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Developmental Psychology:

How Children Become

Adults

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PREVIEW QUIZ

True or False

1. TFIf a fertilized egg contains an XX chromosome pattern, the resulting
   infant will be a female.


2. TFAccording to Freud, the five stages of psychosexual development are:
   (1) oral, (2) anal, (3) phallic, (4) latency, and (5) genital.


3. TFIn psychosocial development, the stage of identity versus role confu-
   sion is associated with old age.


4. TFCognitive development focuses primarily on the emotional adjust-
   ment of the child.


5. TFAn authoritarian parent tends to be easygoing, overly agreeable,
   detached, and easily manipulated by the child or adolescent.

(Answers can be found on page 172.)

The previous chapter examined the concept of intelligence. The ways in

which children develop the kinds of mental skills associated with reasoning

and human intelligence are among the principal concerns of developmental

psychology.