ASWB- HUMAN GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
Freud (5 psychosexual stages) 0-1 - ANSWER Oral
Freud (5 psychosexual stages) 2-3 - ANSWER Anal
Freud (5 psychosexual stages) 3-6 - ANSWER Phallic
Freud (5 psychosexual stages) 6-11 - ANSWER Latency
Freud (5 psychosexual stages) 12-18 - ANSWER Puberty-Genital
Piaget (4 stages of Cognitive Development) 0-2 - ANSWER Sensorimotor thought
Piaget (4 stages of Cognitive Development) 2 1/2-6 or 7 - ANSWER Preoperational thought
Piaget (4 stages of Cognitive Development) 7-11 - ANSWER Concrete Operations
Piaget (4 stages of Cognitive Development) 11-18 - ANSWER Formal Operations
Erickson 0-1 - ANSWER Basic sense of trust vs mistrust
Erickson 2-3 - ANSWER Sense of autonomy vs. Shame and doubt
Erickson 3-6 - ANSWER Sense of initiative vs. Guilt
Erickson 6-11 - ANSWER Sense of industry vs. inferiority
, Erickson 12-18 - ANSWER Sense of identity vs identity diffusion
Erickson 18-mid 20s - ANSWER Sense of intimacy vs. isolation
Erickson adulthood - ANSWER sense of generativity vs self-absorption
Erickson maturity - ANSWER sense of integrity vs. disgust
Mahler Stranger anxiety - ANSWER 6-8 months
Mahler Separation anxiety - ANSWER 12 months
Mahler Prolonged separation anxiety - ANSWER 18 months
Structural Theory - ANSWER Three internal structures guiding personality functioning (id, ego, superego)
id - ANSWER Seat of primitive drives and instinctual needs
Properties: impulses, primary process thinking, unconscious, discharges tensions
Ego - ANSWER Mediator between id and superego/drives and external reality
Moderates conflict between drives and internalized prohibitions
Adaptive capacity in relation to external reality
Properties: reality testing, judgement, modulating and controlling impulses, modulating affect, object
relations, regulate self-esteem, mastering developmental challenges.
Superego - ANSWER Seat of conscience, ego ideal
Properties: Uses internal and external rewards or punishments to control and regulate id impulses
DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
Freud (5 psychosexual stages) 0-1 - ANSWER Oral
Freud (5 psychosexual stages) 2-3 - ANSWER Anal
Freud (5 psychosexual stages) 3-6 - ANSWER Phallic
Freud (5 psychosexual stages) 6-11 - ANSWER Latency
Freud (5 psychosexual stages) 12-18 - ANSWER Puberty-Genital
Piaget (4 stages of Cognitive Development) 0-2 - ANSWER Sensorimotor thought
Piaget (4 stages of Cognitive Development) 2 1/2-6 or 7 - ANSWER Preoperational thought
Piaget (4 stages of Cognitive Development) 7-11 - ANSWER Concrete Operations
Piaget (4 stages of Cognitive Development) 11-18 - ANSWER Formal Operations
Erickson 0-1 - ANSWER Basic sense of trust vs mistrust
Erickson 2-3 - ANSWER Sense of autonomy vs. Shame and doubt
Erickson 3-6 - ANSWER Sense of initiative vs. Guilt
Erickson 6-11 - ANSWER Sense of industry vs. inferiority
, Erickson 12-18 - ANSWER Sense of identity vs identity diffusion
Erickson 18-mid 20s - ANSWER Sense of intimacy vs. isolation
Erickson adulthood - ANSWER sense of generativity vs self-absorption
Erickson maturity - ANSWER sense of integrity vs. disgust
Mahler Stranger anxiety - ANSWER 6-8 months
Mahler Separation anxiety - ANSWER 12 months
Mahler Prolonged separation anxiety - ANSWER 18 months
Structural Theory - ANSWER Three internal structures guiding personality functioning (id, ego, superego)
id - ANSWER Seat of primitive drives and instinctual needs
Properties: impulses, primary process thinking, unconscious, discharges tensions
Ego - ANSWER Mediator between id and superego/drives and external reality
Moderates conflict between drives and internalized prohibitions
Adaptive capacity in relation to external reality
Properties: reality testing, judgement, modulating and controlling impulses, modulating affect, object
relations, regulate self-esteem, mastering developmental challenges.
Superego - ANSWER Seat of conscience, ego ideal
Properties: Uses internal and external rewards or punishments to control and regulate id impulses
