GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT EXAM
PREP | PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
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Updated 2026 Questions and Answers | 100% Verified
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, Toddler (1- 3 years) Autonomy Vs. Shame & Doubt
Children learn to be self-sufficient or to doubt their own abilities.
Preschool (3-5 years) Initiative Vs. Guilt
Desire to undertake adult-like activity & may test limits
School Age (6-12 years) Industry Vs. Inferiority
Eager to learn to be competent & productive or feel inferior and unable to
perform
Adolescence (13-19 years) Identity Vs. Role Confusion
"Who am I?" Establish sexual, ethnic & career identities or are confused about
future roles
Early Adulthood (20-40 years) Intimacy Vs. Isolation
Seek companionship & love or become isolated
Middle Adulthood (40-65 years) Generativity Vs. Stagnation
Productive, performing meaningful work & raising a family or stagnant & inactive
Late Adulthood (65+) Integrity Vs. Despair
Try to make sense out of lives, either seeing life as meaningful & whole or
despairing at goals not reached & questions unanswered
Growth Progressive anatomic and physiologic increase in size
Development *Increase in function or the gradual process of change and differentiation.
*Moves from simple to complex and is a life-long process
*Begins at conception and ends with death and is affected by:
Experiences
Genes
Family
External Influences
Personality A unique combination of characteristics that result in the individuals' recurrent
pattern of behavior
Developmental Theory A statement explaining principles that can predict behavioral development
PREP | PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED ANSWERS| GRADED A+ |
GUARANTEED SUCCESS
Updated 2026 Questions and Answers | 100% Verified
Exam Prep and Comprehensive Rationales Included
, Toddler (1- 3 years) Autonomy Vs. Shame & Doubt
Children learn to be self-sufficient or to doubt their own abilities.
Preschool (3-5 years) Initiative Vs. Guilt
Desire to undertake adult-like activity & may test limits
School Age (6-12 years) Industry Vs. Inferiority
Eager to learn to be competent & productive or feel inferior and unable to
perform
Adolescence (13-19 years) Identity Vs. Role Confusion
"Who am I?" Establish sexual, ethnic & career identities or are confused about
future roles
Early Adulthood (20-40 years) Intimacy Vs. Isolation
Seek companionship & love or become isolated
Middle Adulthood (40-65 years) Generativity Vs. Stagnation
Productive, performing meaningful work & raising a family or stagnant & inactive
Late Adulthood (65+) Integrity Vs. Despair
Try to make sense out of lives, either seeing life as meaningful & whole or
despairing at goals not reached & questions unanswered
Growth Progressive anatomic and physiologic increase in size
Development *Increase in function or the gradual process of change and differentiation.
*Moves from simple to complex and is a life-long process
*Begins at conception and ends with death and is affected by:
Experiences
Genes
Family
External Influences
Personality A unique combination of characteristics that result in the individuals' recurrent
pattern of behavior
Developmental Theory A statement explaining principles that can predict behavioral development
