CPCE Study Guide (the Purple Book)
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Who is famous for the "hierarchy of needs?" - ANSWER-Abraham Maslow
What does Maslow's hierarchy of needs postulate? - ANSWER-lower-order
physiological & safety needs and higher-order needs (self-actualization)
first/lower: basics like food/water
safety/security
need for love/affection/belonging
highest level: self-actualization (being all that one can be)
Robert Kegan's 6 stages of lifespan development are: - ANSWER-incorporative
impulse
imperial
interpersonal
institutional
interindividual
Who is Robert Kegan? - ANSWER-adult cognitive development
stresses interpersonal development
constructive model of development, meaning individuals construct reality through the
lifespan
What is relativistic thinking according to Ed Neukrug? - ANSWER-as teens enter
adulthood, they realize not everything is right or wrong, but an answer can exist relative
to a specific situation
The work "ethology" often associated with Konrad Lorenz, refers to ________. -
ANSWER-"comparative psychology" refers to lab research using animals and
generalizing their findings to humans
*developed by European zoologists
Who is the father of transactional analysis? - ANSWER-Eric Berne
Frank Parsons is the father of ______. - ANSWER-guidance
Who stated that "males are better than females when performing mathematical
calculations?" - ANSWER-Eleanor Maccoby & Carol Jacklin
, Explain cephalocaudal? - ANSWER-refers to bodily proportions between the head and
tail
*Development is cephalocaudal; head develops earlier than legs
Who is B.F. Skinner? - ANSWER-behaviorist; prime mover in behaviorist psych.
movement
emphasized power of environment in development
Skinnerian principles (when applied clinically) called ABA or applied behavior analysis
What is Freud's Oedipus Complex? - ANSWER-occurs during the phallic stage
stage in which fantasies of sexual relations with the opposite-sex parent occur
A phrase to describe a client who is exposed to a situation which meant prove frightful
or difficult - ANSWER-"in vivo"
Explain heredity? - ANSWER--transmission of traits from parent to child
-assumes the normal person has 23 chromosomes
-assumes heredity characteristics are transmitted by -chromosomes
-assumes genes composed of DNA hold a genetic code
Eleanor Gibson was known for researching depth perception in children by _______. -
ANSWER-utilizing an apparatus known as a visual cliff
What is empiricism? - ANSWER-the forerunner of behaviorism
scientists can only learn from objective facts
empiristic view of development is behavioristic view
*John Locke
What did Harlow find in his study of the monkeys? - ANSWER-monkeys preferred a
warm mother who rocked to a cool mother who did not
contact was more important than milk in that monkeys preferred terry-cloth over wire
frame even if the wire frame provided milk
What is "symbiosis" according to Margaret Mahler? - ANSWER-the child's absolute
dependence on the female caretaker
difficulties in the symbiotic relationship can result in adult psychosis
theory of separation-individual theory of child development
Which maturationist was known for using a one-way mirror to observe children? -
ANSWER-Arnold Gesell; felt that development was primarily genetics/hereditary
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Who is famous for the "hierarchy of needs?" - ANSWER-Abraham Maslow
What does Maslow's hierarchy of needs postulate? - ANSWER-lower-order
physiological & safety needs and higher-order needs (self-actualization)
first/lower: basics like food/water
safety/security
need for love/affection/belonging
highest level: self-actualization (being all that one can be)
Robert Kegan's 6 stages of lifespan development are: - ANSWER-incorporative
impulse
imperial
interpersonal
institutional
interindividual
Who is Robert Kegan? - ANSWER-adult cognitive development
stresses interpersonal development
constructive model of development, meaning individuals construct reality through the
lifespan
What is relativistic thinking according to Ed Neukrug? - ANSWER-as teens enter
adulthood, they realize not everything is right or wrong, but an answer can exist relative
to a specific situation
The work "ethology" often associated with Konrad Lorenz, refers to ________. -
ANSWER-"comparative psychology" refers to lab research using animals and
generalizing their findings to humans
*developed by European zoologists
Who is the father of transactional analysis? - ANSWER-Eric Berne
Frank Parsons is the father of ______. - ANSWER-guidance
Who stated that "males are better than females when performing mathematical
calculations?" - ANSWER-Eleanor Maccoby & Carol Jacklin
, Explain cephalocaudal? - ANSWER-refers to bodily proportions between the head and
tail
*Development is cephalocaudal; head develops earlier than legs
Who is B.F. Skinner? - ANSWER-behaviorist; prime mover in behaviorist psych.
movement
emphasized power of environment in development
Skinnerian principles (when applied clinically) called ABA or applied behavior analysis
What is Freud's Oedipus Complex? - ANSWER-occurs during the phallic stage
stage in which fantasies of sexual relations with the opposite-sex parent occur
A phrase to describe a client who is exposed to a situation which meant prove frightful
or difficult - ANSWER-"in vivo"
Explain heredity? - ANSWER--transmission of traits from parent to child
-assumes the normal person has 23 chromosomes
-assumes heredity characteristics are transmitted by -chromosomes
-assumes genes composed of DNA hold a genetic code
Eleanor Gibson was known for researching depth perception in children by _______. -
ANSWER-utilizing an apparatus known as a visual cliff
What is empiricism? - ANSWER-the forerunner of behaviorism
scientists can only learn from objective facts
empiristic view of development is behavioristic view
*John Locke
What did Harlow find in his study of the monkeys? - ANSWER-monkeys preferred a
warm mother who rocked to a cool mother who did not
contact was more important than milk in that monkeys preferred terry-cloth over wire
frame even if the wire frame provided milk
What is "symbiosis" according to Margaret Mahler? - ANSWER-the child's absolute
dependence on the female caretaker
difficulties in the symbiotic relationship can result in adult psychosis
theory of separation-individual theory of child development
Which maturationist was known for using a one-way mirror to observe children? -
ANSWER-Arnold Gesell; felt that development was primarily genetics/hereditary
