NCTRC CTRS Exam 2023-2024
What ages are considered the early childhood stage? - answerBirth-6
What are key developmental elements that occur during the early childhood stage? -
answer Development of fundamental motor skills, communication skills, and social
skills, rapid body changes, important emphasis on play
What ages are considered the children stage? - answer6-12
What are key developmental elements that occur during the children stage? - answer
Social world expands, becomes involved in organized activities, still very involved in
play, improved hand eye coordination, friends become more important than family
What ages are considered the adolescence stage? - answer13-21
What are key developmental elements that occur during the adolescence stage? -
answerPeer groups become more important than family, they struggle to become more
independent, body becomes, mature, interest in intimate, relationships, near the end,
family regains, importance
What ages are considered the early adulthood stage? - answer21-30
What are key developmental elements that occur during early adulthood stage? -
answerEstablish independence through education and occupation, serious, intimate,
relationships, lifelong leisure pursuits
What ages are considered the middle adulthood stage? - answer30-50
What are key developmental elements that occur during middle adulthood stage? -
answerFamily and career take priority, involved in children's leisure, pursuits, family
oriented
What ages are considered the older adulthood stage? - answer45-60
What are key developmental elements that occur during older adulthood stage? -
answerWeight gain, reduction in strength and flexibility, common midlife crisis, and
depression
What ages are considered the senior adulthood stage? - answer60-75
, What are key developmental elements that occur during senior adulthood stage? -
answerGreat amounts of free time, beginning to experience, health, problems, freedom
to travel and participate in activities of their choosing
What ages are considered the old old stage? - answer75-death
What are key developmental elements that occur during old old stage? -
answerPhysical deterioration can be rapid, as well as cognitive deterioration in the world
may become smaller due to deaths
Maslow's hierarchy - answerBased on needs with the lowest level being physiological in
nature, then safety needs, social needs, and self-esteem needs with the highest level
being self actualization
Social learning theory - answerBy observing a behavior, a person learns by also
observing the consequence of that behavior and modeling behaviors is important
Experiential learning model - answerOne learns by reflecting on doing or what one has
done
Self-determination theory - answerThe motivation behind choices people make without
external influence and interference. The degree to which a persons behavior is self
motivated or self determined.
What are the three principles of behavior change? - answerSelf efficacy, the attribution
model, and the concept of learned helplessness
What is self efficacy? - answerThe expectations of his or her ability to cope with his or
her problems. A person must be confident of his or her abilities, and not give up when
the results of his or her actions are not immediate.
What is the attribution model? - answerDeals with a persons explanation of the cause of
events that occurred in that persons life
What is learned helplessness? - answerThe phenomenon in which experience with
uncontrollable events creates passive behavior towards subsequent threats to well-
being
Transtheoretical model - answerExamines an individual's motivation, and readiness to
modify a particular behavior
What are the five major steps to change? - answerPrecontemplation, contemplation,
decision, action, and maintenance
What is an attitude? - answerA disposition to respond, favorably, or unfavorably up to
an object, person, institution or event