HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
CPCE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Freud's stages are psychosexual while Erik Erikson's stages are - Correct Answers -
psychosocial.
In Freudian theory instincts are emphasized. Erik Erikson is an ego psychologist. Ego
psychologists - Correct Answers -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 - Correct Answers -Erik Erikson.
The statement, "the ego is dependent on the id," would most likely reflect the work of -
Correct Answers -Sigmund Freud.
Jean Piaget's theory has four stages. The correct order from stage 1 to stage 4 is -
Correct Answers -sensorimotor, preparations, concrete operations, formal operations.
Some behavioral scientists have been critical of the Swiss child psychologist Jean
Piaget's developmental research inasmuch as - Correct Answers -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 - Correct
Answers -conservation.
In Piagetian literature, conservation would most likely refer to - Correct Answers -
volume or mass.
A child masters conservation in the Piagetian stage known as - Correct Answers -
concrete operations—ages 7 to 11.
_______ expanded on Piaget's conceptualization of moral development. - Correct
Answers -Lawrence Kohlberg
According to Piaget, a child masters the concept of reversibility in the third stage, known
as concrete operations or concrete op- erational thought. This notion suggests - Correct
Answers -one can undo an action, hence an object can return to its initial shape.
, During a thunderstorm, a 6-year-old child in Piaget's stage of preoperational thought
(stage 2) says, "The rain is following me." This is an example of - Correct Answers -
egocentrism.
Lawrence Kohlberg suggested - Correct Answers -three levels of morality.
The Heinz story is to Kohlberg's theory as - Correct Answers -a typing test is to the level
of typing skill mastered.
The term identity crisis comes from the work of - Correct Answers -Erikson.
Kohlberg's three levels of morality are - Correct Answers -pre-conventional,
conventional, and post-conventional.
Trust versus mistrust is - Correct Answers -Erik Erikson's first stage of psychosocial
development.
A person who has successfully mastered Erikson's first seven stages would be ready to
enter Erikson's final or eighth stage, - Correct Answers -integrity versus despair.
In Kohlberg's first or preconventional level, the individual's mor- al behavior is guided by
- Correct Answers -consequences.
Kohlberg's second level of morality is known as conventional morality. This level is
characterized by - Correct Answers -a desire to live up to society's expectations and a
desire to conform.
Kohlberg's highest level of morality is termed postconventional morality. Here the
individual - Correct Answers -has self-imposed morals and ethics.
According to Kohlberg, level 3, which is post-conventional or self-accepted moral
principles, - Correct Answers -is the highest level of morality. However, some people
never reach this level.
The zone of proximal development - Correct Answers -was pioneered by Lev Vygotsky.
Freud and Erikson - Correct Answers -could be classified as maturationists.
John Bowlby's name is most closely associated with - Correct Answers -bonding and
attachment.
In which Eriksonian stage does the midlife crisis occur? - Correct Answers -
generativityversusstagnation
The researcher who is well known for his work with maternal deprivation and isolation in
rhesus monkeys is - Correct Answers -Harry Harlow.
CPCE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Freud's stages are psychosexual while Erik Erikson's stages are - Correct Answers -
psychosocial.
In Freudian theory instincts are emphasized. Erik Erikson is an ego psychologist. Ego
psychologists - Correct Answers -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 - Correct Answers -Erik Erikson.
The statement, "the ego is dependent on the id," would most likely reflect the work of -
Correct Answers -Sigmund Freud.
Jean Piaget's theory has four stages. The correct order from stage 1 to stage 4 is -
Correct Answers -sensorimotor, preparations, concrete operations, formal operations.
Some behavioral scientists have been critical of the Swiss child psychologist Jean
Piaget's developmental research inasmuch as - Correct Answers -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 - Correct
Answers -conservation.
In Piagetian literature, conservation would most likely refer to - Correct Answers -
volume or mass.
A child masters conservation in the Piagetian stage known as - Correct Answers -
concrete operations—ages 7 to 11.
_______ expanded on Piaget's conceptualization of moral development. - Correct
Answers -Lawrence Kohlberg
According to Piaget, a child masters the concept of reversibility in the third stage, known
as concrete operations or concrete op- erational thought. This notion suggests - Correct
Answers -one can undo an action, hence an object can return to its initial shape.
, During a thunderstorm, a 6-year-old child in Piaget's stage of preoperational thought
(stage 2) says, "The rain is following me." This is an example of - Correct Answers -
egocentrism.
Lawrence Kohlberg suggested - Correct Answers -three levels of morality.
The Heinz story is to Kohlberg's theory as - Correct Answers -a typing test is to the level
of typing skill mastered.
The term identity crisis comes from the work of - Correct Answers -Erikson.
Kohlberg's three levels of morality are - Correct Answers -pre-conventional,
conventional, and post-conventional.
Trust versus mistrust is - Correct Answers -Erik Erikson's first stage of psychosocial
development.
A person who has successfully mastered Erikson's first seven stages would be ready to
enter Erikson's final or eighth stage, - Correct Answers -integrity versus despair.
In Kohlberg's first or preconventional level, the individual's mor- al behavior is guided by
- Correct Answers -consequences.
Kohlberg's second level of morality is known as conventional morality. This level is
characterized by - Correct Answers -a desire to live up to society's expectations and a
desire to conform.
Kohlberg's highest level of morality is termed postconventional morality. Here the
individual - Correct Answers -has self-imposed morals and ethics.
According to Kohlberg, level 3, which is post-conventional or self-accepted moral
principles, - Correct Answers -is the highest level of morality. However, some people
never reach this level.
The zone of proximal development - Correct Answers -was pioneered by Lev Vygotsky.
Freud and Erikson - Correct Answers -could be classified as maturationists.
John Bowlby's name is most closely associated with - Correct Answers -bonding and
attachment.
In which Eriksonian stage does the midlife crisis occur? - Correct Answers -
generativityversusstagnation
The researcher who is well known for his work with maternal deprivation and isolation in
rhesus monkeys is - Correct Answers -Harry Harlow.
