PSYC 290 EXAM 2 SOLVED QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉ Freud's 3 Main Beliefs.
Answer: 1) Adult personality is determined through childhood
experiences
2) Unconscious mental processes influence
3) Conflict causes behavior
◉ components of personality - Ego -.
Answer: reality principal acts as a mediator between the Id and the
Ego
What I wish to do but know that I can't.
◉ Superego.
Answer: morality principle.
According to Freud, children attempt to reduce anxiety, avoid
punishment, and maintain parental affection by identifying with
parents and internalizing their standards of right and wrong
◉ Defense mechanisms.
, Answer: rationalization, repression, regression, and denial
◉ Describe the components of Vygotsky's theory.
Answer: 1) Lev Vygotsky, Russian developmental psychologist,
Vygotsky's theory components:
2) stresses the importance of social interaction with others, typically
more highly skilled children, and adults
3) children's cognitive development occurs when someone helps
them by asking leading questions and providing examples of
concepts (scaffolding)
4) each child has a zone of proximal development-difference
between what they can do alone vs. with aid of teacher
◉ Vygotsky's stages of language development.
Answer: Language allows children to think in words, ask questions,
communicate needs and wants, and form concepts
Universal progressive stages: cooing, babbling, one-word speech,
telegraphic speech, whole sentences
◉ Describe Kohlberg's theory.
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉ Freud's 3 Main Beliefs.
Answer: 1) Adult personality is determined through childhood
experiences
2) Unconscious mental processes influence
3) Conflict causes behavior
◉ components of personality - Ego -.
Answer: reality principal acts as a mediator between the Id and the
Ego
What I wish to do but know that I can't.
◉ Superego.
Answer: morality principle.
According to Freud, children attempt to reduce anxiety, avoid
punishment, and maintain parental affection by identifying with
parents and internalizing their standards of right and wrong
◉ Defense mechanisms.
, Answer: rationalization, repression, regression, and denial
◉ Describe the components of Vygotsky's theory.
Answer: 1) Lev Vygotsky, Russian developmental psychologist,
Vygotsky's theory components:
2) stresses the importance of social interaction with others, typically
more highly skilled children, and adults
3) children's cognitive development occurs when someone helps
them by asking leading questions and providing examples of
concepts (scaffolding)
4) each child has a zone of proximal development-difference
between what they can do alone vs. with aid of teacher
◉ Vygotsky's stages of language development.
Answer: Language allows children to think in words, ask questions,
communicate needs and wants, and form concepts
Universal progressive stages: cooing, babbling, one-word speech,
telegraphic speech, whole sentences
◉ Describe Kohlberg's theory.
