CPCE HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Freud's stages are psychosexual while Erik Erikson's
stages are - correct answer psychosocial.
In Freudian theory instincts are emphasized. Erik Erikson
is an ego psychologist. Ego psychologists - correct answer
believe in man's powers of reasoning to control behavior.
The only psychoanalyst who created a developmental
theory which encompasses the entire life span was - correct
answer Erik Erikson.
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The statement, "the ego is dependent on the id," would
most likely reflect the work of - correct answer Sigmund Freud.
Jean Piaget's theory has four stages. The correct order
from stage 1 to stage 4 is - correct answer sensorimotor,
preparations, concrete operations, formal operations.
Some behavioral scientists have been critical of the Swiss
child psychologist Jean Piaget's developmental research
inasmuch as - correct answer his findings were often derived
from observing his own
children.
A tall skinny pitcher of water is emptied into a small
squatty pitcher. A child indicates that she feels the small
pitcher has less water. The child has not yet mastered -
correct answer conservation.
In Piagetian literature, conservation would most likely
refer to - correct answer volume or mass.
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A child masters conservation in the Piagetian stage
known as - correct answer concrete operations—ages 7 to 11.
_______ expanded on Piaget's conceptualization of moral
development. - correct answer Lawrence Kohlberg
According to Piaget, a child masters the concept of
reversibility in the third stage, known as concrete
operations or concrete op- erational thought. This notion
suggests - correct answer one can undo an action, hence an
object can return to its initial shape.
During a thunderstorm, a 6-year-old child in Piaget's
stage of preoperational thought (stage 2) says, "The rain
is following me." This is an example of - correct answer
egocentrism.
Lawrence Kohlberg suggested - correct answer three levels of
morality.