Human Growth and Development
CPCE Exam Questions & Answers
Freud's stages are psychosexual while Erik Erikson's stages are - ANSWER-
psychosocial.
In Freudian theory instincts are emphasized. Erik Erikson is an ego psychologist. Ego
psychologists - ANSWER-believe in man's powers of reasoning to control behavior.
The only psychoanalyst who created a developmental theory which encompasses the
entire life span was - ANSWER-Erik Erikson.
The statement, "the ego is dependent on the id," would most likely reflect the work of -
ANSWER-Sigmund Freud.
Jean Piaget's theory has four stages. The correct order from stage 1 to stage 4 is -
ANSWER-sensorimotor, preparations, concrete operations, formal operations.
Some behavioral scientists have been critical of the Swiss child psychologist Jean
Piaget's developmental research inasmuch as - ANSWER-his findings were often
derived from observing his own
children.
A tall skinny pitcher of water is emptied into a small squatty pitcher. A child indicates
that she feels the small pitcher has less water. The child has not yet mastered -
ANSWER-conservation.
In Piagetian literature, conservation would most likely refer to - ANSWER-volume or
mass.
When developmental theorists speak of nature or nurture they really mean - ANSWER-
how much heredity or environment interact to influence development.
Stage theorists assume - ANSWER-qualitative changes between stages occur.
Development - ANSWER-is a continuous process which begins at conception.
Development is cephalocaudal, which means - ANSWER-head to foot.
, Heredity assumes - ANSWER-the normal person has 23 pairs of chromosomes, that
heredity characteristics are transmitted by chromosomes and genes composed of DNA
hold a genetic code.
Piaget's final stage is known as the formal operational stage. In this stage - ANSWER-
abstract thinking emerges and problems can be solved using deduction.
Kohlberg lists _______ stages of moral development which fall into _______ levels. -
ANSWER-6,3
A person who lives by his or her individual conscience and universal ethical principles -
ANSWER-has, according to Kohlberg, reached the highest stage of moral development
and is in the post-conventional level of self-accepted moral principles.
Freud's Oedipus Complex - ANSWER-is the stage in which fantasies of sexual relations
with the opposite-sex parent occurs and occurs during the phallic stage.
In girls the Oedipus complex may be referred to as - ANSWER-the Electra complex.
The correct order of the Freudian psychosexual stages is: - ANSWER-oral, anal, phallic,
latency, and genital.
Gibson researched the matter of depth perception in children by utilizing - ANSWER-a
visual cliff.
Theorists who believe that development merely consists of quantitative changes are
referred to as - ANSWER-empiricists.
An empiricist view of development would be - ANSWER-behavioristic.
In the famous experiment by Harlow, frightened monkeys raised via cloth and wire
mothers - ANSWER-ran over and clung to the cloth and wire surrogate mothers.
A theorist who views developmental changes as quantitative is said to be an empiricist.
The antithesis of this position holds that developmental strides are qualitative. What is
the name given to this position? - ANSWER-organicism.
In Piaget's developmental theory, reflexes play the greatest role in the - ANSWER-
sensorimotor stage.
A mother hides a toy behind her back and a young child does not believe the toy exists
anymore. The child has not mastered - ANSWER-object permanence and
representational thought.
The schema of permanency and constancy of objects occurs in the - ANSWER-
sensorimotor stage birth to 2 years.
CPCE Exam Questions & Answers
Freud's stages are psychosexual while Erik Erikson's stages are - ANSWER-
psychosocial.
In Freudian theory instincts are emphasized. Erik Erikson is an ego psychologist. Ego
psychologists - ANSWER-believe in man's powers of reasoning to control behavior.
The only psychoanalyst who created a developmental theory which encompasses the
entire life span was - ANSWER-Erik Erikson.
The statement, "the ego is dependent on the id," would most likely reflect the work of -
ANSWER-Sigmund Freud.
Jean Piaget's theory has four stages. The correct order from stage 1 to stage 4 is -
ANSWER-sensorimotor, preparations, concrete operations, formal operations.
Some behavioral scientists have been critical of the Swiss child psychologist Jean
Piaget's developmental research inasmuch as - ANSWER-his findings were often
derived from observing his own
children.
A tall skinny pitcher of water is emptied into a small squatty pitcher. A child indicates
that she feels the small pitcher has less water. The child has not yet mastered -
ANSWER-conservation.
In Piagetian literature, conservation would most likely refer to - ANSWER-volume or
mass.
When developmental theorists speak of nature or nurture they really mean - ANSWER-
how much heredity or environment interact to influence development.
Stage theorists assume - ANSWER-qualitative changes between stages occur.
Development - ANSWER-is a continuous process which begins at conception.
Development is cephalocaudal, which means - ANSWER-head to foot.
, Heredity assumes - ANSWER-the normal person has 23 pairs of chromosomes, that
heredity characteristics are transmitted by chromosomes and genes composed of DNA
hold a genetic code.
Piaget's final stage is known as the formal operational stage. In this stage - ANSWER-
abstract thinking emerges and problems can be solved using deduction.
Kohlberg lists _______ stages of moral development which fall into _______ levels. -
ANSWER-6,3
A person who lives by his or her individual conscience and universal ethical principles -
ANSWER-has, according to Kohlberg, reached the highest stage of moral development
and is in the post-conventional level of self-accepted moral principles.
Freud's Oedipus Complex - ANSWER-is the stage in which fantasies of sexual relations
with the opposite-sex parent occurs and occurs during the phallic stage.
In girls the Oedipus complex may be referred to as - ANSWER-the Electra complex.
The correct order of the Freudian psychosexual stages is: - ANSWER-oral, anal, phallic,
latency, and genital.
Gibson researched the matter of depth perception in children by utilizing - ANSWER-a
visual cliff.
Theorists who believe that development merely consists of quantitative changes are
referred to as - ANSWER-empiricists.
An empiricist view of development would be - ANSWER-behavioristic.
In the famous experiment by Harlow, frightened monkeys raised via cloth and wire
mothers - ANSWER-ran over and clung to the cloth and wire surrogate mothers.
A theorist who views developmental changes as quantitative is said to be an empiricist.
The antithesis of this position holds that developmental strides are qualitative. What is
the name given to this position? - ANSWER-organicism.
In Piaget's developmental theory, reflexes play the greatest role in the - ANSWER-
sensorimotor stage.
A mother hides a toy behind her back and a young child does not believe the toy exists
anymore. The child has not mastered - ANSWER-object permanence and
representational thought.
The schema of permanency and constancy of objects occurs in the - ANSWER-
sensorimotor stage birth to 2 years.
