OSAT- CEOE Study Guide: Early
Childhood Education Exam Q&A 100%
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Erkison's Psychosocial theory - ANSWER ✔✔nuclear conflict that must be
resolved
Psychosocial theory stage for infants (birth-18 months) - ANSWER ✔✔Trust vs.
Mistrust
Psychosocial theory stage for toddlers (18 months-3 years) - ANSWER
✔✔Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt
Psychosocial theory stage for preschoolers (3-5 years) - ANSWER ✔✔Initiative vs
guilt
Psychosocial theory for early childhood (5 to 6- puberty) - ANSWER ✔✔Industry
vs. Inferiority
Bowlby's attachment theory - ANSWER ✔✔there is a biological basis for
attachment that triggers a protective response
Securely attached children - ANSWER ✔✔show normal separation anxiety and
avoid strangers
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,Insecure and resistant children - ANSWER ✔✔show exaggerated separation
anxiety and explore less
Insecure and avoidant children - ANSWER ✔✔show no separation or stranger
anxiety
Insecure and disorganized children - ANSWER ✔✔dazed and confused and
respond inconsistently
secure attachement style shows - ANSWER ✔✔sensitive caregiving
resistant and ambivalent shows - ANSWER ✔✔inconsistent caregiving and is
most predictive of emotional disturbances
Freud's Psychosexual Stages - ANSWER ✔✔oral stage, anal stage, phallic stage,
latency stage, genital stage
Oral stage - ANSWER ✔✔Birth to 18 months. Infants seek pleasure through the
mouth
Anal stage - ANSWER ✔✔18-36 months focus on potty training
Phallic stage - ANSWER ✔✔3-6 years; child's pleasure focuses on the genitals
Latency stage - ANSWER ✔✔6-puberty focus on developing skills
genetal stage - ANSWER ✔✔puberty and older; focus on sexuality and maturity
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, Oedipal conflict (complex) - ANSWER ✔✔boys desire their mother and compete
for her affection with their father; may show aggression towards father
Electra conflict - ANSWER ✔✔a girl's sexual attraction to her father and feelings
of rivalry with her mother
Id - ANSWER ✔✔pleasure principle; instinctual urges
Ego - ANSWER ✔✔reality principle; sense of self with reality
Superego - ANSWER ✔✔conscience; sense of morality
Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory - ANSWER ✔✔behavior, environment, and
cognition are the key factors in development
sensorimotor stage - ANSWER ✔✔in Piaget's theory, the stage (from birth to
about 2 years of age) during which infants know the world mostly in terms of
their sensory impressions and motor activities
primary circular reactions - ANSWER ✔✔1-4 months; Simple motor habits
centered around own body
secondary circular reactions - ANSWER ✔✔4-8 months; actions aimed at
repeating interesting effects in the surrounding world; imitation of familiar
behaviors
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Childhood Education Exam Q&A 100%
Solved
Erkison's Psychosocial theory - ANSWER ✔✔nuclear conflict that must be
resolved
Psychosocial theory stage for infants (birth-18 months) - ANSWER ✔✔Trust vs.
Mistrust
Psychosocial theory stage for toddlers (18 months-3 years) - ANSWER
✔✔Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt
Psychosocial theory stage for preschoolers (3-5 years) - ANSWER ✔✔Initiative vs
guilt
Psychosocial theory for early childhood (5 to 6- puberty) - ANSWER ✔✔Industry
vs. Inferiority
Bowlby's attachment theory - ANSWER ✔✔there is a biological basis for
attachment that triggers a protective response
Securely attached children - ANSWER ✔✔show normal separation anxiety and
avoid strangers
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,Insecure and resistant children - ANSWER ✔✔show exaggerated separation
anxiety and explore less
Insecure and avoidant children - ANSWER ✔✔show no separation or stranger
anxiety
Insecure and disorganized children - ANSWER ✔✔dazed and confused and
respond inconsistently
secure attachement style shows - ANSWER ✔✔sensitive caregiving
resistant and ambivalent shows - ANSWER ✔✔inconsistent caregiving and is
most predictive of emotional disturbances
Freud's Psychosexual Stages - ANSWER ✔✔oral stage, anal stage, phallic stage,
latency stage, genital stage
Oral stage - ANSWER ✔✔Birth to 18 months. Infants seek pleasure through the
mouth
Anal stage - ANSWER ✔✔18-36 months focus on potty training
Phallic stage - ANSWER ✔✔3-6 years; child's pleasure focuses on the genitals
Latency stage - ANSWER ✔✔6-puberty focus on developing skills
genetal stage - ANSWER ✔✔puberty and older; focus on sexuality and maturity
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, Oedipal conflict (complex) - ANSWER ✔✔boys desire their mother and compete
for her affection with their father; may show aggression towards father
Electra conflict - ANSWER ✔✔a girl's sexual attraction to her father and feelings
of rivalry with her mother
Id - ANSWER ✔✔pleasure principle; instinctual urges
Ego - ANSWER ✔✔reality principle; sense of self with reality
Superego - ANSWER ✔✔conscience; sense of morality
Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory - ANSWER ✔✔behavior, environment, and
cognition are the key factors in development
sensorimotor stage - ANSWER ✔✔in Piaget's theory, the stage (from birth to
about 2 years of age) during which infants know the world mostly in terms of
their sensory impressions and motor activities
primary circular reactions - ANSWER ✔✔1-4 months; Simple motor habits
centered around own body
secondary circular reactions - ANSWER ✔✔4-8 months; actions aimed at
repeating interesting effects in the surrounding world; imitation of familiar
behaviors
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