CPCE STUDY GUIDE TEST
QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025-2026
Who is famous for the "hierarchy of needs?" - ANS-Abraham Maslow
What does Maslow's hierarchy of needs postulate? - ANS-lower-order physiological &
safety needs and higher-order needs (self-actualization)
first/lower: basics like food/water
safety/security
need for love/affection/belonging
highest level: self-actualization (being all that one can be)
Robert Kegan's 6 stages of lifespan development are: - ANS-incorporative
impulse
imperial
interpersonal
institutional
interindividual
Who is Robert Kegan? - ANS-adult cognitive development
stresses interpersonal development
, constructive model of development, meaning individuals construct reality through the
lifespan
What is relativistic thinking according to Ed Neukrug? - ANS-as teens enter adulthood,
they realize not everything is right or wrong, but an answer can exist relative to a
specific situation
Who is Robert/William Perry? - ANS-adult cognitive development/college students
dualistic thinking; common in teens to conceptualize good/bad; right/wrong
Who is known for their work in strategic & problem-solving therapy, utilizing the
"paradox" technique? - ANS-Jay Haley
Who is associated with brief psychotherapy and hypnosis? - ANS-Milton H. Erikson
What is Erik Erikson known for? - ANS-psychosocial stages of development
8 stages through the lifespan:
1. trust v mistrust (birth - 12 mo)
2. autonomy v shame & doubt (1-3 y/o
3. initiative v guilt (3-6 y/o)
4. industry v inferiority (6-12 y/o)
5. identity v confusion (12-18 y/o)
6. intimacy v isolation (20-40)
7. generativity v stagnation (40-60)
8. integrity v despair (60+)
What is Sigmund Freud known for? - ANS-psychodynamic theory
psychosexual stages of development: oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital
dynamic of id, ego, and superego
QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+ 2025-2026
Who is famous for the "hierarchy of needs?" - ANS-Abraham Maslow
What does Maslow's hierarchy of needs postulate? - ANS-lower-order physiological &
safety needs and higher-order needs (self-actualization)
first/lower: basics like food/water
safety/security
need for love/affection/belonging
highest level: self-actualization (being all that one can be)
Robert Kegan's 6 stages of lifespan development are: - ANS-incorporative
impulse
imperial
interpersonal
institutional
interindividual
Who is Robert Kegan? - ANS-adult cognitive development
stresses interpersonal development
, constructive model of development, meaning individuals construct reality through the
lifespan
What is relativistic thinking according to Ed Neukrug? - ANS-as teens enter adulthood,
they realize not everything is right or wrong, but an answer can exist relative to a
specific situation
Who is Robert/William Perry? - ANS-adult cognitive development/college students
dualistic thinking; common in teens to conceptualize good/bad; right/wrong
Who is known for their work in strategic & problem-solving therapy, utilizing the
"paradox" technique? - ANS-Jay Haley
Who is associated with brief psychotherapy and hypnosis? - ANS-Milton H. Erikson
What is Erik Erikson known for? - ANS-psychosocial stages of development
8 stages through the lifespan:
1. trust v mistrust (birth - 12 mo)
2. autonomy v shame & doubt (1-3 y/o
3. initiative v guilt (3-6 y/o)
4. industry v inferiority (6-12 y/o)
5. identity v confusion (12-18 y/o)
6. intimacy v isolation (20-40)
7. generativity v stagnation (40-60)
8. integrity v despair (60+)
What is Sigmund Freud known for? - ANS-psychodynamic theory
psychosexual stages of development: oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital
dynamic of id, ego, and superego
