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NCE: PURPLE BOOK QUESTIONS
1. Freud's stages are psychosexual while Erik Erikson's stages are

*Answer√√ psychosocial


2. In Freud's psychodynamic theory, instincts are emphasized. Erik Erikson is

an ego psychologist. Ego psychologists

*Answer√√ believe in man's powers of reasoning to control behavior.

3. Psychodynamic theories focus on rather than cognitive

factors when counseling clients.

*Answer√√ unconcsious processes

4. The is logical, rational, and utilizes the power of reasoning and control

to keep impulses in check. The reality principle.

*Answer√√ ego

5. The behaviorist generally feels that if it can't be then it doesn't

exist.

*Answer√√ measured




,6. The is chaotic and concerned only with the body, not with the outside

world. This is the pleasure principle and houses the animalistic instincts.

*Answer√√ id

7. The only psychoanalyst who created a developmental theory which encom-

passes the entire life span was

*Answer√√ Erik Erikson

8. The statement "the ego is dependent on the id" would most likely reflect the

work of

*Answer√√ Sigmund Freud

9. Known for his ideas related to adult cognitive development; especially re-

garding college students. Stresses a concept known as dualistic thinking,

common to teens in which things are conceptualized as good or bad or right

or wrong.

*Answer√√ Robert Perry

10. Known for his work in strategic and problem-solving therapy, often utilizing




,the technique of paradox. Claims to have acquired information by studying

works of Milton H. Erickson.

*Answer√√ Jay Haley

11. Considered a pioneer in the behavior therapy movement, especially in

regard to the use of systematic desensitization, a technique which helps client

cope with phobias. Today his name is associated with multimodal therapy.

*Answer√√ - Arnold Lazarus

12. Known figure in the area of adult cognitive development. His model stress-

es interpersonal development. His theory is billed as a "constructive model

of development, meaning that individuals construct reality through the lifes-

pan."

*Answer√√ Robert Keegan






, 13. Jean Piaget's idiographic approach created his theory with four stages. The

correct order from stage 1 to stage 4 is*Answer√√ sensorimotor, preoperations, concrete

operations, formal operations

14. Idiographic approaches to theories, such as Freud and Piaget, examine


in depth.

*Answer√√ individuals


15. In contrast to idiographic approaches, nomothetic approaches (such as

behaviorism or the DSM) student general principles that apply to

*Answer√√ the population

16. Some behavioral scientists have been critical of Swiss child psychologist

Jean Piaget's developmental research inasmuch as

*Answer√√ his findings were often derived from observing his own children

17. A tall skinny pitcher of water is emptied into a small squatty pitcher. A child

indicated that she feels the small pitcher has less water. The child has not yet

mastered

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