Social Science Psychology Developmental Psychology
2025 NU131 -Exam 3 MOST RECENT COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |COMPLETE SOLUTIONS |A+ GRADED
|100% CORRECT
Permissive/Laissez-faire family Offers members complete freedom
Authorative (Democratic) Offers its members choices & encourages participation &
individual responsibility
Authoritarian/Autocratic Parents usually make ALL decisions
Same sex family Two women or two men, with or without children
Foster/adoptive family Those who take temporary responsibility for raising a child other
than their own
Consists of a group of people who have a common
Communal family
philosophy, value system, and goals, and who choose
to live together, sharing roles and resources
A man and a woman choosing to live together without
Cohabitative family
the legal bonds of matrimony, but in all other ways this
type of family resembles a nuclear or blended family
When one or both partners bring their children from a
Blended or Reconstituted
family previous marriage into the relationship
An adult living with one or more children; usually due to
Single-parent family
divorce, separation or widowed
Consists of nuclear family plus grandparents, aunts,
Extended family
uncles, or cousins living together under the same roof
Nuclear (conjugal) family Traditional family; husband, wife, kids
Trust vs. Mistrust
Infancy (birth to 18 months)
to develop a basic trust in the mothering figure and learn to
generalize it to others
Autonomy vs. Shame & doubt
Early childhood (18 months-3
years) To gain some self control & independence within the environment
Initiative vs. guilt
Late Childhood (3-6 years)
to develop a sense of purpose and the ability to initiate and
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direct own activities
Industry vs. inferiority
School Age (6-12 years) to achieve a sense of self-confidence by
learning, competing, performing successfully,
and receiving recognition from significant others,
peers , and acquaintances.
Identity vs. role confusion
Adolescence (12-20 years)
To integrate the tasks mastered in the previous stages into a
secure sense of self
Intimacy vs. isolation
Young Adulthood (20-30
to form an intense, lasting relationship or a
years)
commitment to another person, cause, institution, or
creative effort.
Generativity vs. stagnation
Adulthood (30-65 years)
to achieve the life goals established for oneself while
also considering the welfare of future generations
Ego integrity vs. despair
Old age (65-death)
to review ones life and derive meaning from both
positive and negative events while achieving a positive
sense of self-worth
Sutures The bands of cartilage that separate the skull bones
Fontanels Soft spots on a baby's skull
The process of the newborn's skull as the head passes
Molding
through the narrow birth canal
Length is measured from head to heel
Infant length/weight Average = 20
inches Normal
= 19-21 inches
Average growth per month = 1 inch
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