Question : 61. Gina’s therapist attributes her delinquent behavior to heredity and : 1254562

61. Gina’s therapist attributes her delinquent behavior to heredity and to the gross neglect she suffered as a baby at the hands of her alcoholic mother. Gina’s therapist appears to be emphasizing the _____ aspect of her development.

a. personality

b. life-long learning

c. discontinuity

d. stability

62. In the continuity-discontinuity issue in development, continuity refers to _____, while discontinuity implies:

a. abrupt change; stability.

b. gradual change; distinct stages.

c. qualitative change; quantitative change.

d. discrete stages; gradations.

63. The concept of discontinuity is characterized by:

a. qualitative change.

b. quantitative change.

c. collective change.

d. measured change.

64. Dr. Drew is a scientist interested in the effects of music on cognitive development. Which of the following describes the sequence he should go through?

a. Collect data, conceptualize a process or problem to be studied, analyze data, and draw conclusions.

b. Conceptualize a process or problem to be studied, collect data, analyze data, and draw conclusions.

c. Collect data, analyze data, conceptualize a process or problem to be studied, and draw conclusions.

d. Conceptualize a process or problem to be studied, draw conclusions, collect data, and analyze data.

65. Dr. Perkins predicts that children who spend years playing a musical instrument are smarter than children that do not play music. This testable prediction is known as a(n) _____.

a. hypotheses

b. classifications

c. variables

d. axioms

66. _____ theories describe development as primarily unconscious and heavily colored by emotion.

a. Behavioral

b. Social-cognitive

c. Evolutionary

d. Psychoanalytic

67. Dr. Berenstein holds the view that behavior is merely a surface characteristic and that a true understanding of development requires analyzing the symbolic meanings of behavior and the deep inner workings of the mind. Dr. Berenstein can be described as a(n):

a. psychoanalytic theorist.

b. evolutionary theorist.

c. cognitive theorist.

d. behavioral theorist.

68. Identify the correct sequence of the five stages of psychosexual development described in Freud’s theory of development.

a. Genital, oral, anal, phallic, and latency

b. Oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital

c. Anal, genital, oral, phallic, and latency

d. Oral, phallic, anal, latency, and genital

69. According to Freud, our adult personality is determined by:

a. the way we resolve conflicts between home life and professional life.

b. the resolution of adult realities versus childhood fantasies.

c. the way we maintain a balance between family and friends.

d. the way we resolve conflicts between sources of pleasure at each stage and the demands of reality.

70. Most contemporary psychoanalytic theorists believe that Sigmund Freud:

a. proposed a theory that has stood the test of time and needs no revisions.

b. overemphasized sexual instincts.

c. overemphasized cultural experiences as determinants of an individual’s development.

d. underestimated the role of the unconscious mind in determining development.