaget's traditional approach to cognitive development has been extended by Neo-
Piagetian theorists who consider how ________.
schemas, assimilation, and accommodation influence cognitive development
schemas, assimilation, and accommodation influence cognitive development
neural connections in the brain influence thinking and problem-solving.
neural connections in the brain influence thinking and problem-solving.
abstract logic, moral reasoning, and problem-solving capabilities develop
abstract logic, moral reasoning, and problem-solving capabilities develop
experience, culture, and interactions with others influence cognitive development -
✔✔experience, culture, and interactions with others influence cognitive development
✔✔Children who are seriously reflecting on the future, imagining what they want to be
when they grow up and planning what it might take to get there have reached Piaget's
________ stage of cognitive development.
formal operational
formal operational
preoperational
preoperational
sensorimotor
sensorimotor
concrete operational - ✔✔formal operational
✔✔When describing how difficult it is for her patients to quit smoking, a specialist in
substance abuse medicine states, "Smoking is associated with so many things, like
waking up in the morning, after a meal, on breaks at work, when getting home at work.
When my patients try to quit, everything that was associated with smoking makes them
crave a cigarette." The specialist is describing ________.
classical conditioning
classical conditioning
the law of effect
the law of effect
operant conditioning
operant conditioning
the Skinner Box
the Skinner Box - ✔✔classical conditioning
✔✔A teacher uses a kind of guided assistance to model problem-solving and provide
levels of support as needed, which enables children to understand concepts and gain
more language skills. What term would Vygotsky use to describe this?
Formal operations
Formal operations
Scaffolding
, Scaffolding
Zone of proximal development
Zone of proximal development
Information processing - ✔✔scaffolding
✔✔A therapist, whose approach to psychotherapy is based on Sigmund Freud's theory,
explains that a patient's problematic behavior is based on ________.
a classically conditioned response
a classically conditioned response
unconscious motives, fears, and anxieties
unconscious motives, fears, and anxieties
observational learning without consequences
observational learning without consequences
being stuck in the developmental task of trust vs. mistrust - ✔✔unconscious motives,
fears, and anxieties
✔✔Social cognitive theory (social learning theory) proposes that ________, whereas
Piaget's theory of cognitive development proposes that ________.
learning is universal for everyone; development follows many courses
learning is universal for everyone; development follows many courses
development is more influenced by nature than nurture; development is more influenced
by nurture than nature
development is more influenced by nature than nurture; development is more influenced
by nurture than nature
there are distinct stages of development; learning is unique to each person
there are distinct stages of development; learning is unique to each person
learning is unique to each person; there are distinct stages of development -
✔✔learning is unique to each person; there are distinct stages of development
✔✔Human service agencies that provide food, water, clothing, and shelter to people in
need are focused on helping others meet which of Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
Love and belonging
Love and belonging
Esteem
Esteem
Physiological
Physiological
Safety
Safety - ✔✔physiological
✔✔A young adult client tells her therapist how she struggles to develop and maintain
successful relationships with others. The therapist learns that the client did not develop
a strong sense of self or positive self-concept in adolescence. Erik Erikson would
suggest that we must have a strong sense of self before we can develop successful
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Piaget's traditional approach to cognitive development has been extended by Neo-
Piagetian theorists who consider how ________.
schemas, assimilation, and accommodation influence cognitive development
schemas, assimilation, and accommodation influence cognitive development
neural connections in the brain influence thinking and problem-solving.
neural connections in the brain influence thinking and problem-solving.
abstract logic, moral reasoning, and problem-solving capabilities develop
abstract logic, moral reasoning, and problem-solving capabilities develop
experience, culture, and interactions with others influence cognitive development -
✔✔experience, culture, and interactions with others influence cognitive development
✔✔Children who are seriously reflecting on the future, imagining what they want to be
when they grow up and planning what it might take to get there have reached Piaget's
________ stage of cognitive development.
formal operational
formal operational
preoperational
preoperational
sensorimotor
sensorimotor
concrete operational - ✔✔formal operational
✔✔When describing how difficult it is for her patients to quit smoking, a specialist in
substance abuse medicine states, "Smoking is associated with so many things, like
waking up in the morning, after a meal, on breaks at work, when getting home at work.
When my patients try to quit, everything that was associated with smoking makes them
crave a cigarette." The specialist is describing ________.
classical conditioning
classical conditioning
the law of effect
the law of effect
operant conditioning
operant conditioning
the Skinner Box
the Skinner Box - ✔✔classical conditioning
✔✔A teacher uses a kind of guided assistance to model problem-solving and provide
levels of support as needed, which enables children to understand concepts and gain
more language skills. What term would Vygotsky use to describe this?
Formal operations
Formal operations
Scaffolding
, Scaffolding
Zone of proximal development
Zone of proximal development
Information processing - ✔✔scaffolding
✔✔A therapist, whose approach to psychotherapy is based on Sigmund Freud's theory,
explains that a patient's problematic behavior is based on ________.
a classically conditioned response
a classically conditioned response
unconscious motives, fears, and anxieties
unconscious motives, fears, and anxieties
observational learning without consequences
observational learning without consequences
being stuck in the developmental task of trust vs. mistrust - ✔✔unconscious motives,
fears, and anxieties
✔✔Social cognitive theory (social learning theory) proposes that ________, whereas
Piaget's theory of cognitive development proposes that ________.
learning is universal for everyone; development follows many courses
learning is universal for everyone; development follows many courses
development is more influenced by nature than nurture; development is more influenced
by nurture than nature
development is more influenced by nature than nurture; development is more influenced
by nurture than nature
there are distinct stages of development; learning is unique to each person
there are distinct stages of development; learning is unique to each person
learning is unique to each person; there are distinct stages of development -
✔✔learning is unique to each person; there are distinct stages of development
✔✔Human service agencies that provide food, water, clothing, and shelter to people in
need are focused on helping others meet which of Maslow's hierarchy of needs?
Love and belonging
Love and belonging
Esteem
Esteem
Physiological
Physiological
Safety
Safety - ✔✔physiological
✔✔A young adult client tells her therapist how she struggles to develop and maintain
successful relationships with others. The therapist learns that the client did not develop
a strong sense of self or positive self-concept in adolescence. Erik Erikson would
suggest that we must have a strong sense of self before we can develop successful
