Chapter 2 Multiple Choice Questions

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. The principal reason why newborn babies are regarded as 'relatively primitive organisms' compared with older children and adults is:

Myelination of nerve fibres is incomplete correct incorrect

Their brains are only one-tenth of adult size correct incorrect

They are not able to talk correct incorrect

They have no self-control correct incorrect

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. According to Erikson's theory of psychosocial stages, a child aged about 7 years will either be learning to be confident and productive and mastering new skills, or:

coming to feel inferior and unable to do anything well correct incorrect

becoming confused about their identity and what roles to play correct incorrect

learning to be self-sufficient in many activities correct incorrect

becoming isolated from others through fear of rejection correct incorrect

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. Nasi is a 3-year-old who has secure attachment to her mother and father. She will make attempts at several levels to stay close to them, and:

shows anxiety if she is separated from them correct incorrect

may be a difficult child for her parents to deal with as a teenager correct incorrect

becomes angry if they don't pay attention to her correct incorrect

will have trouble adapting to school when she is aged 5 correct incorrect

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. A criticism of theories that describe separate stages of development, such as Piaget's theory, is that:

They do not consider cultural or environmental influences correct incorrect

There is the expectation that individuals progress through the same stages of development, in the same order and, at a specific age correct incorrect

Development is characterised by major changes followed by periods of stability correct incorrect

They do not seem to agree with most people's ideas about intelligence correct incorrect

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. You see a client who not only understands the procedures that you are performing, but also why they are being done. This patient is demonstrating:

super normative intelligence correct incorrect

formal operation correct incorrect

pre-operational thought correct incorrect

concrete operations correct incorrect