Howard Rosenthal-NCMHCE- LPCC Part 1 Flashcards
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…
A secondary circular (repeated) reaction.
A 2 and a 1/2 year old isn’t walking. What should you suggest to the parent?
To contact her pediatrician because there could be a developmental problem.
Who was the psychoanalyst that created a developmental theory which encompasses the entire life span?
Erik Erikson
The statement that says that “the ego is dependent on the id” would most likely reflect the work of ?
Sigmund Freud
Jean Piaget’s Four Stages are…
- Sensorimotor
- Preoperations
- Concrete Operations
- Formal Operations
According to Piaget, Conservation refers to…
Volume and Mass
Lawrence Kohlberg believes that there are how many levels of morality?
Three Levels of Morality
Erik Erikson’s first stage of psychosocial development is?
Trust Versus Mistrust
Kohlberg’s highest level of morality is termed?
Postconventional Morality
In Kohlberg’s postconventional morality level, the individual has…
Self-imposed Morals and Ethics
What was pioneered by Lev Vygotsky?
The Zone of Proximal Development
John Bowlby is associated with …
Bonding and Attachment
According to Maccoby and Jacklin, who is better at performing mathematical calculations? Male or Female?
Males are better
The fear of death is greatest in what age group?
Middle Age
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?
Girls
What is a continuous process which begins at conception?
Development
What does Cephalocaudal mean?
Head to Foot
What complex takes place resulting in fantasies of sexual relations with the opposite sex parent, and occurs during the phallic stage?
Freud’s Oedipus Complex
Empiricists are what type of Theorists?
Theorists who believe that development merely consists of quantitative changes.
Who stated that conduct disorders and other forms of psychopathology can result from inadequate attachment and bonding in early childhood?
John Bowlby
An expert who reviewed literature on the connection between TV and violence concluded what?
That watching violence tends to make children more aggressive
What theorists believe that each developmental stages needed to be resolved before an individual could move to the next stage?
Sigmund Freud and Erik Erikson
What is sex role socialization?
The tendency for adult females in the U.S. to wear high heels
When does Piaget’s preoperational period take place?
2 to 7 years of age
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?
2 to 7 years old in the preoperational period.
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?
Daniel Levinson
H. Harlow was concerned with…
Maternal Deprivation
Maslow is what type of psychologist?
Humanistic Psychologist
Who is known for the Hierarchy of Needs?
Maslow
What are the Hierarchy of Needs?
Lower- order physiological
Safety Needs
Higher Order Needs
Self-Actualization
Behaviors that are common to all members of a species?
Ritualistic Behaviors
What are fixed-action patterns elicited by sign stimuli?
Ritualistic Behaviors
What is it called when the balance between what one takes in (assimilation) and that which is changed (accomodation) occurs?
Equilibration
Is the anal retentive personality stingy?
Yes, the anal retentive personality is stingy.
