Intro Dev (1.1)

In a __________design, one group of participants is followed and assessed as the group ages over a long period of time.

• cohort

• behavior genetics

• longitudinal

• cross-sectional

The period of life from about age 13 to 19 years, during which a young person is no longer physically a child but is not yet an independent, or self-supporting, is called ________.

• adolescence

• adulthood

• tweens

• puberty

Jeremy is 17 years old. According to Erikson, his chief task will be acquiring a sense of ______.

• identity

• generativity

• intimacy

• autonomy

In developmental psychology, nature refers to “heredity” and nurture refers to “influence from the environment.”

• True

• False

According to Erikson, middle adulthood is the time when individuals struggle with generativity versus stagnation.

• True

• False

According to Erikson, an emotional and psychological closeness that is based on the ability to trust, share, and care, while still maintaining one’s sense of self, is called________.

• bonding

• intimacy

• attachment

• attraction

________refers to heredity and __________ refers to environmental influences.

• Nature; nurture

• Nurture; behavioral genetics

• Cognition; emotion

• Cross-sectional; longitudinal

Which of Erik Erikson’s psychosocial crises revolves around the child’s learning to direct his or her own behavior?

• trust versus mistrust

• industry versus inferiority

• initiative versus guilt

• autonomy versus shame and doubt

Like any 4-month-old, Amy depends on her parents to feed her and to change her diapers. When Amy cries, her devoted parents quickly respond to her needs. According to Erikson, Amy is developing a sense of _______.

• trust

• mistrust

• intimacy

• integrity

Which of the following stages of psychosocial development appears in adulthood rather than in childhood?

• initiative vs. doubt

• integrity vs. despair

• industry vs. inferiority

• trust vs. mistrust