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hlsc111 quiz 1
Question | Answer |
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One-year-old Beth will explore a room when her mother is present. She becomes upset when her mother leaves the room and is quickly calmed when her mother returns. Beth exhibits: | a secure attachment |
Developments during early stages of cognitive development include: | Object permanence |
Silas thinks that there are only two kinds of people: optimists and pessimists. Silas most likely believes in the __________ approach to personality. | type |
Lily is 85-years-old and she has recently begun writing her life story. As she thinks back over all that she has done, she comes to the conclusion that her life has had no real meaning or purpose. Based on Erikson's theory, Lily may: | experience feelings of despair and bitterness |
In Carl Rogers’ view, psychology should focus on: | The way people conceive of reality and experience themselves and their world |
According to Abraham Maslow, human behaviour is motivated by a _____. | Hierarchy of needs |
Freud believed that most personality disturbances are due to: | Unconscious and unresolved sexual conflicts rooted in childhood experiences |
According to Erikson's theory, an elementary school-age child who does poorly in school, and does not get along well with classmates, is most likely to develop a sense of: | inferiority |
The superego is Freud's term for: | the moral component of personality |
Which traits will likely develop in a young girl who is harshly and chronically criticized by her parents? | Fear of rejection Low self-esteem Risk of depression |
What are Freud's defence mechanisms? | Repression (forget) Regression (fear) Denial (grief) Projection (jealousy) Displacement (anger) Rationalisation (justification) |
Complete the following personal ad: Seeking an outgoing individual who enjoys social activities. Must also be adventurous and willing to try anything. In other words, must be high in __________ and high in __________. | extraversion; openness to experience |
The fact that psychologists do not all agree about the nature and development of personality demonstrates: | That there are many ways of looking at the same phenomenon |
According to Piaget, which of the following are features of the pre-operational period? | One of the foremost abilities acquired during the pre-operational period is the ability to symbolize – to represent the world in images and language |
According to Erikson, a 35-year-old concentrating on career and child rearing is facing the crisis of: | Generativity vs. stagnation |