Reviewer: Life Span Development

Which is an example of the autonomy versus shame and doubt stage?

• A teenager trying out new fashions and hairstyles
•   A preschooler insisting on picking out her own clothes, no matter how mismatched they are
• A middle-schooler completing a challenging math assignment

The central theme of Erikson’s theory of psychosocial stages was the development of:

• Social status
• Personality
• Ego identity

What do people face during each psychosocial stage that can serve as a turning point in development?

• Conflict
• Turmoil
• Epiphany

The stage that occurs between birth and one year of age is concerned with:

• Initiative vs. Guilt
• Trust vs. Mistrust
• Identity vs. Role Confusion

How many stages of psychosocial development did Erikson describe?

• 4
• 7
• 8

If a child struggles to do well in school, what problem might emerge?

• Struggle with feelings of inferiority
• Develop a poor self-identity
• Begin to mistrust the people around him

A straight A student turned party goer shows what stage?

• Industry vs. Inferiority

• Identity vs. Role Confusion

• Generativity vs. Stagnation

• Trust vs Mistrust

According to Erikson's Psychosocial Stages of Development, which stage describes a child who needs to learn important academic skills and compare favorably with peers in school to achieve competence?

• Trust vs Mistrust

• Identity vs Role Confusion

• Initiative vs Guilt

• Industry vs Inferiority

What is stage 1 of Erikson's Theory?

• Stagnation vs despair

• Trust vs Mistrust

• Autonomy vs shame and doubt

What stage am I :
infants basic needs are met, they develop

• autonomy vs shame
• Initiative vs guilt
• trust vs mistrust
• Generativity vs stagnation