Human Growth & Development

Question 1

A Child is five months old. This child is in Jean Piaget’s first stage, billed as the sensorimotor stage, which runs from birth until approximately two years of age. The child accidentally touches toy doll that makes a noise. The child now intentionally touches the doll because she wants to hear the noise. According to the Piagetian theory of cognitive development, this is an example of :

Answer 1

A secondary Circular (repeated) reaction.

Question 2

A client comes to you complaining that her 2 1/2 year old son isn’t walking. You should tell her:

Answer 2

to contact he pediatrician. There could be a developmental problem.

Question 3

The only psychoanalyst who created a developmental theory which encompasses the entire life span was:

Answer 3

Erik Erikson

Question 4

The statement “the ego is dependent on the Id” would most likely reflect the work of:

Answer 4

Sigmund Freud

Question 5

Jean Piaget’s theory has four stages. The correct order from stage 1 to stage 4 is:

Answer 5

sensorimotor,preoperations,concrete operations and formal operations

Question 6

In Piagetian Literature, conservation would most likely refer to:

Answer 6

Volume and Mass

Question 7

Lawrence Kohlberg suggested:

Answer 7

three levels of morality

Question 8

Trust versus mistrust is:

Answer 8

Erik Eriksons first stage of development

Question 9

Kohlberg’s highest level of morality is termed postconventional morality. Here the individual

Answer 9

has self imposed morals and ethics

Question 10

The zone of proximal development

Answer 10

was pioneered by Lev Vygotsky

Question 11

John Bowlby’s name is most closely associated with:

Answer 11

bonding and attachment

Question 12

The statement: Males are better than females when performing mathematical calculations is:

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true according to research by Maccoby and Jacklin

Question 13

The fear of death:

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is greatest during middle age

Question 14

When comparing girls to boys, it could be noted that

Answer 14

girls grow up to smile more
girls are using more feeling words by age 2
girls are better able to read people without verbal cues at any age.

Question 15

Development

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is a continuous process which begins at conception

Question 16

Development is cephalocaudal which means:

Answer 16

head to foot

Question 17

Freud’s Oedipus Complex

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is the stage in which fantasies of sexual relation with the opposite sex parent occurs.
Occurs during the phallic stage

Question 18

Theorists who believe that development merely consists of quantitative changes are referred to as:

Answer 18

empiricists

Question 19

John Bowlby has asserted that:

Answer 19

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

Question 20

An expert who has reviews the literature on TV and violence would conclude that:

Answer 20

watching violence tends to make children more aggressive

Question 21

Sigmund Freud and Erik Erikson agreed that:

Answer 21

Each developmental stage needed to be resolved before an individual could move on to the next stage.

Question 22

The tendency for adult females in the united States to wear high heels is best explained by

Answer 22

Sex role socialization

Question 23

A preschool child’s concept of causality is said to animistic. This means the child attributes human characteristics to inanimate objects. Thus, the child may fantasize that an automobile or rock is talking to him.This concept is best related to:

Answer 23

Piaget’s preoperational period, age 2 to 7 years.

Question 24

According to the Yale research by Daniel J. Levinson

Answer 24

Eighty percent of the men in the study experienced moderate to severe midlife crisis.

An age 30 crisis occurs in men when they feel it will soon be too late to make later changes.

Question 25

Which theorist was most concerned with maternal deprivation?

Answer 25

H. Harlow

Question 26

Maslow, a humanistic psychologist, is famous for his “hierarchy of needs” which postulates

Answer 26

lower -order physiological and safety needs and higher order needs, such as self actualization.

Question 27

Ritualistic behaviors, which are common to all members of a species, are known as:

Answer 27

fixed action patterns elicited by sign stimuli

Question 28

Equilibration is

Answer 28

a balance between what one takes in (assimilation) and that which is changed (accommodation)

Question 29

The anal retentive personality is:

Answer 29

stingy