ASWB BACHELORS EXAM REVIEW 2026
ACCURATE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
SOLUTIONS MASTER STUDY SHEET
◉ Jean Piaget. Answer: Developmental psychologist best known for
his theory of cognitive development. Theory states that children
learn through interaction in the environment.
◉ Nature vs nurture. Answer: Whether cognitive development is
mainly determined by a clients innate qualities (nature), or by his
personal experiences (nurture). Many experts avoid this question
today.
◉ Social development on micro level. Answer: Learning how to
behave and interact well with others. Relies on managing feelings.
◉ Social development on a macro level. Answer: Commitment that
development processes need to benefit people. Recognizes the way
people interact in groups and society.
◉ Social development. Answer: Change in social institutions.
,◉ Spiritual growth and development stages. Answer: -Unwilling to
accept a will greater than their own.
-Blind faith in authority figures, world is divided into good and evil.
-Scientific skepticism and questioning.
-Enjoys mystery and beauty of existence.
◉ Bio psychosocial-spiritual-cultural challenges older people are
faced with. Answer: Health and physical abilities, accessing
affordable-high quality health care, decreased economic security,
increased vulnerability to abuse and exploitation, and loss of
meaningful roles.
◉ Health care issues with adults 80+. Answer: Communication:
Encourage to express feelings, stay positive
Health: monitor closely, promote self care, ensure nutrition, stress,
and activity levels
Safety:ensure safe living
◉ Development. Answer: Product of the elaborate interplay of
biological, psychological, spiritual, and social influences
◉ John Bowlby. Answer: Originated Attachment Theory.
, ◉ Attachment: defined by Bowlby. Answer: A lasting psychological
connectedness that can be understood within an evolutionary
context in which a caregiver provides safety and security to a child.
Child is pre-programmed to create attachments.
◉ Monotropy. Answer: One primary attachment figure. Acts as a
secure base for exploring the world.
◉ Learned behavior attachment. Answer: Child will form an
attachment to whoever feeds it. Child finds comfort in food, through
classical conditioning, finds comfort in feeder. Child uses operant
conditioning to get what it wants.
◉ Stranger anxiety. Answer: Crying when an unfamiliar person tries
to hold child, begins between 5-9 months. Intensifies at age 1, stops
around age 2.
◉ Separation anxiety. Answer: Beings 6-8 months, peaks at 14-18
months, resolved by 24-36 months. Upset when caregiver leaves
sight.
◉ Separation anxiety disorder. Answer: Characterized by excessive
worrying about being away from caregiver. Occurs in later
childhood.
ACCURATE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
SOLUTIONS MASTER STUDY SHEET
◉ Jean Piaget. Answer: Developmental psychologist best known for
his theory of cognitive development. Theory states that children
learn through interaction in the environment.
◉ Nature vs nurture. Answer: Whether cognitive development is
mainly determined by a clients innate qualities (nature), or by his
personal experiences (nurture). Many experts avoid this question
today.
◉ Social development on micro level. Answer: Learning how to
behave and interact well with others. Relies on managing feelings.
◉ Social development on a macro level. Answer: Commitment that
development processes need to benefit people. Recognizes the way
people interact in groups and society.
◉ Social development. Answer: Change in social institutions.
,◉ Spiritual growth and development stages. Answer: -Unwilling to
accept a will greater than their own.
-Blind faith in authority figures, world is divided into good and evil.
-Scientific skepticism and questioning.
-Enjoys mystery and beauty of existence.
◉ Bio psychosocial-spiritual-cultural challenges older people are
faced with. Answer: Health and physical abilities, accessing
affordable-high quality health care, decreased economic security,
increased vulnerability to abuse and exploitation, and loss of
meaningful roles.
◉ Health care issues with adults 80+. Answer: Communication:
Encourage to express feelings, stay positive
Health: monitor closely, promote self care, ensure nutrition, stress,
and activity levels
Safety:ensure safe living
◉ Development. Answer: Product of the elaborate interplay of
biological, psychological, spiritual, and social influences
◉ John Bowlby. Answer: Originated Attachment Theory.
, ◉ Attachment: defined by Bowlby. Answer: A lasting psychological
connectedness that can be understood within an evolutionary
context in which a caregiver provides safety and security to a child.
Child is pre-programmed to create attachments.
◉ Monotropy. Answer: One primary attachment figure. Acts as a
secure base for exploring the world.
◉ Learned behavior attachment. Answer: Child will form an
attachment to whoever feeds it. Child finds comfort in food, through
classical conditioning, finds comfort in feeder. Child uses operant
conditioning to get what it wants.
◉ Stranger anxiety. Answer: Crying when an unfamiliar person tries
to hold child, begins between 5-9 months. Intensifies at age 1, stops
around age 2.
◉ Separation anxiety. Answer: Beings 6-8 months, peaks at 14-18
months, resolved by 24-36 months. Upset when caregiver leaves
sight.
◉ Separation anxiety disorder. Answer: Characterized by excessive
worrying about being away from caregiver. Occurs in later
childhood.
