Westcott Dev Psych Practice Exam Questions and
Answers Latest Update
What two components are significant early on in the psychosocial domain?
-Thinking and Learning
-Puberty and Sexual Health
-Temperament and Attachment
- Primary vs Secondary aging - Answer Temperament and attachment
Early on, the focus is on infants and caregivers, as temperament and attachment are significant
What kind of development is gradual?
-Continuous Development
-Discontinuous Development
-Growth Development
-Universal Development - Answer -Continuous Development
With this type of development, there is a gradual change" under continuous
Which term is not considered a "family structure" by the U.S. Census Bureau?
-Same-bed cohabiting/married families
-Nuclear family
-Coexisting families
-Cohabiting families - Answer Coexisting families
Types:
1.) nuclear
2.) Cohabiting
3.) Same-sex cohabiting/married
,4.) Stepfamilies & blended (terms used interchangeably)
What needs to be assessed in order to understand the role family members have in individual
development?
-Processes, Functions, and Family Structures
-Family Structures, Socioeconomic Status, and Processes
-Family Involvement, Processes, and Socioeconomic Status
-Processes, Functions, and Family Involvement - Answer -Processes, Functions, and Family Structures
Family structures, processes, and functions must be assessed in order to understand the role family
members have in individual development
Which one of these items are not a part of the universal "family functions"?
-Ascribed Status
-Economic Support
-Emotional Support
-Nutrition Support - Answer Nutrition support
Part of family functions:
Economic support: providing basic needs, such as food, shelter, clothing, etc.
Emotional support: providing love, comfort, intimacy, companionship, nurturing, belongingness, etc.
Socialization of children: rearing children, parenting, helping children function to the best of their
abilities within their society.
Control of sexuality: defining and managing when and with whom (e.g., marriage) sexuality occurs.
Procreation: contributing to the continuation of society and offspring.
Ascribed status: providing a social identity (e.g., social class, race, ethnicity, kinship, religion, etc.)[5]
Parents who are ____, ___, and ____ help support their children's autonomy.
-More agreeable, less anxious, and less negative
,-More anxious, more agreeable, and less negative
-More agreeable, less anxious, and more negative
-More anxious, less agreeable, and less negative - Answer -More agreeable, less anxious, and less
negative
Parents who are more agreeable, less anxious, and less negative also support their children's autonomy-
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Which child characteristic is not a part of what affects child-rearing behaviors and roles?
-Gender Identity
-Birth Defects
-Birth Order
-Health Status - Answer birth defects
Over time, parents of more difficult children may become ___ punitive and ___ patient with their
children.
-More, More
-Less, More
-More, Less
-Less, Less - Answer More, Less
How many stages of development do developmetlists believe there are?
-3
-4
-8
-9 - Answer 8
1.) Prenatal Development
2.)Infancy and Toddlerhood
3.)Early Childhood
, 4.)Middle Childhood
5.)Adolescence
6.)Early Adulthood
7.)Middle Adulthood
8.)Late Adulthood
At what stage of development does conception occur?
-Infancy and toddlerhood
-Prenatal development
-Early childhood
-Prenatal displacement - Answer -Prenatal development`
Which of the following is not a stage of prenatal development?
-Germinal
-Embryonic
-Conception
-Fetal - Answer Conception
There are three stages of prenatal development: germinal, embryonic, and fetal periods, Page 19
What two things influence infants and toddlers' interactions with primary caregivers (or others)?
-Separation anxiety and attachment styles
-Generalized anxiety and parenting styles
-Separation anxiety and parenting styles
-Generalized anxiety and attachment styles - Answer Separation anxiety and attachment styles
Interactions with primary caregivers (and others) undergo changes influenced by possible separation
anxiety and the development of attachment styles, page 20
Answers Latest Update
What two components are significant early on in the psychosocial domain?
-Thinking and Learning
-Puberty and Sexual Health
-Temperament and Attachment
- Primary vs Secondary aging - Answer Temperament and attachment
Early on, the focus is on infants and caregivers, as temperament and attachment are significant
What kind of development is gradual?
-Continuous Development
-Discontinuous Development
-Growth Development
-Universal Development - Answer -Continuous Development
With this type of development, there is a gradual change" under continuous
Which term is not considered a "family structure" by the U.S. Census Bureau?
-Same-bed cohabiting/married families
-Nuclear family
-Coexisting families
-Cohabiting families - Answer Coexisting families
Types:
1.) nuclear
2.) Cohabiting
3.) Same-sex cohabiting/married
,4.) Stepfamilies & blended (terms used interchangeably)
What needs to be assessed in order to understand the role family members have in individual
development?
-Processes, Functions, and Family Structures
-Family Structures, Socioeconomic Status, and Processes
-Family Involvement, Processes, and Socioeconomic Status
-Processes, Functions, and Family Involvement - Answer -Processes, Functions, and Family Structures
Family structures, processes, and functions must be assessed in order to understand the role family
members have in individual development
Which one of these items are not a part of the universal "family functions"?
-Ascribed Status
-Economic Support
-Emotional Support
-Nutrition Support - Answer Nutrition support
Part of family functions:
Economic support: providing basic needs, such as food, shelter, clothing, etc.
Emotional support: providing love, comfort, intimacy, companionship, nurturing, belongingness, etc.
Socialization of children: rearing children, parenting, helping children function to the best of their
abilities within their society.
Control of sexuality: defining and managing when and with whom (e.g., marriage) sexuality occurs.
Procreation: contributing to the continuation of society and offspring.
Ascribed status: providing a social identity (e.g., social class, race, ethnicity, kinship, religion, etc.)[5]
Parents who are ____, ___, and ____ help support their children's autonomy.
-More agreeable, less anxious, and less negative
,-More anxious, more agreeable, and less negative
-More agreeable, less anxious, and more negative
-More anxious, less agreeable, and less negative - Answer -More agreeable, less anxious, and less
negative
Parents who are more agreeable, less anxious, and less negative also support their children's autonomy-
Page 13
Which child characteristic is not a part of what affects child-rearing behaviors and roles?
-Gender Identity
-Birth Defects
-Birth Order
-Health Status - Answer birth defects
Over time, parents of more difficult children may become ___ punitive and ___ patient with their
children.
-More, More
-Less, More
-More, Less
-Less, Less - Answer More, Less
How many stages of development do developmetlists believe there are?
-3
-4
-8
-9 - Answer 8
1.) Prenatal Development
2.)Infancy and Toddlerhood
3.)Early Childhood
, 4.)Middle Childhood
5.)Adolescence
6.)Early Adulthood
7.)Middle Adulthood
8.)Late Adulthood
At what stage of development does conception occur?
-Infancy and toddlerhood
-Prenatal development
-Early childhood
-Prenatal displacement - Answer -Prenatal development`
Which of the following is not a stage of prenatal development?
-Germinal
-Embryonic
-Conception
-Fetal - Answer Conception
There are three stages of prenatal development: germinal, embryonic, and fetal periods, Page 19
What two things influence infants and toddlers' interactions with primary caregivers (or others)?
-Separation anxiety and attachment styles
-Generalized anxiety and parenting styles
-Separation anxiety and parenting styles
-Generalized anxiety and attachment styles - Answer Separation anxiety and attachment styles
Interactions with primary caregivers (and others) undergo changes influenced by possible separation
anxiety and the development of attachment styles, page 20
