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LMSW Exam-Human Growth and
Development (Unit 1) Questions and
Correct Answers
Question: Erik Erikson
Answer: interested in how children socialize & how this affects their sense
of self; saw personality as developing throughout the life course & looked
at identity crises as focal point for each stage of development
Question: Erikson's 8 Stages of Development
Answer: 1. Trust v. Mistrust
2. Autonomy v. Shame and Doubt
3. Initiative v. Guilt
4. Industry v. Inferiority
5. Identity v. Role Confusion
6. Intimacy v. Isolation
7. Generativity v. Stagnation
8. Ego Integrity v. Despair
Question: Trust v. Mistrust
Answer: birth-1 year; learn based on consistency of caregivers
Question: Autonomy v. Shame and Doubt
Answer: ages 1-3; Children begin to assert independence by walking
away from mother and making choices
Question: Initiative v. Guilt
Answer: ages 3-6; children assert themselves more frequently;
plan/initiate activities, make up games
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Question: Industry v. Inferiority
Answer: age 6-puberty; develop sense of pride in accomplishments
Question: Identity v. Role Confusion
Answer: adolescence; transition from childhood to adulthood; becoming
more independent and begin to look at future plans
Question: Intimacy v. Isolation
Answer: young adulthood; begin to share self more intimately with others
and explore relationships leading toward long term commitments with
others outside the family
Question: Generativity v. Stagnation
Answer: middle adulthood; establish careers, settle down in relationships,
begin families, develop sense of being a part of the bigger picture; give
back to society
Question: Ego Integrity v. Despair
Answer: older-senior citizens; slow down and contemplate
accomplishments and decide if they're satisfied with the progression of
their lives
Question: Cognitive Development
Answer: Focuses on development in terms of information processing,
conceptual resources, perceptual skill, language learning and other
aspects of development
Question: Six Levels of Cognition
Answer: 1. Knowledge
2. Comprehension
3. Application
4. Analysis
5. Synthesis
6. Evaluation
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Question: Knowledge
Answer: level of cognition involving rote memorization, recognition, or
recall of facts
Question: Comprehension
Answer: level of cognition involving understanding what facts mean
Question: Application
Answer: level of cognition involving correct use of facts, rules or ideas
Question: Analysis
Answer: level of cognition involving braking down information into
component parts
Question: Synthesis
Answer: level of cognition involving the combination of facts, ideas, or
information to make a new whole
Question: Evaluation
Answer: level of cognition involving judging or forming an opinion about
the information or situation
Question: 3 Domains of Development
Answer: 1. Cognitive
2. Affective
3. Psychomotor
Question: Cognitive Development
Answer: domain involving mental skills or knowledge
Question: Affective Development
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Answer: domain involving growth in feelings or emotional areas (attitude
or self)
Question: Psychomotor Development
Answer: domain involving manual or physical skills
Question: Jean Piaget
Answer: psychologist best known for theory of cognitive development
Question: Theory of Cognitive Development (Piaget)
Answer: addresses the acquisition of knowledge and how humans come to
acquire it; holds that children learn through interactions with environment
and others
Question: Piaget's stages of Cognitive Development
Answer: 1. Sensorimotor
2. Preoperational
3. Concrete Operations
4. Formal Operations
Question: Sensorimotor
Answer: Piaget's stage of cognitive development between birth and 2
years; involves:
a) retaining images of objects
b)develops primitive logic in manipulating objects
c)begins intentional actions
d) play is imitative
e) signals meaning-invests meaning in event (babysitter arriving means
mother is leaving)
f) symbol meaning begins at end of stage
Question: Preoperational
Pretest - Stuvia US
LMSW Exam-Human Growth and
Development (Unit 1) Questions and
Correct Answers
Question: Erik Erikson
Answer: interested in how children socialize & how this affects their sense
of self; saw personality as developing throughout the life course & looked
at identity crises as focal point for each stage of development
Question: Erikson's 8 Stages of Development
Answer: 1. Trust v. Mistrust
2. Autonomy v. Shame and Doubt
3. Initiative v. Guilt
4. Industry v. Inferiority
5. Identity v. Role Confusion
6. Intimacy v. Isolation
7. Generativity v. Stagnation
8. Ego Integrity v. Despair
Question: Trust v. Mistrust
Answer: birth-1 year; learn based on consistency of caregivers
Question: Autonomy v. Shame and Doubt
Answer: ages 1-3; Children begin to assert independence by walking
away from mother and making choices
Question: Initiative v. Guilt
Answer: ages 3-6; children assert themselves more frequently;
plan/initiate activities, make up games
Pretest - Stuvia US
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Question: Industry v. Inferiority
Answer: age 6-puberty; develop sense of pride in accomplishments
Question: Identity v. Role Confusion
Answer: adolescence; transition from childhood to adulthood; becoming
more independent and begin to look at future plans
Question: Intimacy v. Isolation
Answer: young adulthood; begin to share self more intimately with others
and explore relationships leading toward long term commitments with
others outside the family
Question: Generativity v. Stagnation
Answer: middle adulthood; establish careers, settle down in relationships,
begin families, develop sense of being a part of the bigger picture; give
back to society
Question: Ego Integrity v. Despair
Answer: older-senior citizens; slow down and contemplate
accomplishments and decide if they're satisfied with the progression of
their lives
Question: Cognitive Development
Answer: Focuses on development in terms of information processing,
conceptual resources, perceptual skill, language learning and other
aspects of development
Question: Six Levels of Cognition
Answer: 1. Knowledge
2. Comprehension
3. Application
4. Analysis
5. Synthesis
6. Evaluation
Pretest - Stuvia US
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Question: Knowledge
Answer: level of cognition involving rote memorization, recognition, or
recall of facts
Question: Comprehension
Answer: level of cognition involving understanding what facts mean
Question: Application
Answer: level of cognition involving correct use of facts, rules or ideas
Question: Analysis
Answer: level of cognition involving braking down information into
component parts
Question: Synthesis
Answer: level of cognition involving the combination of facts, ideas, or
information to make a new whole
Question: Evaluation
Answer: level of cognition involving judging or forming an opinion about
the information or situation
Question: 3 Domains of Development
Answer: 1. Cognitive
2. Affective
3. Psychomotor
Question: Cognitive Development
Answer: domain involving mental skills or knowledge
Question: Affective Development
Pretest - Stuvia US
, 4
Answer: domain involving growth in feelings or emotional areas (attitude
or self)
Question: Psychomotor Development
Answer: domain involving manual or physical skills
Question: Jean Piaget
Answer: psychologist best known for theory of cognitive development
Question: Theory of Cognitive Development (Piaget)
Answer: addresses the acquisition of knowledge and how humans come to
acquire it; holds that children learn through interactions with environment
and others
Question: Piaget's stages of Cognitive Development
Answer: 1. Sensorimotor
2. Preoperational
3. Concrete Operations
4. Formal Operations
Question: Sensorimotor
Answer: Piaget's stage of cognitive development between birth and 2
years; involves:
a) retaining images of objects
b)develops primitive logic in manipulating objects
c)begins intentional actions
d) play is imitative
e) signals meaning-invests meaning in event (babysitter arriving means
mother is leaving)
f) symbol meaning begins at end of stage
Question: Preoperational
Pretest - Stuvia US