Deck 8: Growth and Development

Question 1

Erikson's stages of psychosocial development are based on the theory that:

A) social development cannot take place without corresponding physical growth.
B) life consists of conflicts that must be resolved for development to occur.
C) all individuals have the same experiences at specific ages.
D) the behavior expected of an earlier stage is never repeated.

Answer 1

life consists of conflicts that must be resolved for development to occur.

Question 2

Pregnant women should have all medications, including those that are available without a prescription, evaluated by a physician before taking them.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

According to Dr. William H. Thomas, which stage has the most emphasis on "doing"?

A) Adolescent
B) Adult
C) Senescence
D) Elderhood

Answer 3

Adult

Question 4

What age span is considered middle adulthood?

A) 20s and 30s
B) 30s and 40s
C) 45 to 55
D) 40 to 65

Question 5

Which of the following is accurate about the young adulthood stage of development?

A) It includes the 30s and 40s.
B) Motor sensory skills peak and then start to decline.
C) Problem-solving skills begin to decline.
D) Creativity is minimal.

Question 6

According to Erikson's stages of psychosocial development, an adolescent is in the identity vs. role confusion stage.

Question 7

Memory and the ability to solve problems start to decline at about age 30.

Question 8

Losses other than death may cause an individual to go through the grieving process.

Question 9

During prenatal development, when does the heart start to beat?

A) Within the first month
B) By 2 months
C) By 3 months
D) By 4 months

Question 10

Later adulthood is a very homogeneous (similar) group.

Question 11

The phrase "human development" refers to all of the following EXCEPT:

A) increase in height.
B) growth of intellectual ability.
C) increased number of social skills.
D) ability to cope with increasingly complex situations.

Question 12

According to Erikson's stages of psychosocial development, the toddler is in the industry vs. inferiority stage.

Question 13

Which of the following birth years are defined as baby boomers?

A) 1935-1946
B) 1944-1952
C) 1946-1964
D) 1961-1970

Question 14

Infancy stage is usually defined as from birth to 1 year of age.

Question 15

According to Erikson's stages of psychosocial development, when a person turns 65 years old they have completed all the stages.

Question 16

An important task of the health care professional who provides care to dying patients is to:

A) avoid discussing difficult or painful subjects.
B) act as if the patients are expected to recover.
C) be willing to listen to stories about their lives.
D) avoid bothering them by waiting until they initiate communication.

Question 17

It is best to avoid discussing the subject of death with patients who are suffering from terminal diseases.

Question 18

Which of the following statements is true about Dr. William H. Thomas's work?

A) He breaks the life spans into seven groups.
B) Each of his defined life span groups have specific ages assigned to them.
C) He identifies a cyclic nature to the aging process.
D) He defines senescence as the purest example of being.

Question 19

Thought, awareness, and the ability to comprehend meaning are referred to as ____ abilities.

A) psychological
B) psychosocial
C) developmental
D) cognitive

Question 20

Infants who are never touched or hugged fail to develop normally.

Question 31

Which of the following theorists address children only?

A) Jean Piaget
B) Erik Erikson
C) Carol Gilligan
D) Lawrence Kohlberg