Development is continuous process which ranges from conception to:

Related Mcqs:

1. Development, as applied to the various areas of behavior, is characteristic of human nature from conception throughout:

   A. Experience
   B. Life
   C. Development period
   D. Situation to situation

2. At the moment of conception, when a male’s sperm fertilizes the female’s egg’ the single cell that is formed is called the:

   A. Blastula
   B. Embryo
   C. Fetus
   D. Zygote

3. In psychology, the correct conception of motivation was first described in terms of instinctive behavior. On whose theory was this concept largely based?

   A. Hume
   B. Descartes
   C. Darwin
   D. James

4. Which of the following abnormalities is most likely related to the mother’s condition at the time of conception?

   A. oxygen deprivation during prenatal development
   B. fetal alcohol syndrome
   C. Down’s syndrome
   D. prenatal smoking

5. The tendency to perceive continuous patterns in stimuli is known as _________________?

   A. good continuation
   B. closure
   C. proximity
   D. None of these

6. A disorder characterized by continuous tension and occasional anxiety attacks in which persons think they are going insane or are about to die is called a:

   A. panic disorder
   B. phobia
   C. depressive psychosis
   D. hysterical reaction

7. The light around the movie marquee flashed on-and-off in succession However, Jamil did not perceive them as separate lights flashing, but instead saw a continuous band of light moving around the edge of the marquee. Jamil’s perception illustrates:

   A. Feature detection.
   B. Bottom-up processing
   C. Pre-attentive processing
   D. The phi phenomenon

8. According to Tuckman’s five stage model of group development, which stage refers to the period of development when people struggle with each other over leadership and group definition?

   A. Performing
   B. Storming
   C. Forming
   D. Adjourning

9. Which of the following statements relating to the stages in Freud’s psychogenetic model of development matches up with Freud’s suggestions?Which of the following statements relating to the stages in Freud’s psychogenetic model of development matches up with Freud’s suggestions?

   A. At an early oral stage children usually start to explore their environment but experience control and discipline from their parents
   B. Fixation at the anal stage results in children deriving pleasure in adulthood from activities such as overeating, smoking, drinking and kissing
   C. At the genital stage children discover pleasure from touching their genitals
   D. During the latency period sexual impulses are rechanneled into activities such as sport, learning and social activities

10. According to Tuckman’s five stage model of group development, which stage refers to the period of development when people struggle with each other over leadership and group definition?

    A. Performing
    B. Storming
    C. Forming
    D. Adjourning