CHILD PSYCHOLOGY PRACTICE EXAM
2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
SOLUTIONS
●● What should therapists look for when assessing children? Answer:
Inconsistencies with developmental trajectories.
●● What is an example of a behavior that may not indicate a disorder in
children? Answer: Bedwetting in a 15-year-old would warrant closer
examination.
●● What is the focus of early psychological attributions? Answer: The
importance of early relationships and environments in development.
●● Who is associated with psychoanalytic theory in child psychology?
Answer: Sigmund Freud.
●● What did Anna Freud contribute to child psychology? Answer: She
suggested that children's symptoms are developmental stages similar to
those of adults.
●● What research is behaviorism based on? Answer: Pavlov's research
on classical conditioning.
2026 FULL QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
SOLUTIONS
●● What should therapists look for when assessing children? Answer:
Inconsistencies with developmental trajectories.
●● What is an example of a behavior that may not indicate a disorder in
children? Answer: Bedwetting in a 15-year-old would warrant closer
examination.
●● What is the focus of early psychological attributions? Answer: The
importance of early relationships and environments in development.
●● Who is associated with psychoanalytic theory in child psychology?
Answer: Sigmund Freud.
●● What did Anna Freud contribute to child psychology? Answer: She
suggested that children's symptoms are developmental stages similar to
those of adults.
●● What research is behaviorism based on? Answer: Pavlov's research
on classical conditioning.
