LMSW Exam-Human Growth and Development (Unit 1) Questions and Correct Answers

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LMSW Exam-Human Growth and
Development (Unit 1) Questions and
Correct Answers

Question: Erik Erikson
Answer: interested in how children socialize & how this affects their sense
of self; saw personality as developing throughout the life course & looked
at identity crises as focal point for each stage of development


Question: Erikson's 8 Stages of Development
Answer: 1. Trust v. Mistrust
2. Autonomy v. Shame and Doubt
3. Initiative v. Guilt
4. Industry v. Inferiority
5. Identity v. Role Confusion
6. Intimacy v. Isolation
7. Generativity v. Stagnation
8. Ego Integrity v. Despair


Question: Trust v. Mistrust
Answer: birth-1 year; learn based on consistency of caregivers


Question: Autonomy v. Shame and Doubt
Answer: ages 1-3; Children begin to assert independence by walking
away from mother and making choices


Question: Initiative v. Guilt
Answer: ages 3-6; children assert themselves more frequently;
plan/initiate activities, make up games




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Question: Industry v. Inferiority
Answer: age 6-puberty; develop sense of pride in accomplishments


Question: Identity v. Role Confusion
Answer: adolescence; transition from childhood to adulthood; becoming
more independent and begin to look at future plans


Question: Intimacy v. Isolation
Answer: young adulthood; begin to share self more intimately with others
and explore relationships leading toward long term commitments with
others outside the family


Question: Generativity v. Stagnation
Answer: middle adulthood; establish careers, settle down in relationships,
begin families, develop sense of being a part of the bigger picture; give
back to society


Question: Ego Integrity v. Despair
Answer: older-senior citizens; slow down and contemplate
accomplishments and decide if they're satisfied with the progression of
their lives


Question: Cognitive Development
Answer: Focuses on development in terms of information processing,
conceptual resources, perceptual skill, language learning and other
aspects of development


Question: Six Levels of Cognition
Answer: 1. Knowledge
2. Comprehension
3. Application
4. Analysis
5. Synthesis
6. Evaluation


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Question: Knowledge
Answer: level of cognition involving rote memorization, recognition, or
recall of facts


Question: Comprehension
Answer: level of cognition involving understanding what facts mean


Question: Application
Answer: level of cognition involving correct use of facts, rules or ideas


Question: Analysis
Answer: level of cognition involving braking down information into
component parts


Question: Synthesis
Answer: level of cognition involving the combination of facts, ideas, or
information to make a new whole


Question: Evaluation
Answer: level of cognition involving judging or forming an opinion about
the information or situation


Question: 3 Domains of Development
Answer: 1. Cognitive
2. Affective
3. Psychomotor


Question: Cognitive Development
Answer: domain involving mental skills or knowledge


Question: Affective Development



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Answer: domain involving growth in feelings or emotional areas (attitude
or self)


Question: Psychomotor Development
Answer: domain involving manual or physical skills


Question: Jean Piaget
Answer: psychologist best known for theory of cognitive development


Question: Theory of Cognitive Development (Piaget)
Answer: addresses the acquisition of knowledge and how humans come to
acquire it; holds that children learn through interactions with environment
and others


Question: Piaget's stages of Cognitive Development
Answer: 1. Sensorimotor
2. Preoperational
3. Concrete Operations
4. Formal Operations


Question: Sensorimotor
Answer: Piaget's stage of cognitive development between birth and 2
years; involves:
a) retaining images of objects
b)develops primitive logic in manipulating objects
c)begins intentional actions
d) play is imitative
e) signals meaning-invests meaning in event (babysitter arriving means
mother is leaving)
f) symbol meaning begins at end of stage


Question: Preoperational



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