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Human Growth and Development

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 52mins

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1.

Freud's stages are psychosexual while Erik Erikson's stages are

a)

Psychometric

b)

Psychodiagnostic

c)

Psychopharmacological

d)

Psychosocial

2.

In Freud's psychodynamic theory instincts are emphasized. Erik Erikson is an ego psychologist. Ego psychologists

a)

Emphasize id processes

b)

Refute the concept of the superego

c)

Believe in man's powers of reasoning to control behavior

d)

Are sometimes known as radical behaviorists

3.

The only psychoanalyst who created a developmental theory which encompasses the entire life span was

a)

Erik Erikson

b)

Milton H. Erickson

c)

A. A. Brill

d)

Jean Piaget, who created the four-stage theory

4.

The statement "the ego is dependent on the id" would most likely reflect the work of

a)

Erik Erikson

b)

Sigmund Freud, who created psychodynamic theory

c)

Jay Haley

d)

Arnold Lazarus, William Perry, and Robert Kegan

5.

Jean Piaget's idiographic approach created his theory with four stages. The correct order from stage 1 to stage 4 is

a)

Formal operations, concrete operations, preoperations, sensorimotor

b)

Formal operations, preparations, concrete operations, sensorimotor

c)

Sensorimotor, preoperations, concrete operations, formal operations

d)

Concrete operations, sensorimotor, preoperations, formal operations

6.

Some behavioral scientists have been critical of Swiss child psychologist Jean Piaget's developmental research in as much as

a)

he utilized the t test too frequently

b)

he failed to check for Type I or alpha errors

c)

he worked primarily with minority children

d)

his findings were often derived from observing his own children

7.

A tall skinny pitcher of water is emptied into a small squatty pitcher. A child indicates that she feels the small pitcher has less water. The child has not yet mastered

a)

Symbolic schema

b)

Conservation

c)

Androgynous psychosocial issues

d)

Trust versus mistrust

8.

In Piaget literature, conservation would most likely refer to

a)

Volume or mass

b)

Defenses of the ego

c)

The sensorimotor intelligence stage

d)

A specific psychosexual stage of life

9.

A child masters conservation in the Piagetian stage known as

a)

Formal operations-12 years and older

b)

Concrete operations-ages 7-11 years

c)

Preoperations-ages 2-7 years

d)

Sensorimotor intelligence-birth to 2 years

10.

... expanded on Piaget's conceptualization of moral development

a)

Erik Erikson

b)

Lev Vygotsky

c)

Lawrence Kohlberg

d)

John B. Watson

11.

According to Jean Piaget, a child masters the concept of reversibility in the third stage, known as concrete operations or concrete operational thought. This notion suggests

a)

that heavier objects are more difficult for a child to lift

b)

the child is ambidextrous

c)

the child is more cognizant of mass than weight

d)

one can undo an action, hence an object (say a glass of water) can return to its initial shape

12.

During a thunderstorm, a 6-year-old child in Piaget's stage of preoperational thought (stage 2) says, "The rain is following me". This is an example of

a)

egocentrism

b)

conservation

c)

centration

d)

abstract thought

13.

Lawrence Kohlberg suggested

a)

a single level of morality

b)

two levels of morality

c)

three levels of morality

d)

preoperational thought as the basis for all morality

14.

The Heinz dilemma is to Kohlberg's theory as

a)

a brick is to a house

b)

Freud is to Jung

c)

the Menninger Clinic is to biofeedback

d)

a typing test is to the level of typing skills

15.

The term identity crisis comes from the work of

a)

counselors who stress RS involvement issues with clients

b)

Erikson

c)

Adler

d)

Jung

16.

Kohlberg's three levels of morality are

a)

preconventional, conventional, post conventional

b)

formal, preformal, self-accepted

c)

self-accepted, other directed, authority directed

d)

preconventional, formal, authority directed

17.

Trust versus mistrust is

a)

An Adlerian notion of morality

b)

Erikson's first stage of psychosocial development

c)

Essentially equivalent to Piaget's concept of egocentrism

d)

the basis of morality according to Kohlberg

18.

A person who has successfully mastered Erikson's first seven stages would be ready to enter Erikson's final or eighth stage,

a)

generatively versus stagnation

b)

initiative versus guilt

c)

identity crisis of the later years

d)

integrity versus despair

19.

In Kohlberg's first or preconventional level, the individual's moral behavior is guided by

a)

psychosexual urges

b)

consenqueces

c)

periodic fugue states

d)

counterconditioning

20.

Kohlberg's second level of morality is known as conventional morality. This level is characterized by

a)

a) psychosexual urges

b)

b) a desire to live up to society's expectations

c)

c) a desire to conform

d)

b and c

21.

Kohlberg's highest level of morality is termed post-conventional morality. Here the individual

a)

a) must truly contend with psychosexual urges

b)

b) has the so-called "good boy/good girl" orientation

c)

c) has self-imposed morals and ethics

d)

a and b

22.

According to Lawrence Kohlberg, level 3, which is post-conventional or self-accepted moral principles,

a)

a) refers to the naive hedonism stage

b)

b) operates on the premise that rewards guide morals

c)

c) a and b

d)

d) is the highest level of morality. However, some people never reach this level.

23.

The zone of proximal development

a)

a) was pioneered by Lev Vygotsky

b)

b) was pioneered by Jean Piaget and Lawrence Kohlberg

c)

c) emphasized organ inferiority

d)

d) a, b, and c

24.

Freud and Erikson

a)

could be classified as behaviorists

b)

could be classified as maturationists

c)

agreed that developmental stages are psychosexual

d)

were prime movers in the dialectical behavior therapy or DBT movement

25.

John Bowlby, the British psychiatrist, is most closely associated with

a)

the work of psychologist and pediatrician, Arnold Resell, a maturationist

b)

developmental stage theories

c)

bonding and attachment

d)

the unconscious mind

26.

In which Eriksonian stage does the midlife crisis occur

a)

a) Generativity versus stagnation

b)

b) Integrity versus despair

c)

c) a and b

d)

d) Erikson's stages do not address midlife issues

27.

The researcher who is well known for his work with maternal deprivation and isolation in rhesus monkeys is

a)

a) Harry Harlow

b)

b) John Bowlby

c)

c) Lawrence Kohlberg

d)

d) all of the above

28.

The statement: "Males are better than females when performing mathematical calculations" is

a)

false

b)

true due to genetics

c)

true only in middle-aged men

d)

true according to research by Eleanor Maccoby and Carol Jacklin

29.

The Eriksonian stage that focuses heavily on sharing your life with another person is

a)

actually the major theme in all of Erikson's eight stages

b)

generatively versus stagnation-ages 35-60 years

c)

intimacy versus isolation-ages 23-34 years

d)

a critical factor which Erikson fails to mention

30.

We often refer to individuals as conformists. Which of these individuals would most likely conform to his or her peers?

a)

A 19-year-old male college student

b)

A 23-year-old male drummer in a rock band

c)

A 57-year-old female stockbroker

d)

A 13 year-old male middle school student

31.

In Harry Harlow's experiments with baby monkeys

a)

a wire surrogate mother was favored by most young monkeys over a Terry-cloth version

b)

the baby monkey was more likely to cling to a Terry-cloth surrogate mother than a wire surrogate

c)

female monkeys had a tendency to drink large quantities of alcohol

d)

male monkeys had a tendency to drink large quantities of alcohol

32.

Freud postulated the psychosexual stages

a)

id, ego, and superego

b)

oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital

c)

eros, thanatos, regression, and superego

d)

manifest, latent, oral, and phallic

33.

In adolesence

a)

females commit suicide more than males

b)

suicide is a concern but statistically very rare

c)

the teens who talk about suicide are not serious

d)

males commit suicide more often than females, but females attempt suicide more often

34.

In the general U.S population

a)

the suicide rate is 2/100,000

b)

suicide occurs at the beginning of a depressive episode, but rarely after the depression lifts

c)

suicide rates tend to increase with age

d)

suicide occurs at the beginning of a depressive episode, but rarely after the depression lifts, and suicide rates tend to increase with age

35.

The fear of death

a)

is greatest during middle age

b)

is an almost exclusively male phenomenon

c)

is the number one psychiatric problem in the geriatric years

d)

surprisingly enough occurs in the teen years

36.

In Freudian theory, attachment is a major factor

a)

a) in the preconscious mind

b)

b) in the mind of the child in latency

c)

c) which involves primarily during the oral age

d)

d) a and b

37.

When comparing girls to boys, it could be noted that, in general

a)

girls grow up to smile more

b)

girls are using more feeling words by age 2

c)

girls are better able to read people without verbal cues at any age

d)

all of the above

38.

The Freudian developmental stage which "least" emphasizes sexuality is

a)

oral

b)

anal

c)

phallic

d)

latency (between ages 6 - 12)

39.

In terms of parenting young children

a)

boys are punished more than girls

b)

girls are punished more than boys

c)

boys and girls are treated in a similar fashion

d)

boys show more empathy toward others

40.

When developmental theorists speak of nature or nurture they really mean

a)

a) how much heredity or environment interact to influence development

b)

b) that the focus is skewed in favor of biological attributes

c)

c) a and b

d)

d) a theory proposed by B.F. Skinner's colleagues

41.

Stage theorists assume

a)

qualitative changes between stages occur

b)

differences surely exist but usually can't be measured

c)

that humanistic psychology is the only model which truly supports the stage viewpoint

42.

Development

a)

begins at birth

b)

begins during the first trimester of pregnancy

c)

is a continuous process which begins at conception

43.

Development is cephalocaudal, which means

a)

foot to head

b)

head to foot

c)

limbs receive the highest level of nourishment

44.

Heredity is the transmission of traits from parents to their offspring and

a)

assumes the normal person has 23 pairs of chromosomes

b)

assumes that heredity characteristics are transmitted by chromosomes

c)

assumes that genes composed of DNA hold a genetic code

45.

Piaget's final stage is known as the formal operational stage. In this stage

a)

a) abstract thinking emerges

b)

b) problems can be solved using deduction

c)

c) a and b

46.

Kohlberg lists --- stages of moral development which fail into --- levels.

a)

6; 3

b)

6; 6

c)

3; 6

47.

A person who lives by his or her individual conscience and universal ethical principles.

a)

has according to Kohlberg, reached the highest stage of moral development.

b)

is in the pre-conventional level

c)

is in the post-conventional level of self-accepted moral principles.

48.

Freud's Oedipus complex (or Oedipus stage)

a)

is the stage in which fantasies of sexual relations with the opposite sex parent occur

b)

occurs during the phallic stage

c)

is a concept Freud ultimately eliminated from his theory

49.

In girls, the Oedipus complex may be referred to as

a)

systematic desensitization

b)

covert desensitization

c)

the Electra complex

50.

The correct order of the Freudian psychosexual or libidinal stages is

a)

oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital

b)

oral, anal, genital, phallic, and latency

c)

phallic, genital, latency, oral, and anal

51.

Eleanor Gibson researched the matter of depth perception in children by utilizing

a)

Piaget's formal operations

b)

an apparatus known as a visual cliff

52.

Theorists who believe that development merely consists of quantitative changes are referred to as

a)

statistical developmentalists

b)

empiricists

53.

An empiricists view of development would be

a)

psychometric

b)

behavioristic

54.

In the famous experiment by Harry Harlow, frightened monkeys raised via cloth and wire mothers

a)

showed marked borderline personality traits

b)

ran over and clung to the cloth and wire surrogate mothers

55.

A theorist who views developmental changes as quantitative is said to be an empiricist. The antithesis of this position holds that developmental strides are qualitative. What is the name given to this position?

a)

Behaviorism

b)

Organicism

56.

In Piaget's developmental theory, reflexes play the greatest role in the

a)

sensorimotor

b)

preoperational stage

57.

A mother hides a toy behind her back and a young child does not believe the toy exists anymore. The child has not mastered

a)

object permancence

b)

representation thought

58.

The schema (i.e. a mental representation of the real world) of permanency and constancy of objects occurs in the

a)

sensorimotor stage-birth to 2 years

b)

formal operational stage-12 years and beyond

59.

John Bowlby has asserted that

a)

attachment is best explained via the Skinnerian principle

b)

conduct disorders and other forms of psychopathology can result from inadequate attachment and bonding in early childhood

60.

The Harlow experiments utilizing monkeys demonstrated that animals placed in isolation during the first few months of life

a)

appeared to be autistic

b)

were fixated in concrete operational thought patterns

61.

According to the Freudians, if a child is severely traumatized, he or she may --- a given psychosexual stage.

a)

ignore

b)

become fixated at

62.

An expert who has reviewed the literature on videos and violence would conclude that

a)

watching violence tends to make children more aggressive

b)

reality TV shows or videos have no impact on a child's behavior

63.

A counselor who utilizes the term instinctual technically means

a)

behavior results from unconscious aggression

b)

behavior that manifests itself in all normal members of a given species

64.

The word ethology, which is often associated with the work of Konrad Lorenz, refers to

a)

Piaget's famous case study methodology

b)

the study of animal's behavior in their natural environment

65.

A child who focuses exclusively on a clown's red nose but ignores the clown's other features would be illustrating the Piagetian concept of

a)

centration

b)

deductive processes

66.

Piaget felt

a)

that teachers should lecture a minimum of four hours daily

b)

that teachers should lecture less, as children in concrete operations learn best via their own actions and experimentation

67.

Piaget's preoperational stage

a)

is the final stage, which includes abstract reasoning

b)

includes the acquisition of a symbolic schema

68.

Sigmund Freud and Erik Erikson agreed that

a)

each developmental stage needed to be resolved before an individual could move on to the next stage

b)

developmental stages are primarily psychosexual

69.

The tendency for adult females in the U.S to wear high heels is best explained by

a)

sex-role socialization

b)

ethological data

70.

The sequence of object loss, which goes from protest to despair to detachment, best describes the work of

a)

Bowlby

b)

Adler on birth order

71.

A counselor who is seeing a 15-year old boy who is not doing well in public speaking class would need to keep in mind that

a)

in general, girls possess better verbal skills than boys

b)

in general, boys have better visual-perceptual skills and are more active and aggressive than girls

72.

Two brothers begin screaming at each other during a family counseling session. The term that best describes the phenomenon is

a)

preconscious psychic processes

b)

sibling rivalry

73.

A preschool child's concept of causality is said to be animistic. This means the child attributes human characteristics to inanimate objects. Thus, the child may fantasize that an automobile or a rock is talking to him. This concept is best related to

a)

Piaget's preoperational period, ages 2-7 years

b)

Jung's concepts of anima, animus

74.

Elementary school counseling and guidance services

a)

have been popular since the early 1900s

b)

are a fairly new development which did not begin to gain momentum until the 1960s

75.

Research related to elementary school counselors indicates that

a)

these counselors should be used primarily as disciplinarians, but this is not happening in most districts.

b)

the counselors are effective, do make a difference in children's lives, and more counselors should be employed.

76.

According to the Yale research by Daniel J. Levinson

a)

80% of the men in the study experienced moderate to severe midlife crises.

b)

an "age 30 crisis" occurs in men when they feel it will soon be too late to make later changes.

77.

Erikson's middle-age stage (ages 35-60) is known as generativity versus stagnation. Generativity refers to

a)

the ability to do creative work or raise a family

b)

the opposite of stagnation

c)

the productive ability to create a career, family, and leisure time

78.

A person who can look back on his or her life with few regrets feels

a)

the burden of senile psychosis

b)

ego-integrity in Erikson's integrity versus despair stage.

79.

Sensorimotor is to Piaget as oral is to Freud, and as --- is to Erikson.

a)

trust vs. mistrust

b)

integrity vs. despair

80.

Which theorist was most concerned with maternal deprivation?

a)

H. Harlow

b)

A. Ellis

81.

When development comes to a halt, counselors say that the client

a)

is displaying the risky shift phenomenon

b)

suffers from fixation

82.

Kohlberg proposed three levels of morality. Freud, on the other hand, felt morality developed from the

a)

superego

b)

ego

83.

Which theorist would be most likely to say that aggression is an inborn tendency?

a)

B.F. Skinner

b)

Konrad Lorenz

84.

The statement "bad behavior is punished, good behavior is not" is most closely associated with

a)

Kohlberg's premoral stage at the preconventional level

b)

the work of Carl Jung

85.

A critical period

a)

makes imprinting possible

b)

emphasizes manifest dream content

c)

signifies a special time when a behavior must be learned or the behavior won't be learned at all

86.

Imprinting-rapid learning during a critical period of development is an instinct in which a newborn will follow a moving object. The primary work in this area was done by

a)

Konrad Lorenz

b)

Harry Harlow

87.

Marital satisfaction

a)

often decreases with parenthood and often improves after a child leaves home

b)

correlates high with performance IQ

88.

Maslow, a humanistic psychologist, is famous for his "hierarchy of needs," which postulates

a)

lower-order physiological and safety needs and higher-order needs, such as self-actualization

b)

that psychopathology rests within the id

89.

To research the dilemma of self-actualization, Maslow

a)

used goslings as did Konrad Lorenz

b)

interviewed the best people he could find who escaped "the psychology of the average"

90.

Piaget is

a)

a behaviorist

b)

a structuralist who believes stage changes are qualitative

91.

--- factors cause Down Syndrome, the most common type known as trisomy 21.

a)

Environmental

b)

Genetic (conditions passed through genes)

92.

Piaget referred to the act of taking in new information as assimilation. This results in accommodation, which is a modification of the child's cognitive structures (schemas) to deal with the new information. In Piagetian nomenclature, the balance between assimilation and accommodation is called

a)

equilibration

b)

balance theory

93.

There are behavioral, structural, and maturational theories of development. The maturational viewpoint utilizes the plant growth analogy, in which the mind is seen as being driven by instincts while the environment provides nourishment, this placing limits on development. Counselors who are maturationists

a)

focus primarily on nonverbal behavior

b)

allow clients to work through early conflicts

94.

Ritualistic behaviors, which are common to all members of a species, are known as

a)

fixed-action patterns elicited by sign stimuli

b)

dysfunctional repetition

95.

Robert Kegan speaks of a "holding environment" in counseling in which

a)

biofeedback training is highly recommended

b)

the client can make meaning in the face of a crisis and can find new direction

96.

Most experts in the field of counseling agree that

a)

no one theory completely explains developmental processes; thus, counselors ought to be familiar with all the major theories

b)

Eriksonian theory should be used by counselors practicing virtually any modality

97.

Equilibration is

a)

a term which emphasizes the equality between the sexes

b)

the balance between what one takes in (assimilation) and that which is changed (accommodation)

98.

A counselor is working with a family who just lost everything in a fire. The counselor will ideally focus on

a)

Maslow's higher-order needs, such as self-actualization

b)

Maslow's lower-order needs, such as physiological and safety needs.

99.

The anal retentive personality is

a)

thinks very little about money matters

b)

stingy

100.

From a Freudian perspective, a client who has a problem with alcoholism and excessive smoking would be

a)

considered an oral character

b)

fixated at the latency stage