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Development & Learning

These AP Psychology Unit 3 practice questions dive into how people grow, adapt, and learn over time. In this unit, you’ll examine developmental stages across the lifespan, explore theories of cognitive and social development, and analyze key learning processes like conditioning and observational learning. Focus on connecting major theorists, real-world behaviors, and patterns that shape human development.

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1. Question

Although 3-year-old Austin happily explores the colorful toys located in the doctor’s office’s waiting room, he periodically returns to his mother’s side for brief moments. Austin is most clearly displaying what?

2. Question

“I don’t care whether you want to cut the grass, you will do so, because I said so!” This statement is most indicative of what type of parenting style?

3. Question

The process of developing a sense of identity during adolescence was highlighted by what developmental theory?

4. Question

What is the last stage of a human fertilized egg?

5. Question

Which of the following is not one of Piaget’s stages of cognitive development?

6. Question

In what level of morality might a person have an internal set of values that may conflict with societal values?

7. Question

Which of the following is most likely to be influenced by a culture’s social clock?

8. Question

A second-grader develops the idea that all teachers are female because she only encounters female teachers. This idea is an example of what psychological concept?

9. Question

Which stage is considered the critical period during prenatal development?

10. Question

Experiments show that infants register the strongest preference for which one of the following visual stimuli?

11. Question

Which play pattern is most prevalent among toddlers?

12. Question

Theories of human development have been most criticized for placing too much emphasis on what?

13. Question

In which of the following ways did Erikson’s stage theory differ from Freud’s?

14. Question

Jacqueline has no meaningful occupational goals and has switched college majors several times. Erikson would have suggested that Jacqueline lacks:

15. Question

From the perspective of Erik Erikson, why are life stages important?

16. Question

Cody, a 9-month-old, has learned that his Daddy has two legs, glasses, and is losing his hair. One day at the grocery stores, while passing a bald man with glasses, Cody says, “Daddy!” This is a case of:

17. Question

A newborn demonstrates the Babinski reflex. You would expect to see:

18. Question

Blinking in response to a puff of air directed to your eye is a(n):

19. Question

Maddie gets a speeding ticket, and as a result her parents take her car away for two weeks. This is an example of what type of consequence?

20. Question

What is an example of a secondary reinforcer?

21. Question

Leah is interested in helping her daughter learn manners. Each time her daughter says something that is close to being polite, she reinforces her. Eventually, her daughter should learn good manners. What term is explained by this process?

22. Question

Which of the following is an example of a fixed-interval reinforcement schedule?

23. Question

A laboratory rat is placed in a chamber where a warning light turns on five seconds before an electric shock is delivered. If the rat presses a lever while the light is on, the shock is prevented. This behavioral pattern is an example of:

24. Question

25. Question

Which is most true of punishment?

26. Question

What is the basis of Thorndike’s Law of Effect?

27. Question

In signal-detection research, occasionally a subject will report detecting a signal even in the signal’s absence. What is this called?

28. Question

The conditioned stimulus (CS) gets its meaning from its association with the:

29. Question

A gambler’s addiction is a result of what reinforcement schedule?

30. Question

When an animal receives a punishment but learns that pressing a button will eliminate the punishment, escape learning takes place. However, after repeated attempts if there is no response that will turn off the shock, the situation is best described as what?

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AP Psychology Unit 3 Practice Test:
Development & Learning