Psychology: A Self-Teaching Guide

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  1. A toddler with a particular positive psychosocial trait will be interested in
    exploring the immediate world and display an interest in novel stimulation.
    What is this trait?
    a. Autonomy
    b. Identity
    c. Intimacy
    d. Generativity

  2. An older person with a particular positive psychosocial trait can face approach-
    ing death with a certain amount of acceptance. What is this trait?
    a. Generativity
    b. Isolation
    c. Identity
    d. Integrity

  3. What method did Piaget use to study the child’s mind?
    a. The experimental method
    b. The survey method
    c. The phenomenological method
    d. The correlational method

  4. Magical thinking, anthropomorphic thinking, and egocentrism are associated
    with what stage of cognitive development?
    a. Trust versus mistrust
    b. The sensorimotor stage
    c. The formal operations stage
    d. The preoperational stage

  5. What level of moral development is associated with a law and order orienta-
    tion?
    a. The premoral level
    b. The preconventional level
    c. The conventional level
    d. The principled level

  6. Research suggests that a parent who manifests what style tends to induce opti-
    mal social behaviors in the child?
    a. Authoritarian-accepting
    b. Democratic-accepting
    c. Permissive-accepting
    d. Authoritarian-rejecting


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