Child and Adolescent Development (Practice Questions)

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Option 1

Which of the following refers to Freud's theory stating that the desire to secure pleasure is in a constant battle with the demands to behave according to what is right or wrong? *

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Id vs. ego

Id vs id ego

Superego vs. id

Ego vs. superego

Which of the following would result from the inability to fully mature in relation to the inappropriate stimulation of the pleasure center at different stages of personality development? *

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Latency

Fixation

Rationalization

Compensation

Which of the following is an evidence that a child is successful in resolving the crisis of autonomy vs. shame and doubt? *

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Toilet training

Trust in caregivers

Developing identity through play

Initiating behavior to manipulate their surroundings

Which stage of cognitive development is Joseph, a five-year-old, who can recognize the letters in the alphabet, and the numbers from 1 to 20? *

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Sensorimotor

Pre operational

Formal operational

Concrete operational

Which of the following is an example of Erikson's stage of Identify versus Identify Confusion? *

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A toddler learning to control bodily functions.

A school-aged child spending more time with friends and participating in activities, rather than with family.

A teenager making decisions about college based on personal interests, achievements, and career goals.

An elderly man regrets being an absent father, and fears he will die without meeting his grandchildren.

Which theory focuses on the development of mental processes, skills, and abilities? *

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Cognitive

Behavioral

Sociocultural

Social learning

A process called conditioning shows that behavior is the result of a learned association. Which of the following are the two kinds of conditioning used in the study? *

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Animal conditioning and human conditioning

Adolescent conditioning and adult conditioning

Classical conditioning and operant conditioning

Childhood conditioning and adolescent conditioning

Which of the following fields of study in which Sigmund Freud is widely known? *

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Psychiatry

Psychology

Behaviorism

Psychoanalysis

Which of the following would an appropriate instruction to a new mother regarding the psychosocial development of the newborn infant using Erikson's psychosocial development theory? *

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Allow the newborn infant to signal a need.

Anticipate all of the needs of the newborn infant

Attend to the newborn infant immediately when crying

Avoid the newborn infant during the first 10 minutes of crying

According to Piaget’s theory of Cognitive Development, as part of a child’s development of object permanence, what does perseverance error refer to? *

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The mistake of believing only what is seen can exist.

The mistake of using only the imagination to track an object.

The mistake of looking in the place the object was previously found.

The mistake of referring to caregivers as possessing the object which is lost.

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