Behavioral Science - The Life Cycle

Question 1

T/F: Receptive speech precedes expressive speech by 6 months.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

How does development occur?

Answer 2

From cephalad to caudad;
Central to peripheral;
Self to others;
Understanding to expressing

Question 3

When do babies start social smiling?

Answer 3

12 weeks

Question 4

When do babies exhibit stranger anxiety?

Answer 4

9 months

Question 5

Name this reflex: Touch the baby’s cheek and it turns toward the nipple

Answer 5

Rooting reflex

Question 6

Name this reflex: Baby grips any object put in its palm.

Answer 6

Palmar Grasp reflex

Question 7

What is the moro reflex?

Answer 7

Limbs extend when the child is startled

Question 8

When should the Babinski reflex disappear?

Answer 8

1 year of age

Question 9

When is parallel play seen?

Answer 9

Age 2

Question 10

When is gender identity established?

Answer 10

By 3 years

Question 11

When are bowel and bladder function control mastered?

Answer 11

Age 4-5 years

Question 12

Give an example of when regression is normal.

Answer 12

Age 3-6, when a new sibling arrives

Question 13

When is cooperative play seen?

Answer 13

By Age 4

Question 14

T/F: Imaginary friends is part of normal development.

Answer 14

True, age 3-6

Question 15

At what age is there a strong fear of bodily injury?

Answer 15

Age 3-6

Question 16

When is the superego first seen?

Answer 16

Around age 6

sense of morality and sense of empathy

Question 17

Understanding the finality of death is first seen at what age?

Answer 17

Age 6

Question 18

When do school and relationships define self worth?

Answer 18

Age 7-11
same sex peers
established fairness

Question 19

T/F: Psychosexual issues are dormant at ages 7-11

Answer 19

True

Question 20

When does a child understand the universality of death?

Answer 20

Age 7 to 11.

Question 21

What is the most important part of adolescence, developmentally?

Answer 21

Establishment of identity

Question 22

When is pruning of up to 50% of synaptic connections expected in development?

Answer 22

Adolescence, age 11-20

Question 23

The limbic system is in overdrive and the PFC is still myelinating, which can lead to risk taking behavior, in what age group?

Answer 23

Middle adolescence, about age 15

Question 24

What are the stages of dying?

Answer 24

Denial
Anger
Bargaining
Depression
Acceptance

Not necessarily in order

Question 25

In what age group do suicides tend to increase?

Answer 25

Elderly