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WorksheetsDevelopmental Psychology 2
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
infants basic needs are met, they develop
Toddlers – They wish to do things on their own, or they’re ashamed
Teens test different roles, or they’re confused about who they are.
They look back on their lives and either see a sense of worth or failure.
A straight A student turned party goer shows what stage
Trust vs Mistrust
Identity vs Role Confusion
Generativity vs Stagnation
Industry vs Inferiority
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
How many psychological stages did Erikson believed that people move through during the lifespan?
8
10
4
12
Toddlers – They wish to do things on their own, or they’re ashamed
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
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
The crisis that arises in young adulthood is concerned with:
Trust vs. Mistrust
Integrity vs. Despair
Industry vs. Inferiority
Intimacy vs. Isolation
Which of the individual's below is in the identity versus confusion stage?
If a child struggles to do well in school, what problem might emerge?
Struggle with feelings of inferiority
Experience a sense of guilt
Develop a poor self-identity
Begin to mistrust the people around him
Jack is in preschool and loves to be the snack helper. Jack sets the table and passes out the snack without being told by the teacher. What stage is Jack in?
Industry vs. inferiority
Initiative vs. guilt
Autonomy vs shame and doubt
Generativity vs. Stagnation
The argument over the relative contributions of heredity and environment in the development of various behaviors and personality traits is known as which of the following controversies?
Continuous versus discrete
Nature v. Nurture
Active versus passive
Critical period versus sensitive period
Ages v. Stages
Shaquille is 25 years old and is actively dating in order to find someone to settle down with. Which of the following theorists would best be able to explain Shaquille’s behavior?
Erik Erikson
Lawrence Kohlberg
Carol Gilligan
Sigmund Freud
B. F. Skinner
Bobby is seventeen and has been engaging in risky behaviors, such as reckless driving, skipping class, and breaking curfew. Which of the following is an explanation for Bobby's actions that most psychologists support?
Bobby is still developing new neural connections in his brain.
Bobby is rebelling against his peers because he feels left out.
Bobby’s temperament makes him prone to risk-taking behavior.
Bobby’s parents have an authoritative parenting style.
Bobby is depressed, as most adolescents are.
A child reading a book points to a picture on the page and calls to his mother in another room and says, “Mommy, who’s in this picture?” He expects that she will know what he is pointing at, even though she cannot see it. Which of the following concepts is illustrated in this example?
Animism
Assimilation
Conservation
Egocentrism
Object Permanence
Marion is about to turn 102. The death-deferral theory would predict that
her healthy diet will defer death for a longer period of time
her daily walk will defer death for a longer period of time
she is less likely to die immediately before her birthday
she will defer her death if she is surrounded by loved ones
she will be less likely to die if she has good health care
Which of the following scenarios best describes what Erik Erikson thought someone might experience in early adulthood?
Frances was a good student who socialized mostly with other good students, but recently she has started socializing with a different crowd and places less importance on her grades.
Liz has tried to do things independently but has not been successful, so now she feels bad about herself.
Mohammed has dated a few people but has not been very successful, so he has decided to give up on dating.
Thomas has a difficult time trusting people.
Jazmin feels like she is unfulfilled and living a mundane life.
