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PSYC 140 Module 1 Exam Questions With
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According to Erikson, unsucessful completion of the first psychosocial stage will result in ___ -
Answer✔mistrust
According to Erikson, the "terrible two's" stem from a toddler's need to assert what? -
Answer✔Autonomy
Erikson used the term _____ to refer to producing something that benefits others -
Answer✔generativity
How many psychological stages did Erikson describe? - Answer✔Eight
list psychosexual stage described by Freud based on the age group: birth-18 months -
Answer✔oral
list psychosexual stage described by Freud based on the age group: 18mo-3 years -
Answer✔anal
list psychosexual stage described by Freud based on the age group: 3-6 years old -
Answer✔phallic
list psychosexual stage described by Freud based on the age group: 6 years old-puberty -
Answer✔latency
list psychosexual stage described by Freud based on the age group: puberty-adulthood -
Answer✔genital
Freud: Continuous or Discontinuous - Answer✔discontinuous
Erikson: Continuous or Discontinuous - Answer✔discontinuous
Piaget: Continuous or Discontinuous - Answer✔discontinuous
Skinner: Continuous or Discontinuous - Answer✔continuous
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___ stage theory covers the greatest breadth in the greatest detail (___ through late
adulthood). He incorporates ___ development to a greater extent than do the other theorists. -
Answer✔Erikson's, infancy, social
___ focuses exclusively on ___ development and primarily focuses on ____. - Answer✔Piaget,
cognitive, childhood
____ emphasizes _____ development and also focuses mainly on childhood and ___. -
Answer✔Freud, psychosexual, adolescence
What, according to Erikson, is the negative possible outcome of the crisis in late adulthood? -
Answer✔despair
who was one of the foremost researchers on operant conditioning (he even coined the term)? -
Answer✔B.F Skinner
social learning - Answer✔process of altering behavior by observing and imitating the behavior
of others
learning technique revolved around modeling ___ emphasizes that people learn by observing
others, and this learning can occur without necessarily shaping behavior through reward and
punishment. - Answer✔social learning
who embraced a cognitive perspective, meaning his stages of development focus on the
changes in thinking that children from infancy through adolescence experience? - Answer✔jean
piaget
jean piaget's four stage theory of cognitive development - Answer✔1. sensorimotor, 2.
preoperational, 3. concrete operational, 4. formal operational
he said that the two basic processes work in tandem to achieve cognitive growth-assimilation
and accommodation
what is unique about piaget's theory of cognitive development? - Answer✔-it is concerned with
children rather than all learners
-focuses on development rather than learning
-proposes discrete stages of development marked by qualitative differences rather than gradual
increase in number & complexity of behaviors, concepts, ideas, etc.
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PSYC 140 Module 1 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers 100% Verified.
According to Erikson, unsucessful completion of the first psychosocial stage will result in ___ -
Answer✔mistrust
According to Erikson, the "terrible two's" stem from a toddler's need to assert what? -
Answer✔Autonomy
Erikson used the term _____ to refer to producing something that benefits others -
Answer✔generativity
How many psychological stages did Erikson describe? - Answer✔Eight
list psychosexual stage described by Freud based on the age group: birth-18 months -
Answer✔oral
list psychosexual stage described by Freud based on the age group: 18mo-3 years -
Answer✔anal
list psychosexual stage described by Freud based on the age group: 3-6 years old -
Answer✔phallic
list psychosexual stage described by Freud based on the age group: 6 years old-puberty -
Answer✔latency
list psychosexual stage described by Freud based on the age group: puberty-adulthood -
Answer✔genital
Freud: Continuous or Discontinuous - Answer✔discontinuous
Erikson: Continuous or Discontinuous - Answer✔discontinuous
Piaget: Continuous or Discontinuous - Answer✔discontinuous
Skinner: Continuous or Discontinuous - Answer✔continuous
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, ©THESTAR 2024/2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 12:43 PM.
___ stage theory covers the greatest breadth in the greatest detail (___ through late
adulthood). He incorporates ___ development to a greater extent than do the other theorists. -
Answer✔Erikson's, infancy, social
___ focuses exclusively on ___ development and primarily focuses on ____. - Answer✔Piaget,
cognitive, childhood
____ emphasizes _____ development and also focuses mainly on childhood and ___. -
Answer✔Freud, psychosexual, adolescence
What, according to Erikson, is the negative possible outcome of the crisis in late adulthood? -
Answer✔despair
who was one of the foremost researchers on operant conditioning (he even coined the term)? -
Answer✔B.F Skinner
social learning - Answer✔process of altering behavior by observing and imitating the behavior
of others
learning technique revolved around modeling ___ emphasizes that people learn by observing
others, and this learning can occur without necessarily shaping behavior through reward and
punishment. - Answer✔social learning
who embraced a cognitive perspective, meaning his stages of development focus on the
changes in thinking that children from infancy through adolescence experience? - Answer✔jean
piaget
jean piaget's four stage theory of cognitive development - Answer✔1. sensorimotor, 2.
preoperational, 3. concrete operational, 4. formal operational
he said that the two basic processes work in tandem to achieve cognitive growth-assimilation
and accommodation
what is unique about piaget's theory of cognitive development? - Answer✔-it is concerned with
children rather than all learners
-focuses on development rather than learning
-proposes discrete stages of development marked by qualitative differences rather than gradual
increase in number & complexity of behaviors, concepts, ideas, etc.
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