Q. Physical growth and development is called
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
maturation.
Developmental Psychology 2 MCQs and Notes
Q. If touched on the cheek, neonates will turn their head in that direction. This is called the
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
rooting reflex.
Q. Newborn children
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
can follow a moving object with their eyes.
Q. A child is largely nonverbal, is learning to coordinate purposeful movements with sense information, and is developing the concept of object permanence. The child is in Piaget's stage.
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
sensorimotor
Q. Which reflex probably helps prevent falling?
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
grasping reflex
Q. During the formal operations stage, children begin to
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
think in terms of abstract principles and hypothetical possibilities.
Q. The grasping, rooting, and sucking reflexes of infants are best described as
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
adaptive reflexes.
Q. Which represents the correct order of Piaget's stages of intellectual development?
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
Q. The process of developing a sense of identity during adolescence was highlighted by
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
Erikson\s psychosocial development theory
Q. Which of Piaget’s stages is associated with adolescence?
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
Formal operational