Howard Rosenthal-NCMHCE- LPCC Part 1

Question 1

A child is 5 months old. This stage of development is the sensorimotor stage, which runs from birth until 2 years of age. Child accidentally touches a toy doll that makes noise. The child eventually intentionally touches the doll because she wants too hear the noise. According to Piaget, this is an example of…

Answer 1

A secondary circular (repeated) reaction.

Question 2

A 2 and a 1/2 year old isn’t walking. What should you suggest to the parent?

Answer 2

To contact her pediatrician because there could be a developmental problem.

Question 3

Who was the psychoanalyst that created a developmental theory which encompasses the entire life span?

Answer 3

Erik Erikson

Question 4

The statement that says that “the ego is dependent on the id” would most likely reflect the work of ?

Answer 4

Sigmund Freud

Question 5

Jean Piaget’s Four Stages are…

Answer 5

1. Sensorimotor
2. Preoperations
3. Concrete Operations
4. Formal Operations

Question 6

According to Piaget, Conservation refers to…

Answer 6

Volume and Mass

Question 7

Lawrence Kohlberg believes that there are how many levels of morality?

Answer 7

Three Levels of Morality

Question 8

Erik Erikson’s first stage of psychosocial development is?

Answer 8

Trust Versus Mistrust

Question 9

Kohlberg’s highest level of morality is termed?

Answer 9

Postconventional Morality

Question 10

In Kohlberg’s postconventional morality level, the individual has…

Answer 10

Self-imposed Morals and Ethics

Question 11

What was pioneered by Lev Vygotsky?

Answer 11

The Zone of Proximal Development

Question 12

John Bowlby is associated with …

Answer 12

Bonding and Attachment

Question 13

According to Maccoby and Jacklin, who is better at performing mathematical calculations? Male or Female?

Answer 13

Males are better

Question 14

The fear of death is greatest in what age group?

Answer 14

Middle Age

Question 15

In comparison to boys and girls, who grows up to smile more, uses feeling words by the age of 2, and are better at reading peoples non-verbals (without verbals) at any age? Boys or Girls?

Answer 15

Girls

Question 16

What is a continuous process which begins at conception?

Answer 16

Development

Question 17

What does Cephalocaudal mean?

Answer 17

Head to Foot

Question 18

What complex takes place resulting in fantasies of sexual relations with the opposite sex parent, and occurs during the phallic stage?

Answer 18

Freud’s Oedipus Complex

Question 19

Empiricists are what type of Theorists?

Answer 19

Theorists who believe that development merely consists of quantitative changes.

Question 20

Who stated that conduct disorders and other forms of psychopathology can result from inadequate attachment and bonding in early childhood?

Answer 20

John Bowlby

Question 21

An expert who reviewed literature on the connection between TV and violence concluded what?

Answer 21

That watching violence tends to make children more aggressive

Question 22

What theorists believe that each developmental stages needed to be resolved before an individual could move to the next stage?

Answer 22

Sigmund Freud and Erik Erikson

Question 23

What is sex role socialization?

Answer 23

The tendency for adult females in the U.S. to wear high heels

Question 24

When does Piaget’s preoperational period take place?

Answer 24

2 to 7 years of age

Question 25

The concept of causality is said to be animistic, which means the child contributes human characteristics to inanimate objects. The child may fantasize that an automobile or rock is talking to them. This takes place at what stage according to Piaget?

Answer 25

2 to 7 years old in the preoperational period.

Question 26

Who’s research, at Yale University, concluded that Eighty percent of the men in the study experienced moderate to severe midlife crises, and an age 30 crisis occurs in men when they feel it will soon be too late to make later changes?

Answer 26

Daniel Levinson

Question 27

H. Harlow was concerned with…

Answer 27

Maternal Deprivation

Question 28

Maslow is what type of psychologist?

Answer 28

Humanistic Psychologist

Question 29

Who is known for the Hierarchy of Needs?

Answer 29

Maslow

Question 30

What are the Hierarchy of Needs?

Answer 30

Lower- order physiological
Safety Needs
Higher Order Needs
Self-Actualization

Question 31

Behaviors that are common to all members of a species?

Answer 31

Ritualistic Behaviors

Question 32

What are fixed-action patterns elicited by sign stimuli?

Answer 32

Ritualistic Behaviors

Question 33

What is it called when the balance between what one takes in (assimilation) and that which is changed (accomodation) occurs?

Answer 33

Equilibration

Question 34

Is the anal retentive personality stingy?

Answer 34

Yes, the anal retentive personality is stingy.