SPMM questions (basic + human development)

Question 1

What is latent learning?

Answer 1

Learning that occurs with no apparent reinforcement or reward

Question 2

What is discriminative learning?

Answer 2

The ability to respond differently to different stimuli - i.e. in speech therapy for selective mutism the child may only speak with the therapist initially

Question 3

Fixed ratio operant conditioning leads to the highest rate of…

Answer 3

Responding

Question 4

What is pluralistic ignorance?

Answer 4

When individuals privately reject a norm but go along with it because they assume most others accept it

Question 5

Who coined the term illness behaviour?

Answer 5

David Mechanic

Question 6

When does attachment peak and when does stranger anxiety occur?

Answer 6

Attachment peaks 12-18 months. Clear cut attachment period is 6-24 months

Stranger anxiety - 8 months

Question 7

When does comprehension of syntax occur?

Answer 7

36 months

Question 8

When is accurate acuity of vision established in a child?

Answer 8

6 months

At birth the child can track and scan objects
At 1 months the child can differentiate faces
At 2 months prefers 3D rather than 2D face representations
At 4 months child has colour vision and accomodation

Question 9

In the pendulum test subjects are tasked to work out what governs swinging on a piece of string (height, drop etc.) - what stage of development does this test for?

Answer 9

Formal operational