LPC Exam
Freud's stages are psychosexual while Erik Erikson's stages are - Answer-Psychosocial
In Freud's psychodynamic theory instincts are emphasized. Erik Erikson is an ego psychologist. Ego
psychologists - Answer-Believe in mans power or reasoning to control behavior
Psychodynamic theories focus on .... rather than on cognitive factors when counseling clients - Answer-
unconscious processes
... is the only psychoanalyst who created a developmental theory that encompasses the entire lifespan -
Answer-Erik Erikson
The statement, "the ego is dependent on the id," would most likely reflect the work of - Answer-
Sigmund Freud, psychodynamic theory
In Freudian theory, the ID... - Answer-is the pleasure principle that houses animalistic instincts
In Freudian theory, the ego - Answer-Reality principle that is pressured to succumb to the ID and
pleasure of gratification without thinking about consequences
,Erik Erikson would not emphasize the role of the ID but rather - Answer-focus on the control of the ego
Robert Perry is known for his ideas related to - Answer-adult cognitive development, especially for
college students.
Robert Perry stresses concept of dualistic thinking - Answer-In which things are conceptualized as
good/bad, right/wrong
Ed Neukrug - Answer-relativistic thinking in adulthood allows individuals the ability to perceive that not
everything is right or wrong, but an answer can exist relative to a specific situation
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
Some behavioral scientists have been critical of the Swiss child psychologist Jean Piaget's developmental
research inasmuch as - Answer-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 - Answer-conservation which refers to the
notion that a substance's weight, mass and volume remain the same even if it changes shape.
In Piagetian literature, conservation would most likely refer to - Answer-volume or mass
A child masters conservation in the Piagetian stage known as - Answer-concrete operations - ages 7-11
years old
... expanded on Piaget's conceptualization of moral development - Answer-Lawrence Kohlberg
Epigenetic - Answer-each stage emerges from the one before it
,Kohlberg is the leading theorist in - Answer-moral development and used stories to determine the level
or moral development in children
According to Jean Piaget, a child masters the concept of reversibility in the third stage known as
concrete operations or concrete operational thought. This notion is that - Answer-one can undo an
action, hence an object (such as glass of water) can return to its original 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 - Answer-egocentrism which conveys the fact that a child
cannot view the world from the vantage point of someone else
Lawrence Kohlberg suggested - Answer-Three levels of morality : Preconventional, Conventional, and
Postconventional. Each level can be broken down further into two stages.
The Heinz dilemma is to Kohlberg's theory as - Answer-a typing test is to the level of typing skill
mastered.
Heinz Dilemma
(Kohlberg) - Answer-- asks a participant to explain why he believes it is better to steal a drug to save a
person's life or to obey the law by not stealing the drug
The term identity crisis comes from the work of - Answer-Erik Erikson
RS means - Answer-religious and spiritual
Kohlberg's three levels of morality - Answer--preconventional in which a child responds to
consequences (reward and punishment) greatly influence behavior
-Conventional - individual wants to meet the standards of family, society, and even nation
, -Postconventional - self -accepted morality - concerned with universal, ethical, principles of justice,
dignity, equality of human rights (Kohlberg believed many people never reach postconventional stage)
Trust vs. Mistrust is - Answer-Erikson's first stage of psychosocial development
A person who has successfully mastered Erikson's first seven stages would be ready to enter the final
stage of - Answer-integrity vs despair (begins about age 60) and says that a person feels sense of
integrity that life has been worthwhile or feels despair about their life
Kohlberg's second level of morality is known as conventional morality. This level is characterized by -
Answer-A desire to live up to society's expectations and a desire to conform
The zone of proximal development - Answer-pioneered by Lev Vygotsky and describes the difference
between a child's performance without a teacher vs that which he/she is capable of with an instructor
Freud and Erikson could be classified as - Answer-Maturationists meaning that behavior is guided
exclusively by hereditary factors, but that certain behaviors will not manifest themselves until the
necessary stimuli are present in the environment.
John Bowlby, the British psychiatrist, is most closely associated with: - Answer-bonding and attachment
- in order to lead a normal social life, the child must bond with an adult before the age of 3.
In which Eriksonian stage does the midlife crisis occur? - Answer-Generativity vs. stagnation
The researcher who is well known for his work with maternal deprivation and isolation in rhesus monkey
is - Answer-Harry Harlow
The statement that males are better than females when performing mathematical calculations is -
Answer-True according to research by Eleanor Maccoby and Carol Jacklin - they found this does not
happen until hs/college and that it may be due to child-rearing patterns rather than bodily chemistry
Freud's stages are psychosexual while Erik Erikson's stages are - Answer-Psychosocial
In Freud's psychodynamic theory instincts are emphasized. Erik Erikson is an ego psychologist. Ego
psychologists - Answer-Believe in mans power or reasoning to control behavior
Psychodynamic theories focus on .... rather than on cognitive factors when counseling clients - Answer-
unconscious processes
... is the only psychoanalyst who created a developmental theory that encompasses the entire lifespan -
Answer-Erik Erikson
The statement, "the ego is dependent on the id," would most likely reflect the work of - Answer-
Sigmund Freud, psychodynamic theory
In Freudian theory, the ID... - Answer-is the pleasure principle that houses animalistic instincts
In Freudian theory, the ego - Answer-Reality principle that is pressured to succumb to the ID and
pleasure of gratification without thinking about consequences
,Erik Erikson would not emphasize the role of the ID but rather - Answer-focus on the control of the ego
Robert Perry is known for his ideas related to - Answer-adult cognitive development, especially for
college students.
Robert Perry stresses concept of dualistic thinking - Answer-In which things are conceptualized as
good/bad, right/wrong
Ed Neukrug - Answer-relativistic thinking in adulthood allows individuals the ability to perceive that not
everything is right or wrong, but an answer can exist relative to a specific situation
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
Some behavioral scientists have been critical of the Swiss child psychologist Jean Piaget's developmental
research inasmuch as - Answer-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 - Answer-conservation which refers to the
notion that a substance's weight, mass and volume remain the same even if it changes shape.
In Piagetian literature, conservation would most likely refer to - Answer-volume or mass
A child masters conservation in the Piagetian stage known as - Answer-concrete operations - ages 7-11
years old
... expanded on Piaget's conceptualization of moral development - Answer-Lawrence Kohlberg
Epigenetic - Answer-each stage emerges from the one before it
,Kohlberg is the leading theorist in - Answer-moral development and used stories to determine the level
or moral development in children
According to Jean Piaget, a child masters the concept of reversibility in the third stage known as
concrete operations or concrete operational thought. This notion is that - Answer-one can undo an
action, hence an object (such as glass of water) can return to its original 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 - Answer-egocentrism which conveys the fact that a child
cannot view the world from the vantage point of someone else
Lawrence Kohlberg suggested - Answer-Three levels of morality : Preconventional, Conventional, and
Postconventional. Each level can be broken down further into two stages.
The Heinz dilemma is to Kohlberg's theory as - Answer-a typing test is to the level of typing skill
mastered.
Heinz Dilemma
(Kohlberg) - Answer-- asks a participant to explain why he believes it is better to steal a drug to save a
person's life or to obey the law by not stealing the drug
The term identity crisis comes from the work of - Answer-Erik Erikson
RS means - Answer-religious and spiritual
Kohlberg's three levels of morality - Answer--preconventional in which a child responds to
consequences (reward and punishment) greatly influence behavior
-Conventional - individual wants to meet the standards of family, society, and even nation
, -Postconventional - self -accepted morality - concerned with universal, ethical, principles of justice,
dignity, equality of human rights (Kohlberg believed many people never reach postconventional stage)
Trust vs. Mistrust is - Answer-Erikson's first stage of psychosocial development
A person who has successfully mastered Erikson's first seven stages would be ready to enter the final
stage of - Answer-integrity vs despair (begins about age 60) and says that a person feels sense of
integrity that life has been worthwhile or feels despair about their life
Kohlberg's second level of morality is known as conventional morality. This level is characterized by -
Answer-A desire to live up to society's expectations and a desire to conform
The zone of proximal development - Answer-pioneered by Lev Vygotsky and describes the difference
between a child's performance without a teacher vs that which he/she is capable of with an instructor
Freud and Erikson could be classified as - Answer-Maturationists meaning that behavior is guided
exclusively by hereditary factors, but that certain behaviors will not manifest themselves until the
necessary stimuli are present in the environment.
John Bowlby, the British psychiatrist, is most closely associated with: - Answer-bonding and attachment
- in order to lead a normal social life, the child must bond with an adult before the age of 3.
In which Eriksonian stage does the midlife crisis occur? - Answer-Generativity vs. stagnation
The researcher who is well known for his work with maternal deprivation and isolation in rhesus monkey
is - Answer-Harry Harlow
The statement that males are better than females when performing mathematical calculations is -
Answer-True according to research by Eleanor Maccoby and Carol Jacklin - they found this does not
happen until hs/college and that it may be due to child-rearing patterns rather than bodily chemistry
