Developmental norms:

A. can be used to make extremely precise predictions about the age at which an individual child will reach various developmental milestones
B. indicate the maximum age at which a child can reach a particular developmental milestone, and still be considered “normal.”
C. indicate the average age at which individuals reach various developmental milestones
D. involve both a and b

Related Mcqs:

Norms are influenced by __________?
A. The surrounding culture
B. The surrounding sub-culture
C. The context of the situation
D. All of the above
E. None of these
Norms can best be described as _________________________?
A. standard and expectations shared by the members of a society
B. rules of law
C. statistically normal behavior
D. universal rules of conduct
Once norms are established in a group they tend to perpetuate themselves. This is known as_________?
A. Social norming
B. Norm perpetuation
C. Compliance manifestation
D. Norm crystallization
Which one of the following correctly defines the concept of social norms?
A. The patterns of behaviour that are considered ideal and satisfy the actor
B. Cultural meanings assigned to a particular action independently of the wishes
C. Shared expectations of behaviour that connote what is considered socially desirable and appropriate
D. some define ideals about what is wrong and what is right
What happens during the assimilation stage of Allport’s phases of norms?
A. details of the story are emphasized
B. The story is shortened or reduced
C. The story become distorted
D. all of the above
Significant alternation over time in behavior patterns and culture, including norms and value is called:
A. Social mobility
B. Social change
C. Control theory
D. None of these
Developmental Psychology studies _________?
A. Personality
B. Motivation
C. Intelligence
D. Various stages of development of man
Kohlberg’s moral developmental stages are closely related to __________________?
A. Freud’s psychosexual stages
B. Erikson’s psychosexual stages
C. Piaget’s cognitive developmental stages
D. Dollard and Miller’s learning stages
According to Erikson’s developmental theory, the maturity stage deals with which of the following crises?
A. initiative vs. guilt
B. autonomy vs. doubt
C. integrity vs. despair
D. intimacy vs. isolation
The type of study construction in which different subjects at different developmental levels are compared is a _____________?
A. longitudinal study
B. cross-sectional study
C. field study
D. group construction