Top 150+ Solved Developmental Psychology 2 MCQ Questions Answer
Q. What happens if a person does not successfully resolve a crisis within a stage?
a. They regress
b. They move to the next stage without any complications
c. They move to the next stage with issues left from the previous stage
d. They do not move to the next stage
Q. Erik Erikson published his psychosocial development theory in the followingbook?
a. Man and Society
b. War and Peace
c. Childhood and Society
d. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Q. Each stage in Erikson’s model of psychosocial development can be characterizedby:
a. A period of creative tension
b. An achievement scale for growth
c. A different psychological crisis
d. A and C
Q. According to Erikson, failure to resolve the tasks of middle adulthood leads to asense of _ involving a concern for one's own needs and comforts only.
a. apathy
b. self-absorption
c. despair
d. stagnation
Q. A failure to develop a consistent identity results in
a. isolation.
b. inferiority.
c. role confusion
d. stagnation
Q. Generativity refers to
a. concern for welfare of others and society as a whole.
b. the desire to have children and thereby ensure survival of the species.
c. the ability to establish adequate social and financial security.
d. active acceptance of aging and the social changes it brings.
Q. The correct order of the 3 stages of human prenatal development are
a. differentiation, implantation, strengthening
b. embryo, zygote, fetus
c. embryonic, placental, umbilical
d. zygote, embryo, fetus
Q. The correct sequence of Piaget’s stages of cognitive development are
a. preoperational, sensorimotor, concrete operational, formal Operational
b. preoperational, concrete operational, sensorimotor, formal operational
c. sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
d. sensorimotor, preoperational, conventional, postconventional
Q. Which of Piaget’s stages is associated with adolescence?
a. Sensorimotor
b. Formal operational
c. Preoperational
d. concrete operational
Q. The process of developing a sense of identity during adolescence washighlighted by
a. Erikson\s psychosocial development theory
b. Piaget\s cognitive development theory
c. Kohlberg\s moral development theory.
d. Freud’s psychoanalytic therapy
Q. Which represents the correct order of Piaget's stages of intellectual development?
a. sensorimotor, concrete operational, formal operational, postoperational
b. preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational, sensorimotor
c. sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational
d. preoperational, informal operational, formal operational, postoperational
Q. The grasping, rooting, and sucking reflexes of infants are best described as
a. fixed action patterns.
b. instincts.
c. conditioned reflexes.
d. adaptive reflexes.
Q. During the formal operations stage, children begin to
a. accurately use concepts of time, space, and number.
b. think primarily about concrete objects or situations.
c. develop the concept of object permanency.
d. think in terms of abstract principles and hypothetical possibilities.