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1.7 y/o with temper tantrums, refuses to go to school. Stomachaches and headaches on
school days. Nightmares about being kidnapped, fears parents will die. Dx? (4x):
SEPARATION ANXIETY D/O
2.An example of parallel play: (4x): A 2 YO CHILD SITS NEAR ANOTHER TODDLER
WITH A TRUCK AND PICK UP A CAR.
3.Children demonstrate a preference for the human voice and speech over other
sounds at what age? (3x): BIRTH
4.The "strange situation" in child development is used to assess the infant's in attachment
theory: (2x): SECURITY OF ATTACHMENT
5.Which ages of children are interested in secrets, collecting, and participating in
organized games? (2x): ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6.Core gender identity is typically established by what age? (2x): 3 YEARS
7.Parents report 3 y/o has not begun to talk. Since birth child has been dis-tractible. Also
report child seems to have problem empathizing with siblings. What question should the
Psych MD ask first? (2x): "HAS YOUR CHILD'S HEARING BEEN TESTED?"
8.2 y/o clings to mother when introduced to a new child, refusing to join in play during 1st
visit. On 2nd visit, child plays behind mother, and on 3rd visit, she seems to continue her
usual activities while warily eyeing the new child. What temperamental traits or
constellations best describes this child's behavior? (2x): SLOW-TO-WARM-UP
9.A 5 year old child whose mother was in a minor car accident believes he is responsible
for causing the accident because he yelled "I hate you" in protest when his mother left him
with a baby sitter an hour earlier. This belief repre-sents which of the following? (x2): AGE
APPROPRIATE EGOCENTIC THINKING
10. 3 1⁄2 y/o girl has increasingly become interested in dressing up in her moth-er's clothes and
shoes, with increased remarks about being a girl. It would be most consistent with a social learning
, theory explanation of psychosexual development to say that her behavior is (2x):: BASED ON
MATERNAL MODELING AND BEHAVIOR
11. An infant who engages in an interactive game of peek-a-boo most closely demonstrates the
concept of which cognitive ability? (2x): OBJECT PERMANENCE
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1.7 y/o with temper tantrums, refuses to go to school. Stomachaches and headaches on
school days. Nightmares about being kidnapped, fears parents will die. Dx? (4x):
SEPARATION ANXIETY D/O
2.An example of parallel play: (4x): A 2 YO CHILD SITS NEAR ANOTHER TODDLER
WITH A TRUCK AND PICK UP A CAR.
3.Children demonstrate a preference for the human voice and speech over other
sounds at what age? (3x): BIRTH
4.The "strange situation" in child development is used to assess the infant's in attachment
theory: (2x): SECURITY OF ATTACHMENT
5.Which ages of children are interested in secrets, collecting, and participating in
organized games? (2x): ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6.Core gender identity is typically established by what age? (2x): 3 YEARS
7.Parents report 3 y/o has not begun to talk. Since birth child has been dis-tractible. Also
report child seems to have problem empathizing with siblings. What question should the
Psych MD ask first? (2x): "HAS YOUR CHILD'S HEARING BEEN TESTED?"
8.2 y/o clings to mother when introduced to a new child, refusing to join in play during 1st
visit. On 2nd visit, child plays behind mother, and on 3rd visit, she seems to continue her
usual activities while warily eyeing the new child. What temperamental traits or
constellations best describes this child's behavior? (2x): SLOW-TO-WARM-UP
9.A 5 year old child whose mother was in a minor car accident believes he is responsible
for causing the accident because he yelled "I hate you" in protest when his mother left him
with a baby sitter an hour earlier. This belief repre-sents which of the following? (x2): AGE
APPROPRIATE EGOCENTIC THINKING
10. 3 1⁄2 y/o girl has increasingly become interested in dressing up in her moth-er's clothes and
shoes, with increased remarks about being a girl. It would be most consistent with a social learning
, theory explanation of psychosexual development to say that her behavior is (2x):: BASED ON
MATERNAL MODELING AND BEHAVIOR
11. An infant who engages in an interactive game of peek-a-boo most closely demonstrates the
concept of which cognitive ability? (2x): OBJECT PERMANENCE
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