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Growth and Development

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Defense mechanisms are behaviors that an individual might use to cope with an uncomfortable situation or problem.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Refusal to accept reality is what?

a)

Projection

b)

Compensation

c)

Denial

d)

Regression

3.

This is when a person tries to make up for his/her weaknesses by developing strengths in other areas?

a)

Denial

b)

Humor

c)

Compensation

d)

Day Dreaming

4.

A person transfers the emotions he or she feels from the original situation or object to another situation or object?

a)

Daydreaming

b)

Denial

c)

Projection

d)

Displacement

5.

A person shifts the blame and/or responsibility for his/her actions or thoughts to another person?

a)

Projection

b)

Compensation

c)

Regression

d)

Repression

6.

An attempt to justify one’s actions with an excuse rather than by admitting one’s failure or mistake?

a)

Denial

b)

Repression

c)

Regression

d)

Rationalization

7.

Retreating to an earlier time that seems less threatening and requires less responsibility?

a)

Regression

b)

Rationalization

c)

Repression

d)

Compensation

8.
 Mrs. Brown often accuses other women of talking too much and spreading rumors. It is rather obvious to those who know her that she is revealing her own inclinations in that area.
a)
sublimation
b)
reaction formation
c)
denial
d)
projection
9.
The girl who was not invited to the school dance told her friends that she would not have attended if asked. She said that her teachers had assigned more homework than usual and that she was simply too busy for any unimportant social functions.
a)
denial
b)
projection
c)
rationalization
d)
sublimation
10.
Lucas really hates his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend, but when he sees him at the basketball court he pretends they are bros. 
a)
reaction formation
b)
denial
c)
displacement
d)
projection
11.
Mrs. Scott can’t understand why her husband has been so grumpy and irritable for the past week. It certainly isn’t her fault that he didn’t get to play in last weeks basketball game. 
a)
denial
b)
displacement 
c)
sublimatin
d)
reaction formation
12.
This situation is a good example of which defense mechanism? "It's OK to post hurtful comments online because everyone does it."
a)
Denial
b)
Reaction Formation
c)
Rationalization
d)
Compensation
13.
This situation is a good example of which defense mechanism? "Smiling all day even when you know you have a wake/funeral to attend at night."
a)
Reaction Formation
b)
Compensation
c)
Rationalization
d)
Projection
14.

The ideas of Id Ego Superego came from which of the following psychologists?

a)

Freud

b)

Rogers

c)

Allport

d)

Maslow

15.
Proposed a hierarchy of needs that suggests a strive toward self-actualization when other needs are met.
a)
Alfred Kinsey
b)
Masters & Johnson
c)
Abraham Maslow
d)
Paul Ekman
16.

What is the most important stage in the hierarchy of needs according to Maslow?

a)

Self-Esteem

b)

Love and Belonging

c)

Self-Actualization

d)

Safety and Security

17.

What is an example of a safety and security need?

a)

a home

b)

family

c)

food

d)

sleep

18.
The order of Maslow's hierarchy of needs, from bottom to top, is...
a)
Safety, Belonging-Love, Self-Actualization, Self-Esteem, and Physiological
b)
Psychological, Security, Happiness, Ego, and Self-Realization 
c)
Physiological, Safety, Belonging-Love, Self-Esteem, and Self-Actualization
d)
Physiological, Love, Self-Actualization, Esteem, Safety
19.

Learning to control a tantrum is an example of which type of development?

a)

Cognitive/Intellectual

b)

Physical

c)

Social

d)

Emotional

20.

This researcher defined cognitive develpment and how kids learn

a)

Erik Erikson

b)

Lawrence Kohlberg

c)

Jean Piaget

d)

Sigmund Freud

21.

Learning to get along with others is what type of development?

a)

Cognitive

b)

Moral

c)

Social

d)

Physical

22.

Development is the physical increase in the size of an individual, such as height and weight.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Which area of development focuses on building relationships and managing emotions?

a)

Cognitive Intellectual

b)

Speech Language

c)

Social Emotional

d)

Fine Motor

24.

What is Physical Development?

a)

Measuring the quantity of items

b)

The changes in size, body composition, chemical make-up, and height that occur as humans develop from birth through older adult good.

c)

Cultural expectations of when major life milestones occur

25.

What stage of development is categorized by children birth- 2 years, where the child uses their senses to interact with their environment

a)

sensorimotor

b)

pre-operational

c)

concrete operational

d)

formal operational

26.

CHILDREN WILL DEVELOP __________, A MENTAL STRUCTURE THAT ORGANIZES INFORMATION AND ACTIONS, THAT THEY WILL PIECE TOGETHER TO PROCESS NEW INFORMATION.

a)
schemes
b)

bias

c)

questions

d)

conditioning

27.

The process of taking in new information into our already existing schemas is known as ...

a)

equilibration

b)

assimilation

c)

accommodation

d)

schema

28.

What is the process of changing existing schemas in light of new information called?

a)

assimilation

b)

equilibration

c)

schema

d)

accommodation

29.

What is the main characteristic of the preoperational stage?

a)

sensorimotor stage

b)

conservation

c)

egocentrism

d)

formal operations

30.

11 to 18-years-olds

a)

Infants

b)

Preschoolers

c)

Adolescents

31.

an action that involves moving the muscles

a)

adolescence

b)

childhood

c)

development

d)

motor skills

32.

What is grief?

a)

emotional pain people feel in response to death of loved one or some other serious loss

b)

physical pain people feel in response to death of loved one or some other serious loss

c)

mental pain people feel in response to death of loved one or some other serious loss

d)

none of the answers are correct

33.

Secondary sex characteristics include

a)

Money

b)

Sperm production

c)

A deeper voice in males

d)

Ovulation

34.

A straight A student turned party goer shows what stage?

a)

Industry vs. Inferiority

b)

Identity vs. Role Confusion

c)

Generativity vs. Stagnation

d)

Trust vs Mistrust

35.

Integrity vs. Despair occurs in which age group/stage?

a)
b)
c)
d)
36.
What stage am I :
infants basic needs are met, they develop
a)
autonomy vs shame
b)
Initiative vs guilt
c)
trust vs mistrust
d)
Generativity vs stagnation
37.
What stage am I?
Kids feel good about being productive, or they feel inferior for failing to do so.
a)
Initiative vs guilt
b)
Industry vs inferiority
c)
Identity vs role confusion
38.
What stage am I?
Teens test different roles, or they’re confused about who they are.
a)
Trust vs mistrust
b)
generativity vs stagnation
c)
Identity vs role confusion
39.

What term was made widely known by Erik Erikson?

a)

trust issues

b)

identity crisis

c)

encouragement

d)

initiative

40.

What year is the most important for children to build their sense of trust?

a)

the first year

b)

1-2

c)

2-3

d)

3-4

41.

Stage of adulthood where we are at our best mentally, physically and may get married.

a)

Early Adulthood

b)

Middle Adulthood

c)

Late Adulthood

d)

Adolescence

42.

65 + is which life stage

a)

Adolescent

b)

Late adulthood

c)

Early adulthood

d)

Middle adulthood

43.

Giving up because of a poor diagnosis is the grieving stage of

a)

bargaining

b)

acceptance

c)

denial

d)

depression

44.

Lashing out because you feel it is unfair you have to grieve is

a)

anger

b)

acceptance

c)

denial

d)

depression

45.

Making promises to reverse the situation is in what stage of grief?

a)

anger

b)

acceptance

c)

bargaining

d)

depression

46.

Bryan's older brother was in a fatal car accident. He was drinking and driving after prom and unfortunately fell asleep at the wheel. SInce the loss of his older broke, Bryan has been completely different. Everything annoys him. He feels like his friends are childish and he told them all off in school last week. His parents keep asking him if he wants to talk but he wished they would just leave him alone. Bryan blames his parents for the death of his brother.

a)

Denial

b)

Anger

c)

Bargaining

d)

Depression

e)

Acceptance

47.

Ariel came home to see her grandmother's car in the driveway. Her grandma is never home this early, so she is concerned that something is wrong. When she walked in the house her grandmother asked her to have a seat. She told her that her dog was put down today because he got loose and was hit by a car. Immediately Ariel called her grandmother a liar and ran through the house calling for her dog.

a)

Denial

b)

Anger

c)

Bargianing

d)

Depression

e)

Acceptance

48.

Since Blair's parents told her they were moving to South Carolina at the end of the month, she has not been able to enjoy her last few weeks with her friends. Blair barely leaves her room when she is at home. At school all she thinks about is how she will never be around her friends. Most of all, she only can think about how hard it will be to separate from her significant other, She can;t stop crying and can only think about how she will never be happy.

a)

Denial

b)

Anger

c)

Bargaining

d)

Depression

e)

Acceptance

49.

Chris has been training all year to enter a professional e-sport gaming competition. He and his team have made it to the finals. The grand prize is $10,000 for his team. Chris really can use this money to help his family and hopefully start his career at professional gaming. At the finals Chris's team lost in overtime. He and his team were devastated for weeks. Chris barely touched the game. Eventually he realized that making it that far in the competition was an amazing accomplishment. Chris is now training again for next year's competition.

a)

Denial

b)

Anger

c)

Bargaining

d)

Depression

e)

Acceptance

50.

Tyler's mom was recently diagnosed with cancer. She has been in the hospital for days and it is suddenly hitting Tyler really hard. The thought of possibly losing his mother is unbearable. Tyler vows to volunteer weekends at the hospital and always donate to cancer research charities if his mother beats cancer.

a)

Denial

b)

Anger

c)

Bargaining

d)

Depression

e)

Acceptance