Developmental Psychology

Question 1

infant to 18 months – hope virtue

Answer 1

trust vs mistrust

Question 2

18 months to 3 years – will virtue

Answer 2

autonomy vs shame/doubt

Question 3

3 to 5 years – purpose virtue

Answer 3

initiative vs guilt

Question 4

5 to 13 years – competency virtue

Answer 4

industry vs inferiority

Question 5

13 to 21 years – fidelity virtue

Answer 5

identity vs confusion

Question 6

21 to 39 years – love virtue

Answer 6

intimacy vs isolation

Question 7

40 to 65 years – care virtue

Answer 7

generativity vs stagnation

Question 8

65 and older – wisdom virtue

Answer 8

integrity vs despair

Question 9

o Acquisition stage: childhood/adolescence – few responsibilities, acquiring info
o Achieving stage: young adult – intellectual skills for long-term goals
o Responsible stage: middle adult – problem-solving involves significant other or dependents
o Executive stage: middle adult – multiple perspectives and complex relationships
o Reorganizational stage: late adult – flexibility and problem-solving to manage life for after retirement
o Reintegrative stage: elderhood – cognitive efforts are reserved for problems that affect daily functioning
o Legacy-leaving stage: elderhood – leave behind an accounting from life

Answer 9

Shaie and Willis Stage theory of adult cognitive development

Question 10

System: family, school, day care, health services, church, neighborhood

Answer 10

microsystem

Question 11

System: surrounding environments influence as well

Answer 11

mesosystem

Question 12

System: friends of family, mass media, social services, legal services, extended fam

Answer 12

exosystem

Question 13

System: attitudes and ideologies of culture

Answer 13

macrosystem

Question 14

o Bottom: infatuation, fatuous love (passion + commitment), empty love
o Middle: romantic love, companionate love = consummate love
o Top: liking, intimacy alone
o Goal is consummate love

Answer 14

Sternberg’s theory of love

Question 15

Attachment style: less emotion at separation and reunion

Answer 15

anxious-avoidant

Question 16

Attachment style: distress at separation, interest in wanting to be close on reunion, angry and difficult to soothe

Answer 16

anxious-resistant

Question 17

Attachment style: both approach and avoidance toward mother, bx on reunion unpredictable, fearful/confused

Answer 17

disorganized