ROSENTHAL NCE CPCE SCE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Freud's stages are psychosexual while Erik Erickson's stages are - Answer-
Psychosocial
Believe in a man's powers of reasoning to control behavior - Answer-Freud's
psychodynamic theory instincts are emphasized. Erik Erikson is an ego psychologist.
Ego psychologists
Erik Erikson - Answer-The only psychoanalyst who created a developmental theory
which encompasses the entire life span.
Sigmund Freud Psychodynamic theory - Answer-The statement "the ego is dependent
on the id" would most likely reflect the work of
sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational - Answer-Jean
Piaget's idiographic approach created his theory with four stages. The correct order
from stage 1 to 4 is
Some behavioral scientists have been critical of Swiss child psychologist Jean Piaget's
developmental research inasmuch as - Answer-his findings were often derived from
observing his own children.
A tall skinny pitcher of water is emptied in a small squatting pitcher. A child indicates
that she feels the small pitcher has less water. The child has not yet mastered - Answer-
conservation.
In Piagetian literature, conservation would most likely refer to - Answer-Volume or
mass.
A child masters conservation in the piagetian stage known as - Answer-Concrete
operations - ages 7-11 years.
________________________ expanded on piaget's conceptualization of moral
development. - Answer-Lawrence Kohlberg
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 -
Answer-one can undo an action, hence an object (say a glass of water) can return to its
initial shape.
During a thunderstorm, a 6 year old child in Piaget's stage of prepoperational thought
(stage 2) says, "The rain is following me." This is an example of - Answer-egocentrism.
, Lawrence Kohlberg suggested - Answer-three levels of morality.
The Heinz dilemma is to Kohnberg's theory as - Answer-a typing test is to the level of
typing skill mastered.
The term identity crisis comes from the work of - Answer-Erikson.
Kohlberg's three levels of morality are - Answer-Preconventional, conventional,
postconventional.
Trust vs mistrust is - Answer-Erikson's first stage of psychosocial development.
A person who has successfully mastered Erikson's first seven stages would be ready to
enter Erikson's final or eighth stage. - Answer-Integrity versus despair.
In Kohlberg's first or preconventional level, the individual's moral behavior is guided by -
Answer-Consequences.
Kohlberg's second level of morality is known as conventional morality. This level is
characterized by - Answer-A desire to live up to society's expectations. And a desire to
conform.
Kohlberg's highest level of morality is termed postconventional morality. Here the
individual - Answer-Has self-imposed morals and ethics.
According to Lawrence Kohlberg, level 3, which is postconventional or self-accepted
moral principles, - Answer-Is the highest level of morality. However, some people never
reach this level.
The zone of proximal development - Answer-Was pioneered by Lev Vygotsky.
Freud and Erikson - Answer-Could be classified as maturation.
John Bowlby, the British psychiatrist, is most closely associated with - Answer-Bonding
and attachment.
In which Eriksonian stage does the midlife crisis occur? - Answer-Generative try versus
stagnation
The researcher who is well known for his work with maternal deprivation and isolation in
thesis monkeys is - Answer-Harry Harlow
The statement: "males are better than females when performing mathematical
calculations" is - Answer-True according to research by Eleanor Maccoby and Carol
Jacklin.
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