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Final Exam Prep Psyc 140 Questions with Detailed
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According to Erikson, which comes first: Identity or Intimacy?
✓✓ Identity
According to a lifespan perspective of human development,
aging, maturation, and growth are all different types of change.
This change can therefore be positive or negative. Therefore,
development is multi ____________.
✓✓ Directional
Since professionals from various fields may study or apply
principles in lifespan development, this field is multi
____________.
✓✓ Disciplinary
Which of the following most accurately summarizes Freud's
view of the Oedipus complex?
✓✓ Boys experience competition with their fathers and
eventually identify with them, while repressing sexual feelings
toward their mothers.
True or false? According to Freud, a child who becomes fixated
on an erogenous zone will either over- or under-indulge this
area as an adult.
✓✓ True
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Regarding the nature/nurture debate, Freud's emphasis on the
role of early childhood experiences reflects an emphasis on
[answer1]. Erikson's psychosocial stages clearly lean toward
this side of the debate: [answer2
✓✓ Nuture,Nuture
According to the theorist, _____________, to understand
human development, one must understand the various context
environment in which the individual interacts.
✓✓ Bronfenbrenner
Which age group did Erikson say faces the crisis Generativity
vs. Stagnation?
✓✓ Middle Adulthood
True or false? Erikson emphasized the id, while Freud
emphasized the ego.
✓✓ False
In which of the following stages is it important for children to
establish a sense of competence?
✓✓ Industry Vs Inferiority
True or false? Pavlov first became interested in studying dogs'
reflexive behaviors when he saw them salivating without food
being present.
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✓✓ False
Which of the following statements most accurately reflects
Piaget's stages of cognitive development?
✓✓ Children progress thought stages in the same order.
What was B.F. Skinner's position on free will? Be specific and
thorough in your answer. Where does he therefore fall on the
nature/nurture debate?
✓✓ B.F Skinner's position on free will, there is no free will; all
behavior is due to conditioning. We only believe there is free
will because we cannot see what causes the behavior. Skinner is
fully on the nurture side.
Is food aversion an example of Classical Conditioning or
Operant Conditioning? Explain why
✓✓ Food aversion is an example of classical conditioning. Food
aversion is an association between nausea and induced
substance organisms learn to associate events or stimuli that
repeatedly happen together. Classical Conditioning is an
example of association learning.
Which psychological perspective likens the human brain to a
computer?
✓✓ Information processing theory
According to Freud, the Oedipus Complex arises during which
psychosexual stage?
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✓✓ Phallic
Freud's final psychosexual stage occurs from [answer1] on
while, Erikson's final stage is for the following age group:
[answer2].
✓✓ Puberty, Older adults.
Freud believed that unsuccessful completion of a psychosexual
stage would result in a person becoming ____________ on
an erogenous part of the body.
✓✓ Fixated
Someone who believes that genetics are the primary
contributor to developmental changes is emphasizing
[CHOOSE ONE: Nature/Nurture].
✓✓ Nature
He coined the term, "operant conditioning."
✓✓ B.F. Skinner
Which age group did Erikson say faces the crisis Identity vs.
Identity Confusion?
✓✓ Adolescene
Which age group did Erikson say faces the crisis Intimacy vs.
Isolation?
Final Exam Prep Psyc 140 Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers for Accuracy
According to Erikson, which comes first: Identity or Intimacy?
✓✓ Identity
According to a lifespan perspective of human development,
aging, maturation, and growth are all different types of change.
This change can therefore be positive or negative. Therefore,
development is multi ____________.
✓✓ Directional
Since professionals from various fields may study or apply
principles in lifespan development, this field is multi
____________.
✓✓ Disciplinary
Which of the following most accurately summarizes Freud's
view of the Oedipus complex?
✓✓ Boys experience competition with their fathers and
eventually identify with them, while repressing sexual feelings
toward their mothers.
True or false? According to Freud, a child who becomes fixated
on an erogenous zone will either over- or under-indulge this
area as an adult.
✓✓ True
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Regarding the nature/nurture debate, Freud's emphasis on the
role of early childhood experiences reflects an emphasis on
[answer1]. Erikson's psychosocial stages clearly lean toward
this side of the debate: [answer2
✓✓ Nuture,Nuture
According to the theorist, _____________, to understand
human development, one must understand the various context
environment in which the individual interacts.
✓✓ Bronfenbrenner
Which age group did Erikson say faces the crisis Generativity
vs. Stagnation?
✓✓ Middle Adulthood
True or false? Erikson emphasized the id, while Freud
emphasized the ego.
✓✓ False
In which of the following stages is it important for children to
establish a sense of competence?
✓✓ Industry Vs Inferiority
True or false? Pavlov first became interested in studying dogs'
reflexive behaviors when he saw them salivating without food
being present.
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✓✓ False
Which of the following statements most accurately reflects
Piaget's stages of cognitive development?
✓✓ Children progress thought stages in the same order.
What was B.F. Skinner's position on free will? Be specific and
thorough in your answer. Where does he therefore fall on the
nature/nurture debate?
✓✓ B.F Skinner's position on free will, there is no free will; all
behavior is due to conditioning. We only believe there is free
will because we cannot see what causes the behavior. Skinner is
fully on the nurture side.
Is food aversion an example of Classical Conditioning or
Operant Conditioning? Explain why
✓✓ Food aversion is an example of classical conditioning. Food
aversion is an association between nausea and induced
substance organisms learn to associate events or stimuli that
repeatedly happen together. Classical Conditioning is an
example of association learning.
Which psychological perspective likens the human brain to a
computer?
✓✓ Information processing theory
According to Freud, the Oedipus Complex arises during which
psychosexual stage?
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✓✓ Phallic
Freud's final psychosexual stage occurs from [answer1] on
while, Erikson's final stage is for the following age group:
[answer2].
✓✓ Puberty, Older adults.
Freud believed that unsuccessful completion of a psychosexual
stage would result in a person becoming ____________ on
an erogenous part of the body.
✓✓ Fixated
Someone who believes that genetics are the primary
contributor to developmental changes is emphasizing
[CHOOSE ONE: Nature/Nurture].
✓✓ Nature
He coined the term, "operant conditioning."
✓✓ B.F. Skinner
Which age group did Erikson say faces the crisis Identity vs.
Identity Confusion?
✓✓ Adolescene
Which age group did Erikson say faces the crisis Intimacy vs.
Isolation?
