PSYC 140 Final Exam Review Questions and Answers 2023/2024
- What are two critiques, discussed in the module, regarding Freud’s psychosexual stages?
- pts for sufficiently detailed and accurate summary. 2 points for well-supported reason for agreement.
Answers need to discuss the lack of a lifespan approach and a methodology that only relies on a clinical sample.Which theorist or theory describing development do you agree with the most? Summarize this theory and describe why you agree with it.
- Freud believed that unsuccessful completion of a psychosexual stage would result in a person
becoming on an erogenous part of the body. fixated For each of the age groups listed below, list the psychosexual stage described by Freud.
Ages 3-6: phallic
According to Freud, the stage occurs from birth to 18 months. Oral Where did Freud get the name “Oedipus” for the Oedipus complex? Greek mythology
- Which of the following most accurately summarize Freud’s view of the Oedipus complex? Boys
experience competition with their fathers and eventually identify with them, while repressing sexual feelings towards their mothers.Freud would say that a person obsessed with cleanliness may have unsuccessfully completed the psychosexual stage. Anal The phallic stage of psychosexual development ends at age . Six For each of the age groups listed below, list the psychosexual stage described by Freud.
Birth-18 months :
birth-18 months: oral stage
18 months - 3 years anal stage ; 3 - 5 years: phallic stage ; 5 years - puberty: latency stage
puberty - adult: genital stage
- T/F Malnutrition can be a teratogen. True
True or false? Maternal stress is not an example of a teratogen. False When does the Embryonic period begin? 2 weeks after conception What is the current age of viability? 22-26 weeks 1 / 2
- True or false? Maternal age has nothing to do with birth defects in babies. False
During which trimester do hair and nails typically form? second True or False? Amniocentesis utilizes sound waves to create images. False
- What is a longitudinal study? Individuals are studied across time using this design.
Which research design could give a researcher a large amount of information about one autistic child’s level of functioning? Case study Which research design would best address the following question: What do most people in the U.S. feel about the legalization of marijuana? Survey Which research design would best address the following question: Are age and wisdom related to one another? Correlational study
- Thoroughly answer the essay question. Essays should be written in complete sentences. Compare and
contrast Assimilation and Accommodation. In your answer, be sure to describe each and describe how they differ from one another. Then, give a specific example of each. Finally, give a personal example of when you engaged in either assimilation or accommodation (be sure to say which one that you are describing!). Note: the module video used the example of eating food to illustrate these points. You must choose different examples.Descriptions of Assimilation need to describe how new information is taken in without changing underlying scheme. 2 pts. The example must accurately reflect this, in sufficient detail. 2 pts.Descriptions of Accomodation need to describe how schemes are changed in response to new information. 2 pts. The example must accurately reflect this, in sufficient detail. 2 pts. Two points for an accurately and sufficiently detailed personal example.
Thoroughly answer the essay question. Essays should be written in complete sentences. Describe what you learned about infant-parent attachment in the module. The approximate length of the description should be a short paragraph, and it should include sufficient detail on what you learned. Then, describe how your current knowledge on this topic compares to what you knew before taking this module. Finally, describe your views on the following issues: a) how applicable is attachment theory to everyday life and working with infants, and b) what misconceptions about attachment do you think people have, and what is a correct understanding of how to apply this attachment theory?
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