PSYC 140 DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
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⩥ According to a lifespan perspective of human development, aging,
maturation, and growth are all different types of change. This change
can therefore be positive or negative. Therefore, development is multi
____________.
Answer: Directional
⩥ Since professionals from various fields may study or apply principles
in lifespan development, this field is multi ____________.
Answer: Disciplinary
⩥ Which of the following most accurately summarizes Freud's view of
the Oedipus complex?
Answer: Boys experience competition with their fathers and eventually
identify with them, while repressing sexual feelings toward their
mothers.
⩥ True or false? According to Freud, a child who becomes fixated on an
erogenous zone will either over- or under-indulge this area as an adult.
Answer: True
,⩥ Regarding the nature/nurture debate, Freud's emphasis on the role of
early childhood experiences reflects an emphasis on [answer1].
Erikson's psychosocial stages clearly lean toward this side of the debate:
[answer2
Answer: Nuture,Nuture
⩥ According to the theorist, _____________, to understand human
development, one must understand the various context environment in
which the individual interacts.
Answer: Bronfenbrenner
⩥ Which age group did Erikson say faces the crisis Generativity vs.
Stagnation?
Answer: Middle Adulthood
⩥ True or false? Erikson emphasized the id, while Freud emphasized the
ego.
Answer: False
⩥ In which of the following stages is it important for children to
establish a sense of competence?
Answer: Industry Vs Inferiority
,⩥ True or false? Pavlov first became interested in studying dogs'
reflexive behaviors when he saw them salivating without food being
present.
Answer: False
⩥ Which of the following statements most accurately reflects Piaget's
stages of cognitive development?
Answer: Children progress thought stages in the same order.
⩥ What was B.F. Skinner's position on free will? Be specific and
thorough in your answer. Where does he therefore fall on the
nature/nurture debate?
Answer: B.F Skinner's position on free will, there is no free will; all
behavior is due to conditioning. We only believe there is free will
because we cannot see what causes the behavior. Skinner is fully on the
nurture side.
⩥ Is food aversion an example of Classical Conditioning or Operant
Conditioning? Explain why
Answer: Food aversion is an example of classical conditioning. Food
aversion is an association between nausea and induced substance
organisms learn to associate events or stimuli that repeatedly happen
together. Classical Conditioning is an example of association learning.
, ⩥ Which psychological perspective likens the human brain to a
computer?
Answer: Information processing theory
⩥ According to Freud, the Oedipus Complex arises during which
psychosexual stage?
Answer: Phallic
⩥ Freud's final psychosexual stage occurs from [answer1] on while,
Erikson's final stage is for the following age group: [answer2].
Answer: Puberty, Older adults.
⩥ Freud believed that unsuccessful completion of a psychosexual stage
would result in a person becoming ____________ on an erogenous part
of the body.
Answer: Fixated
⩥ Someone who believes that genetics are the primary contributor to
developmental changes is emphasizing [CHOOSE ONE:
Nature/Nurture].
Answer: Nature
⩥ He coined the term, "operant conditioning."
Answer: B.F. Skinner
END OF COURSE STUDY GUIDE LATEST
UPDATED ACTUAL TESTED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
⩥ According to a lifespan perspective of human development, aging,
maturation, and growth are all different types of change. This change
can therefore be positive or negative. Therefore, development is multi
____________.
Answer: Directional
⩥ Since professionals from various fields may study or apply principles
in lifespan development, this field is multi ____________.
Answer: Disciplinary
⩥ Which of the following most accurately summarizes Freud's view of
the Oedipus complex?
Answer: Boys experience competition with their fathers and eventually
identify with them, while repressing sexual feelings toward their
mothers.
⩥ True or false? According to Freud, a child who becomes fixated on an
erogenous zone will either over- or under-indulge this area as an adult.
Answer: True
,⩥ Regarding the nature/nurture debate, Freud's emphasis on the role of
early childhood experiences reflects an emphasis on [answer1].
Erikson's psychosocial stages clearly lean toward this side of the debate:
[answer2
Answer: Nuture,Nuture
⩥ According to the theorist, _____________, to understand human
development, one must understand the various context environment in
which the individual interacts.
Answer: Bronfenbrenner
⩥ Which age group did Erikson say faces the crisis Generativity vs.
Stagnation?
Answer: Middle Adulthood
⩥ True or false? Erikson emphasized the id, while Freud emphasized the
ego.
Answer: False
⩥ In which of the following stages is it important for children to
establish a sense of competence?
Answer: Industry Vs Inferiority
,⩥ True or false? Pavlov first became interested in studying dogs'
reflexive behaviors when he saw them salivating without food being
present.
Answer: False
⩥ Which of the following statements most accurately reflects Piaget's
stages of cognitive development?
Answer: Children progress thought stages in the same order.
⩥ What was B.F. Skinner's position on free will? Be specific and
thorough in your answer. Where does he therefore fall on the
nature/nurture debate?
Answer: B.F Skinner's position on free will, there is no free will; all
behavior is due to conditioning. We only believe there is free will
because we cannot see what causes the behavior. Skinner is fully on the
nurture side.
⩥ Is food aversion an example of Classical Conditioning or Operant
Conditioning? Explain why
Answer: Food aversion is an example of classical conditioning. Food
aversion is an association between nausea and induced substance
organisms learn to associate events or stimuli that repeatedly happen
together. Classical Conditioning is an example of association learning.
, ⩥ Which psychological perspective likens the human brain to a
computer?
Answer: Information processing theory
⩥ According to Freud, the Oedipus Complex arises during which
psychosexual stage?
Answer: Phallic
⩥ Freud's final psychosexual stage occurs from [answer1] on while,
Erikson's final stage is for the following age group: [answer2].
Answer: Puberty, Older adults.
⩥ Freud believed that unsuccessful completion of a psychosexual stage
would result in a person becoming ____________ on an erogenous part
of the body.
Answer: Fixated
⩥ Someone who believes that genetics are the primary contributor to
developmental changes is emphasizing [CHOOSE ONE:
Nature/Nurture].
Answer: Nature
⩥ He coined the term, "operant conditioning."
Answer: B.F. Skinner
