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(p. 53, q. 24)
Freud and Erikson...
a. could be classified as behaviorists
b. could be classified as moderationists
c. agreed that development stages are psychosexual
d. were prime movers in the dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) movement
b. could be classified as moderationists
(p. 53, q. 26)
In which Eriksonian stage does the midlife crisis occur?
a. generativity versus stagnation
b. integrity versus despair
c. a and b
d. Erikson's stages do not address midlife issues
a. generativity versus stagnation
(p. 54, q. 25)
John Bowlby, the British psychiatrist, is most closely associated with...
a. the work of psychologist and pediatrician, Arnold Gesell, a maturations
b. developmental stage theories
c. bonding and attachment
d. the unconscious mind
c. bonding and attachment
(p. 39, q.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 a man's power of reasoning to control behavior
d. are sometimes known as radical behaviorists
c. believe in a man's power of reasoning to control behavior
(p. 41, q. 4)
This statement "the ego is dependent on the id" would most likely reflect the work of...
a. Erik Erikson
b. Sigmund Freud
c. Jay Haley
d. Arnold Lazarus, William Perry, and Robert Kegan
b. Sigmund Freud
(p. 41, q. 3)
The only psychoanalyst who created a developmental theory which encompasses the entire lifespan was....
a. Erik Erikson
b. Milton H. Erickson
c. A. A. Brill
d. Jean Piaget, who created the four stage theory
a. Erik Erikson
(p. 69, q. 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. preoperational stage--ages 2-7 years
c. concrete operation stage--ages 7-12 years
d. formal operational stage--12 years and beyond
a. sensorimotor stage--birth to 2 years
(p. 69, q. 59)
John Bowlby has asserted that...
a. attachment is not instinctual
b. attachment is best explained via the Skinnerian principle
c. a and b
d. conduct disorder and other forms of psychopathology can result from inadequate attachment and bonding in early childhood
d. conduct disorder and other forms of psychopathology can result from inadequate attachment and bonding in early childhood
(p. 70, q. 60)
The Harlow experiments utilizing monkeys demonstrated that animals placed in isolation during the first few months of life
a. still developed in a normal fashion
b. still related very well with animals reared normally
c. appeared to be autistic
d. were fixated in concrete operational thought patterns
c. appeared to be autistic
(p. 62, q. 41)
Stage theorists assume...
a. qualitative changes between stages occur
b. differences surely exist but usually can't be measured
c. that humanist psychology is the only model which truly supports the stage viewpoint
d. b and c
a. qualitative changes between stages occur
(p. 64, q. 46)
Kohlberg lists ____ stages of moral development, which falls into ____ levels.
a. 6;3
b. 6;6
c. 3;6
d. 3;3
a. 6;3
(p. 66, q. 52)
Theorists who believe that development merely consists of quantitative changes are referred to as...
a. organismic theorits
b. statistical developmentalists
c. empiricists
d. all of the above
c. empiricists
(p. 48, q. 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 skill mastered
d. a typing test is to the level of typing skill mastered
(p. 51, q. 18)
A person who has successfully mastered Erikson's first seven stages would be ready to enter Erikson's final or eighth stage...
a. generativity versus stagnation
b. initiative versus guilt
c. identity crisis of the later years
d. integrity versus despair
d. integrity versus despair
(p. 53, q. 23)
The zone of proximal development...
a. was pioneered by Lev Vygotsky
b. was pioneered by Jean Piaget and Lawrence Kohlberg
c. emphasized organ inferiority
d. a, b, and c
a. was pioneered by Lev Vygotsky