Question 1

Which most bothered Schachtel?&#10;A) the way adults label things for children&#10;B) adults' failure to explain things to children&#10;C) adult failures to teach children the ways of society&#10;D) excessive adult indulgence of childhood curiosity

Accepted Answer

Schachtel was bothered by the way adults label things for children because he believed it limits children's thinking and imagination. He felt that children should be allowed to explore and discover the world on their own terms, without being confined by adult labels and categories.

Question 2

According to Schachtel, the autocentric senses include&#10;A) smell and vision&#10;B) hearing and vision&#10;C) smell and taste&#10;D) hearing and touch

Accepted Answer

Schachtel categorized the senses into autocentric and allocentric. Autocentric senses, which include smell and taste, are inwardly directed and contribute to the individual's internal experiences.

Question 3

Like Rousseau, Schachtel&#10;A) offered a detailed plan for educating the child&#10;B) took a dim view of the well-socialized adult&#10;C) wrote at length about the forces underlying development&#10;D) said reason develops more slowly than we usually think

Accepted Answer

Schachtel, like Rousseau, was critical of the effects of socialization on adults, suggesting that it can limit creativity and authenticity.

Question 4

In Schachtel's view, the child from 1 to 5 years approaches the world&#10;A) through conventional categories&#10;B) largely through taste and touch&#10;C) through the autocentric senses&#10;D) with openness

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

According to the text, research suggests childhood amnesia&#10;A) really exists&#10;B) isn't well documented&#10;C) is valid prior to the age of 2 years&#10;D) is still just a tentative hypothesis

Accepted Answer

The text states that "research suggests" childhood amnesia exists, indicating that there is evidence to support its validity.

Question 6

Schachtel proposed that infantile amnesia primarily occurs&#10;A) because we cannot classify preverbal experiences&#10;B) because we repress sexual and aggressive memories&#10;C) because we repress sexual but not necessarily aggressive fantasies&#10;D) because of differences between long-term and short-term memory

Accepted Answer

Schachtel proposed that infantile amnesia primarily occurs because we cannot classify preverbal experiences. Memories before the development of language are more difficult to recall because they cannot be put into words and categorized like later memories.

Question 7

Compared to most developmental psychologists, Schachtel was more&#10;A) maturational&#10;B) environmental&#10;C) cognitive&#10;D) Phenomenological

Accepted Answer

Schachtel was more focused on the subjective experiences of the individual, which falls under the phenomenological approach. He believed that development was not just a product of maturation or environmental factors, but also the unique interpretations and experiences of each individual.

Question 8

On the topic of infantile amnesia, Schachtel expanded on Freud. Freud saw infantile amnesia is primarily due to&#10;A) long-term memory loss&#10;B) pathology&#10;C) repression&#10;D) voluntary forgetting

Accepted Answer

Schachtel believed that infantile amnesia is primarily due to repression, which is the unconscious defense mechanism used to block certain memories or emotions from awareness. This repression is thought to be a normal and adaptive process that allows the developing individual to focus on the present and future rather than being overwhelmed by the past.

Deck 15: Schachtel on Childhood Experiences