ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Erik Erikson: Stages of Psychosocial Development: Stage 1 (5) - CORRECT ANSWER --
Trust v. Mistrust
-Age: Birth - 1 years old
-Based On the quality of the relationship with an infant's mother or substitute mother
-Trust is obtained by the infant's food needs being met and the proper stimulation of their oral
region
-these determine the level of trust and infant has in oneself and others
Erik Erikson: Stages of Psychosocial Development: Stage 2 (5) - CORRECT ANSWER --
Autonomy v. Shame
-Age: 2-3 years old
-children gain power by being able to do things independently (autonomy)
-Autonomy is supported by parents creating a balanced environment that includes FIRMNESS to
prevent them from overstepping safe bounds and PATIENCE w/ child's process of learning
-Punitive/Rigid Parenting creates "double rebellion and double defeat"; doubt and shame, and
adults that are overly compulsive and stingy w/ their resources
,Erik Erikson: Stages of Psychosocial Development: Stage 3 (4) - CORRECT ANSWER --
Initiative v. Guilt
-Age: 3-5 years old
- child's growing abilities with language, locomotion, self-management, and environment
management is associated with increased competence
-parents must be empathic w/ child's psychosexual challenges child faces in stage AND parents
must encourage and provide child w/ opportunities for initiative-taking or child will develop
guilt
Erik Erikson: Stages of Psychosocial Development: Stage 4 (5) - CORRECT ANSWER --
Industry v. Inferiority
-Age: 6-11 years old
-children in this stage have a need to engage in worthwhile activities til completion for
recognition and satisfaction
-parents/teachers can help children succeed in this stage by providing/helping them find
interesting and worthwhile tasks that they have the ability to succeed at
-children who have resolved the Oedipal conflict and Are well prepared to function in the school
setting are likely to succeed in the stage
Erik Erikson: Stages of Psychosocial Development: Stage 5 (5) - CORRECT ANSWER --
Identity v. Identity Diffusion
-Age: 12-18 years old
,-adolescents in this stage experience identity confusion as a result of changes in the appearance
of the body, the reemergence of sexual feelings, and changes in social roles
-development of healthy identity involves adolescents understanding their earlier life
experiences, a growing sense of purpose, and a sense that they're dealing with reality is
acceptable
-lack of these things result in identity diffusion, and displaying behavioral characteristics of
adolescence in adulthood (i.e cliquishness, over identification with others, etc.)
Erik Erikson: Stages of Psychosocial Development: Stage 6 (4) - CORRECT ANSWER --
intimacy v. isolation
-Age: 19 - mid 30s
-an adolescent that develops a sense of identity in stage five can develop non-exploitative,
intimate, and committed relationships with romantic partners and can tolerate the risks involved
in this process
-an adolescent that can't negotiate stage five will become self-absorbed, isolated, and avoid
intimacy
Erik Erikson: Stages of Psychosocial Development: Stage 7 (4) - CORRECT ANSWER --
Generativity v. Stagnation
-Age: mid 30s - 50s
-Those who have achieved intimacy in a committed relationship have a desire to have children
and prepare the next generation to take their place in the world
-those who have not achieved intimacy continue to be self absorbed and feel stagnant
, Erik Erikson: Stages of Psychosocial Development: Stage 8 - CORRECT ANSWER --
Integrity v. Despair
-Age: 60s +
- adults in this phase who feel that their life has been worthwhile and they have lived in harmony
with internal values will feel a sense of ego integrity (been true to self and will)
-adults Who have serious concerns with their life cycle will feel despair because the sense of
insufficient time to create a different life
ego defense mechanisms - CORRECT ANSWER - Largely unconscious mental strategies
employed to reduce the experience of conflict or anxiety between ones Id and superego
Id - CORRECT ANSWER - a reservoir of unconscious psychic energy that, according to
Freud, strives to satisfy basic sexual and aggressive drives. The id operates on the pleasure
principle, demanding immediate gratification.
Superego - CORRECT ANSWER - the mental system that reflects the internalization of
cultural rules, and acts as a moral system
Compensation (3) - CORRECT ANSWER - -ego defense mechanism
-this is where we seek success in one area of life as a substitute for success in another area of life
that has been limited because of personal or environmental barriers
-example: A athlete with a disability becoming a computer expert
Conversion (3) - CORRECT ANSWER - -ego defense mechanism