Developmental Psychology: Key Concepts and Cognitive Milestones

Cognitive and Social Development Milestones

Theory of Mind and Perspectivism

According to studies, the approach to theory of mind allows for perspectivism: (C) The preoperational child identifies beliefs and desires in others.

Infant Perception

The fact that the human face is a highly attractive stimulus for the baby indicates that: (B) It possesses brightness, color, sound, and movement qualities that attract the infant most.

Knowledge Construction

"Only the action of the baby can build their knowledge of the world?": (C) No, because the infant also has capabilities to view and interact with objects and people.

Formal Thought and Reality

Indicate the correct choice: (A) The understanding of reality from explanatory hypotheses, rather than only perceptual data, is acquired at the stage of formal thought.

Adolescent Implicit Theory

In relation to the construction of knowledge in adolescence, features of previous ideas or implicit theories include: (C) They are resistant to change.

Formal Intelligence Characteristics

Characteristic of formal intelligence (False): (C) The process of analyzing inductive empirical reality.

Understanding Mental States

Regarding the understanding of mental states of others, an 8-year-old child (False): (C) Can develop recursive thoughts.

Piagetian Formal Thought

According to Piaget, which characteristic appears in formal thought: (C) A logical system for thinking about relations between things based on assumptions.

Social Perspectivism

In the development of social perspectivism, as in the classic studies of Selman: (B) At 6 years old, children can represent the views of two people but not simultaneously.

Moral Development Stages

When one understands that social rules may conflict with universal moral principles, we are talking about the stage: (C) Post-conventional.

Personal Identity

In relation to the construction of personal identity: (B) Adolescence should include a new dimension of sexual identity relating to sexual behavior adapted to their society.

Prosocial Behavior

In relation to children's prosocial behavior in early childhood: (A) Children are able to help another child, but only when their own interests are not affected.

Moral Heteronomy

According to Piaget, moral heteronomy refers to: The child values their acts not according to the intention that originated them, but in conformity with established rules.