Take a Diagnostic Exam ❮ 25
- Which controversy deals with the question of
whether development is a gradual, cumulative
change or a sequence of distinct stages?
(A) nature versus nurture
(B) continuity versus discontinuity
(C) stability versus change
(D) evolution versus creationism
(E) individualism versus collectivism
- Darren is a happily married man who is a suc-
cessful nursery school teacher. According to tra-
ditionalists, he has adopted the wrong
(A) gender
(B) gender identity
(C) gender role
(D) sex
(E) sexual orientation
- The correct sequence of prenatal developmental
stages is
(A) zygote, embryo, fetus
(B) embryo, fetus, zygote
(C) embryo, zygote, fetus
(D) zygote, fetus, embryo
(E) fetus, zygote, embryo
- Frances, an 85-year-old retired teacher, feels that
her life has been valued and she has made a posi-
tive impact on the lives of others. According to
Erikson, Frances has achieved a sense of
(A) industry
(B) integrity
(C) generativity
(D) initiative
(E) autonomy
- A marriage counselor can estimate a couple’s
marital satisfaction by the
(A) wife’s positive attitude towards the marriage
(B) husband’s experience in a prior marriage
(C) frequency of the couple’s sexual activity
(D) ratio of their positive and negative interac-
tions with each other
(E) all of the above
- Freud’s personality construct that contains psy-
chic energy to power all personality systems and
is guided by the pleasure principle is the
(A) id
(B) ego
(C) superego
(D) libido
(E) collective unconscious
- After Rowena’s boyfriend broke up with her,
Rowena had a hot fudge sundae with four scoops
of ice cream and whipped cream on top. Which
defense mechanism does this exemplify?
(A) projection
(B) rationalization
(C) reaction formation
(D) regression
(E) displacement
- Aurora enjoys playing with her young nieces and
nephews because they always laugh and tell her
how much fun she is. So Aurora goes out of her
way to visit them. Her behavior is best explained by
(A) Sternberg’s triarchic theory
(B) Gardner’s multiple intelligences theory
(C) Hering’s opponent process theory
(D) the halo effect
(E) Bandura’s reciprocal determinism theory
- Rolf is very reserved, is inner-directed, would
rather be alone than with lots of people, rarely
displays emotions, and is level-headed in an
emergency. On Hans Eysenck’s dimensions of
personality, Rolf would be
(A) high on extroversion and high on psychoticism
(B) high on neuroticism and high on psychoticism
(C) high on extroversion and low on neuroticism
(D) low on extroversion and high on neuroticism
(E) low on extroversion and low on neuroticism
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