Below are a series of short answer questions. Answer any five (5) of them. Be sure to provide a complete answer based on lectures and readings. 

1. Describe the developmental course of children's development of a theory of mind. Where does it start, and where does it end?  Be sure to describe the tasks used and describe what level or kind of understanding they test for.  

2. What are the four stages in the development of an attachment relationship?  At what stage do we see infants showing a fear of strangers?  At what stage do they start to take a role in maintaining the attachment relationship?

3. What is an attachment relationship?  Describe the three main types of attachment types described by Ainsworth and the nature of the 'strange situation' she created to measure these attachment types.

4. What are the major characteristics that describe family functioning?  Be sure to describe each and use examples to illustrate.

5. What did Frank Sulloway argue with respect to the effects of birth order on personality?

6. What are the stages in the development of children's drawing ability?

7. Discuss the four stages of cognitive development described by Piaget. What is the central feature of each stage?