Nu664C Final Regis College UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Piaget: Sensorimotor Stage - CORRECT ANSWER Ages: birth to age 2
The stage during which children learn through senses and motor activities.
Coordination of sensory input and motor responses
Development of object permanence
Piaget Perioperations Subperiod - CORRECT ANSWER Deferred Imitation, symbolic
play, Graphic imagery, mental imagery, and language.
Piaget Concrete Operations - CORRECT ANSWER 7-11 years old
Begin abstract thought
Plays games with rules
Cause and effect relationship
Conservation of quantity, weight, volume, inclusion/seriation
Piaget Formal Operations - CORRECT ANSWER 12-adult; ability to think abstractly;
thinking operates in a formal, logical manner
Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development - CORRECT ANSWER Moral development
takes place in stages and awareness of other people increases at each stage
Preconventional: Punishment/obedience
,Conventional: Act in ways to maintain good relationships with others.
Postconventional: Develop ethical principles that are self-accepted.
Erikson's Psychosocial Theory - CORRECT ANSWER stage theory of psychosocial
development, lifespan consists of eight dilemmas that must be solved correctly in order to solve
the next dilemma
Trust vs. Mistrust (Erikson) - CORRECT ANSWER 0-1 years. Erikson's first stage during
the first year of life, infants learn to trust when they are cared for in a consistent warm manner.
Can be associated with psychosis, addiction, and depression when negative.
Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt (Erikson) - CORRECT ANSWER 1 - 3 years. Using new
mental and motor skills, children want to choose and decide for themselves. Autonomy is
fostered when parents permit reasonable free choice and do not force or shame the child. Aligns
with Freud's anal stage. Can be associated with paranoia, OCD, and impulsivity when negative.
Initiative vs. Guilt (Erikson) - CORRECT ANSWER 3-6 yrs, good: sense of purpose,
ability to initiate activities, ability to enjoy accomplishment, bad: fear of punishment, restrict
himself, show off. Can be associated with conversion disorder, phobias, psychosomatic disorder,
and inhibition.
Industry vs. Inferiority (Erikson) - CORRECT ANSWER 6-12 yrs, good: competence,
exercise his/her abilities and intelligence in the world, be able to affect world in the way that the
child desires bad: inadequacy, low self esteem. Can be associated with creative inhibition,
Intertion.
Identity vs. Role Confusion (Erikson) - CORRECT ANSWER 13-19 yr, **most crucial**
teens struggle with identity crisis, if healthy experimentation is fostered they attain identity
achievement; if not, they face insecurity and low self-worth. Can be associated with delinquency,
BPD, gender confusion.
Intimacy vs. Isolation (Erikson) - CORRECT ANSWER 20-40 yrs, good: love, intimate
relationships, commitment. bad: avoidance of commitment, alienation, distancing oneself.
Schizoid.
, Generativity vs. Stagnation (Erikson) - CORRECT ANSWER 40-60 years. favorable
resolution results in an individual capable of being a productive, caring, and contributing
member of society. If this crisis is not overcome, one acquires a sense of stagnation and may
become self-indulgent, bored, and self-centered. Midlife crisis, premature invalidism.
Integrity vs. Despair (Erikson) - CORRECT ANSWER 60- death. involves reevaluating
what we have done in our lives. If we feel we have done well we have a sense of integrity,
otherwise we experience gloom and doubt. Extreme alienation, despair.
Confidentiality - CORRECT ANSWER The act of holding information in confidence, not
to be released to unauthorized individuals.
Subpoena duces tecum can require docs to give relevant documents to the court.
Permission should be gotten for each piece of info from the same individual.
informed consent - CORRECT ANSWER An ethical principle requiring that research
participants be told enough to enable them to choose whether they wish to participate. Parent
must be give IC for minors unless for VD, pregnancy, substance/etoh, and contagious disease.
IC includes procedure, experimental, pain/risks, benefits, alternatives, questions, freedom to
refuse/withdraw.
Tarasoff 1 and 2 - CORRECT ANSWER 1:Provider must warn an individual if their
patient informs them that they plan to kill or injure them. Also, notify police.
2: Provider must take action to protect the target individual by nonconsensual hospitalization or
arrest of the patient.
Acetylcholine - CORRECT ANSWER A neurotransmitter that enables learning and
memory and also triggers muscle contraction.
Increased: Parkinsonism
Decreased: Dementia
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Piaget: Sensorimotor Stage - CORRECT ANSWER Ages: birth to age 2
The stage during which children learn through senses and motor activities.
Coordination of sensory input and motor responses
Development of object permanence
Piaget Perioperations Subperiod - CORRECT ANSWER Deferred Imitation, symbolic
play, Graphic imagery, mental imagery, and language.
Piaget Concrete Operations - CORRECT ANSWER 7-11 years old
Begin abstract thought
Plays games with rules
Cause and effect relationship
Conservation of quantity, weight, volume, inclusion/seriation
Piaget Formal Operations - CORRECT ANSWER 12-adult; ability to think abstractly;
thinking operates in a formal, logical manner
Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development - CORRECT ANSWER Moral development
takes place in stages and awareness of other people increases at each stage
Preconventional: Punishment/obedience
,Conventional: Act in ways to maintain good relationships with others.
Postconventional: Develop ethical principles that are self-accepted.
Erikson's Psychosocial Theory - CORRECT ANSWER stage theory of psychosocial
development, lifespan consists of eight dilemmas that must be solved correctly in order to solve
the next dilemma
Trust vs. Mistrust (Erikson) - CORRECT ANSWER 0-1 years. Erikson's first stage during
the first year of life, infants learn to trust when they are cared for in a consistent warm manner.
Can be associated with psychosis, addiction, and depression when negative.
Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt (Erikson) - CORRECT ANSWER 1 - 3 years. Using new
mental and motor skills, children want to choose and decide for themselves. Autonomy is
fostered when parents permit reasonable free choice and do not force or shame the child. Aligns
with Freud's anal stage. Can be associated with paranoia, OCD, and impulsivity when negative.
Initiative vs. Guilt (Erikson) - CORRECT ANSWER 3-6 yrs, good: sense of purpose,
ability to initiate activities, ability to enjoy accomplishment, bad: fear of punishment, restrict
himself, show off. Can be associated with conversion disorder, phobias, psychosomatic disorder,
and inhibition.
Industry vs. Inferiority (Erikson) - CORRECT ANSWER 6-12 yrs, good: competence,
exercise his/her abilities and intelligence in the world, be able to affect world in the way that the
child desires bad: inadequacy, low self esteem. Can be associated with creative inhibition,
Intertion.
Identity vs. Role Confusion (Erikson) - CORRECT ANSWER 13-19 yr, **most crucial**
teens struggle with identity crisis, if healthy experimentation is fostered they attain identity
achievement; if not, they face insecurity and low self-worth. Can be associated with delinquency,
BPD, gender confusion.
Intimacy vs. Isolation (Erikson) - CORRECT ANSWER 20-40 yrs, good: love, intimate
relationships, commitment. bad: avoidance of commitment, alienation, distancing oneself.
Schizoid.
, Generativity vs. Stagnation (Erikson) - CORRECT ANSWER 40-60 years. favorable
resolution results in an individual capable of being a productive, caring, and contributing
member of society. If this crisis is not overcome, one acquires a sense of stagnation and may
become self-indulgent, bored, and self-centered. Midlife crisis, premature invalidism.
Integrity vs. Despair (Erikson) - CORRECT ANSWER 60- death. involves reevaluating
what we have done in our lives. If we feel we have done well we have a sense of integrity,
otherwise we experience gloom and doubt. Extreme alienation, despair.
Confidentiality - CORRECT ANSWER The act of holding information in confidence, not
to be released to unauthorized individuals.
Subpoena duces tecum can require docs to give relevant documents to the court.
Permission should be gotten for each piece of info from the same individual.
informed consent - CORRECT ANSWER An ethical principle requiring that research
participants be told enough to enable them to choose whether they wish to participate. Parent
must be give IC for minors unless for VD, pregnancy, substance/etoh, and contagious disease.
IC includes procedure, experimental, pain/risks, benefits, alternatives, questions, freedom to
refuse/withdraw.
Tarasoff 1 and 2 - CORRECT ANSWER 1:Provider must warn an individual if their
patient informs them that they plan to kill or injure them. Also, notify police.
2: Provider must take action to protect the target individual by nonconsensual hospitalization or
arrest of the patient.
Acetylcholine - CORRECT ANSWER A neurotransmitter that enables learning and
memory and also triggers muscle contraction.
Increased: Parkinsonism
Decreased: Dementia
