PRITE Development Exam Prep
2025 Questions and Answers
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
An example of parallel play: (4x) - ✔✔A 2 YO CHILD SITS NEAR ANOTHER
TODDLER WITH A TRUCK AND PICK UP A CAR.
Children demonstrate a preference for the human voice and speech over other sounds
at what age? (3x) - ✔✔BIRTH
The "strange situation" in child development is used to assess the infant's in attachment
theory: (2x) - ✔✔SECURITY OF ATTACHMENT
Which ages of children are interested in secrets, collecting, and participating in
organized games? (2x) - ✔✔ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Core gender identity is typically established by what age? (2x) - ✔✔3 YEARS
Parents report 3 y/o has not begun to talk. Since birth child has been distractible. 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?"
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, 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
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 represents which of the following?
(x2) - ✔✔AGE APPROPRIATE EGOCENTIC THINKING
3 1⁄2 y/o girl has increasingly become interested in dressing up in her mother'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
An infant who engages in an interactive game of peek-a-boo most closely demonstrates
the concept of which cognitive ability? (2x) - ✔✔OBJECT PERMANENCE
Integration of clinical and experimental observations in early childhood development
supports what statement about infant/parent interactions (2x)? - ✔✔INFANTS ARE
BORN WITH SOPHISTICATED PERCEPTUAL ABILITIES THAT FACILITATE
ATTACHMENT
School aged boy, plays BBall and w/ boys, not w/ girls. What Freud's psychosexial
stage? - ✔✔LATENCY
2-3 y.o. Capacity to tolerate frustration influenced by - ✔✔ABILITY TO INTERNALIZE
SOCIAL NORMS
Difficulty with which physical task is most concerning in elementary school aged kid? -
✔✔JUMPING AND HOPPING
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2025 Questions and Answers
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
An example of parallel play: (4x) - ✔✔A 2 YO CHILD SITS NEAR ANOTHER
TODDLER WITH A TRUCK AND PICK UP A CAR.
Children demonstrate a preference for the human voice and speech over other sounds
at what age? (3x) - ✔✔BIRTH
The "strange situation" in child development is used to assess the infant's in attachment
theory: (2x) - ✔✔SECURITY OF ATTACHMENT
Which ages of children are interested in secrets, collecting, and participating in
organized games? (2x) - ✔✔ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Core gender identity is typically established by what age? (2x) - ✔✔3 YEARS
Parents report 3 y/o has not begun to talk. Since birth child has been distractible. 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?"
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, 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
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 represents which of the following?
(x2) - ✔✔AGE APPROPRIATE EGOCENTIC THINKING
3 1⁄2 y/o girl has increasingly become interested in dressing up in her mother'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
An infant who engages in an interactive game of peek-a-boo most closely demonstrates
the concept of which cognitive ability? (2x) - ✔✔OBJECT PERMANENCE
Integration of clinical and experimental observations in early childhood development
supports what statement about infant/parent interactions (2x)? - ✔✔INFANTS ARE
BORN WITH SOPHISTICATED PERCEPTUAL ABILITIES THAT FACILITATE
ATTACHMENT
School aged boy, plays BBall and w/ boys, not w/ girls. What Freud's psychosexial
stage? - ✔✔LATENCY
2-3 y.o. Capacity to tolerate frustration influenced by - ✔✔ABILITY TO INTERNALIZE
SOCIAL NORMS
Difficulty with which physical task is most concerning in elementary school aged kid? -
✔✔JUMPING AND HOPPING
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