Multiple Choice Questions:

1. "According to Piaget, assimilation involves"

a. Changing a scheme as a result of new information taken in.

b. Deriving generalizable schemes from specific experiences.

c. Being shaped by the environment.

d. Taking in an event or experience and making it part of a scheme.

e. An inborn need to put things in order.

2. Frank has an IQ of 97. He would be classified as

a. Learning disabled.

b. Gifted.

c. Mentally retarded.

d. Average.

e. Superior.

3. What part of the brain becomes the focus of developmental processes during the 10-to-12-year-old neurological growth spurt?

a. Medulla

b. Midbrain

c. Frontal lobes

d. Parietal lobes

e. Brainstem

4. The ecological perspective in developmental psychology

a. Uses evolutionary theory to explain inborn patterns of behaviors.

b. Emphasizes teaching children about protection of the natural environment.

c. Looks at the context in which the child grows up.

d. Applies theories of animal behavior to understanding human behavior.

e. Was first suggested by Hall.