Summative Test in LCS

When faced with a challenging situation, a person who is on the path to developing strong self-confidence would be most likely to engage in which of the following actions?

• Ignoring your flaws or weaknesses

• Copying others' behavior from friends

• Understanding your personality and values

• Avoiding the criticisms given to you

A teacher observes that a child is struggling to grasp abstract concepts like 'justice' or 'freedom'. Based on Jean Piaget's theory, this observation suggests the child may not yet have fully developed the capacity for which type of thought?

• Moral development

• Psychosexual stages

• Cognitive development

• Social learning

If a child is given a new toy with several buttons and levers, and they spend time pushing, pulling, and observing the toy's reactions, what key principle of Piaget's theory is being demonstrated?

• Watching TV and other videos online

• Active exploration and interaction in their environment

• Memorizing facts from the books that they have read

• Copying the things they have seen in adults

A child is able to sort objects by color and size and understands that the quantity of a liquid remains the same even if it's poured into a taller, narrower glass. Which of Piaget's stages does this ability to understand conservation and classification indicate?

• Oral Stage

• Preoperational Stage

• Latency Stage

• Identity vs. Confusion

A student is able to follow the steps of a science experiment and can logically deduce the outcome based on the physical data they collect. This ability to reason about tangible, real-world events places them in which of Piaget's stages?

• Sensorimotor

• Preoperational

• Concrete Operational

• Formal Operational

A therapist is working with a patient who is struggling with feelings of inadequacy and hopelessness about their past life choices. The therapist's approach, which focuses on resolving this internal conflict to achieve a sense of fulfillment, is most aligned with the work of which theorist?

• Behaviorism

• Psychosocial development

• Moral reasoning

• Cognitive learning

An adolescent is exploring different peer groups, hobbies, and potential future careers, trying to figure out 'who they are' and what their purpose is. This process of self-discovery and the internal struggle to form a cohesive sense of self is a central theme of which of Erikson's conflicts?

• Autonomy vs. Shame

• Trust vs. Mistrust

• Identity vs. Role Confusion

• Initiative vs. Guilt

An infant repeatedly shakes a rattle and listens to the sound it makes, or puts objects in their mouth to understand their texture and shape. This learning behavior is a direct example of which of the following?

• Abstract thinking

• Language and imagination

• Senses and actions

• Reading and writing

A newborn infant receives consistent care, warmth, and nourishment from their primary caregiver, leading them to feel that the world is a predictable and safe place. This positive outcome is a successful resolution of which of Erikson's foundational conflicts?

• Independence and Dependence

• Love and Hate

• Trust and Mistrust

• Confidence and Fear

If a researcher were to observe a child who seems to be skipping the 'preoperational stage' and moving directly to 'concrete operational,' Piaget would argue that this is an inaccurate observation. This is because he believed that the developmental stages follow a specific, unchangeable pattern, also known as:

• A fixed order

• A random order

• Reverse order

• No specific order