Unit 4 - Developmental Psychology

Eight year old Herbie does not want to go to school. He is in the lowest reading group and goes to third grade for math. According to Erik Erikson what danger might take over Herbie?

• Guilt

• Mistrust

• Shame

• Inferiority

The first time Herbie saw an accordion, he called it a side-ways piano. This best illustrates the process of:

• Motivation

• Assimilation

• Egocentrism

• Conservation

Nature is to nurture as _____________________is to_________________________.

• Identical twins; fraternal twins

• DNA; Chromosomes

• Experience; learning

• Heredity; environment

According to Jean Piaget, what is the first stage of cognitive development?

• Sensorimotor

• Preoperational

• Concrete Operational

• Formal operational

Piaget is to cognitive development as Erikson is to____________________development.

• Physical

• Social

• Moral

According to Piaget’s theories of “Schemas”, we account for new information by which processes?

• Accommodation and repulsion

• Assimilation and accommodation

• Rejection and Acceptance

Helen views her mom more as a friend rather than a mother figure, because her mom doesn't set boundaries or intervene when she is doing something wrong. Helen's mom’s Parenting Style would most likely be considered:

• Permissive

• Neglectful

• Authoritarian

• Authoritative

Which psychologist stressed the 4 Stages of Cognitive Development like Formal 

Operational?

• Bandura

• Erikson

• Vygotsky

• Piaget

  Edward is 43, and he doesn't feel like his job is rewarding. He wonders if he would've been happier if he had kids. Edward is most likely experiencing which psychosocial stage?  

• Initiative vs. guilt

• Intimacy vs. isolation

• Integrity vs. despair

• Generativity vs. stagnation

Most psychologists would agree that development is:

• entirely due to nature

• Entirely due to nurture

• The interaction of both nature and nurture

• Wait...huh??