Free Developmental Psychology MCQs with Answers
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- A. sensorimotor
- B. latency
- C. formal operations
- D. concrete operation
Explanation: Concrete operations, roughly ages 7 to 11, bring logical thinking about classification, number, and other concrete relationships; language…
Correct answer: concrete operation- A. formal-operational
- B. concrete-operational
- C. sensorimotor
- D. preoperational
Explanation: Formal operational thought develops during adolescence and allows reasoning about abstract ideas, hypothetical principles, and broad…
Correct answer: formal-operational- A. uterus
- B. ovaries
- C. cervix
- D. fallopian tubes
Explanation: Fertilization normally occurs in a fallopian tube, where sperm and ovum meet before the early embryo travels to the uterus for…
Correct answer: fallopian tubes- A. Turner's syndrome
- B. Kleinfelter's syndrome
- C. Down's syndrome
- D. Pickwickian's syndrome
Explanation: An extra chromosome 21 causes Down syndrome, also called trisomy 21. Turner syndrome involves a missing X chromosome, while Klinefelter…
Correct answer: Down's syndrome- A. Freud's psychosexual stages
- B. Erikson's psychosexual stages
- C. Piaget's cognitive developmental stages
- D. Dollard and Miller's learning stages
Explanation: Kohlberg extended Piaget's idea that moral reasoning develops through qualitatively different stages linked to cognitive growth.
Correct answer: Piaget's cognitive developmental stages- A. sensorimotor
- B. preoperational
- C. formal operational
- D. concrete-operational
Explanation: In the sensorimotor stage, infants gradually internalize action schemes and form mental representations from initially reflexive…
Correct answer: sensorimotor- A. transduction
- B. maturation
- C. learning
- D. habituation
Explanation: Maturation is the continuing genetically guided unfolding of abilities after birth, such as physical and nervous-system development.
Correct answer: maturation- A. a mental representation of some aspect of external world
- B. a mental blueprint for an organized pattern of action
- C. a deliberate plan of action
- D. a set of relaxed experiences
Explanation: A Piagetian scheme is an organized mental or action pattern used to understand and respond to situations, such as an infant's sucking…
Correct answer: a mental blueprint for an organized pattern of action- A. are identical twins
- B. are fraternal twins
- C. are monozygotic
- D. have blue-eyed parents
Explanation: Different eye colours strongly indicate fraternal, or dizygotic, twins in standard developmental-genetics questions because they arise…
Correct answer: are fraternal twins- A. plain, solid colors
- B. bright colors
- C. likenesses of human faces
- D. likenesses of animals and pets
Explanation: Infants show a strong early preference for face-like and especially human-face patterns, probably because faces are important for social…
Correct answer: likenesses of human faces311. That the upper part of the body develops earlier than the lower part is termed ________________?
- A. proximodorsal
- B. cephalocaudal
- C. corticodistal
- D. general to specific
Explanation: Cephalocaudal development proceeds from the head downward, so control and growth appear earlier in the upper body than in the legs and…
Correct answer: cephalocaudal- A. brain
- B. lungs
- C. heart
- D. liver
Explanation: Anoxia means a severe lack of oxygen, and the brain is especially vulnerable because neurons require a continuous oxygen supply.
Correct answer: brain- A. fertilization
- B. immunization
- C. reduction division
- D. zygotic division
Explanation: Reduction division refers to meiosis, in which the chromosome number is halved so each mature gamete receives one chromosome from every…
Correct answer: reduction division- A. to self-concept formation
- B. to sensory formation
- C. to aptitude formation
- D. to formation of secondary sexual characteristics
Explanation: The first two years provide the foundation for self-concept through bodily awareness, attachment, recognition of the self, and increasing…
Correct answer: to self-concept formation- A. a preadolescent
- B. an adolescent
- C. a young adult
- D. a middle-aged adult
Explanation: Erikson places identity versus role confusion in adolescence, when a person explores values, goals, and social roles.
Correct answer: an adolescent- A. learning
- B. environment
- C. modeling
- D. maturation
Explanation: Walking depends mainly on maturation of the nervous system, muscles, balance, and coordination rather than simply on training or…
Correct answer: maturation317. The method of study compares children at various ages simultaneously. It is the ____________ method?
- A. longitudinal
- B. clinical
- C. naturalistic
- D. cross-sectional
Explanation: A cross-sectional study compares different age groups at the same time, giving a snapshot of age-related differences.
Correct answer: cross-sectional- A. G. Stanley Hall
- B. Sigmund Freud
- C. Erik Erikson
- D. William James
Explanation: G. Stanley Hall founded the child-study movement and established developmental psychology as a distinct field, so he is commonly called…
Correct answer: G. Stanley Hall- A. Piaget - cognitive
- B. Kohlberg - physiological
- C. Freud - psychosexual
- D. Erikson - psychosocial
Explanation: Kohlberg proposed stages of moral development, not physiological development.
Correct answer: Kohlberg - physiological- A. depression
- B. exposure to radiation
- C. smoking
- D. alcoholic beverages
Explanation: Maternal smoking is strongly associated with premature birth because nicotine and carbon monoxide reduce oxygen and impair placental…
Correct answer: smoking