Developmental Psychology

How many stages of psychosocial development did Erikson describe?

• 4

• 7

• 8

• 12

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

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

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

Intimacy vs. Isolation occurs at what stage?

• infancy
• young adulthood
• maturity

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

• Trust vs. Mistrust

• Identity vs. Role Confusion

• Initiative vs. Guilt

• Industry vs. Inferiority

Mary and Fred have one child and want to adopt a second. Since their first child's infancy had been extremely difficult on Mary, she was excited at the possibility of adopting an older child, perhaps a well-behaved, toilet-trained 3 year-old, and skipping the infancy period entirely. Fred, on the other hand, had serious misgivings not knowing about the quality of care giving and relationships in this child's early life. In a 3 year-old's case, he felt that inadequate care and improper resolution of what Ericksonian stage could lead to irreparable damage in later development?

• Intimacy vs. Isolation

• Identity vs. Role Confusion

• Trust vs. Mistrust

• Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt

A 38-year-old woman quits her high-paying marketing job to focus on her children and become a school counselor. What stage would Erikson consider this to be:

• Identity vs. Role Confusion

• Generativity vs. Stagnation

• Integrity vs. Despair

• Industry vs. Inferiority

Which is an example of the initiative vs. guilt stage?

• An infant chewing on a teething ring

• A preschooler insisting on picking out her own clothes, no matter how mismatched they are

• A middle-schooler completing a challenging math assignment

• A teenager trying out new fashions and hairstyles