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MCQs on Theoretical Foundation of Adolescent Development | EDSP 373, Quizzes of Educational Psychology

Material Type: Quiz; Professor: Briscoe; Class: Psychology of Adolescent Ed; Subject: Educ & School Psychology; University: Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus; Term: Unknown 1989;

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Chapter 2: Theoretical Foundations of Adolescent Development
1. A specific explanation of a phenomenon that can be confirmed or disconfirmed is called
a. a model
b. a theory
c. an axiom
d. a law
2. _______ is the assumption that the same set of laws are sufficient to describe behavior at
all points in the life cycle.
a. Reductionism
b. Epigenesis
c. A model
d. The epigenetic principle
3. What environmental theorist proposed that behavior is under the control of the events that
follow it instead of reflecting preceding motives or intentions?
a. Robert Havighurst
b. Jean Piaget
c. Robert Kegan
d. B.F. Skinner
4. Observing what others do and imitating this behavior is called ______________.
a. observational learning
b. operant conditioning
c. reflective abstraction
d. assimilation
5. A phenomenon in which organisms detect regularities in their surroundings and
anticipate them is called __________________.
a. assimilation
b. habituation
c. accommodation
d. equilibration
6. Piaget proposed a sophisticated way of understanding how individuals make sense of
their surroundings. Which of these four stages of cognitive development are in order
according to one’s lifespan development?
a. Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete operational and Formal
b. Concrete operational, Preoperational, Formal operational and Sensorimotor
c. Preoperational, Sensorimotor, Concrete operational and Formal operational
d. Formal operational, Preoperational, Concrete operational and Sensorimotor
7. A cognitive stage in life in which thinking becomes abstract is called _____________.
a. formal operational
b. sensorimotor
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Chapter 2: Theoretical Foundations of Adolescent Development

  1. A specific explanation of a phenomenon that can be confirmed or disconfirmed is called a. a model b. a theory c. an axiom d. a law
  2. _______ is the assumption that the same set of laws are sufficient to describe behavior at all points in the life cycle. a. Reductionism b. Epigenesis c. A model d. The epigenetic principle
  3. What environmental theorist proposed that behavior is under the control of the events that follow it instead of reflecting preceding motives or intentions? a. Robert Havighurst b. Jean Piaget c. Robert Kegan d. B.F. Skinner
  4. Observing what others do and imitating this behavior is called ______________. a. observational learning b. operant conditioning c. reflective abstraction d. assimilation
  5. A phenomenon in which organisms detect regularities in their surroundings and anticipate them is called __________________. a. assimilation b. habituation c. accommodation d. equilibration
  6. Piaget proposed a sophisticated way of understanding how individuals make sense of their surroundings. Which of these four stages of cognitive development are in order according to one’s lifespan development? a. Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete operational and Formal b. Concrete operational, Preoperational, Formal operational and Sensorimotor c. Preoperational, Sensorimotor, Concrete operational and Formal operational d. Formal operational, Preoperational, Concrete operational and Sensorimotor
  7. A cognitive stage in life in which thinking becomes abstract is called _____________. a. formal operational b. sensorimotor

c. preoperational d. concrete operational

  1. According to Sigmund Freud, what aspect of the personality contains moral values? a. the superego b. the id c. the ego d. the libido
  2. ____________ is the notion that a child or adolescent shares with an adult an activity in which both participate to decrease the distance between their respective contributions. a. Guided participation b. Developmental contextualism c. Repression d. The Oedipal Complex
  3. Trust versus mistrust, autonomy verses shame and doubt, initiative versus guilt and industry versus inferiority are all part of Erikson’s ________________ Developmental Stage. a. birth to adolescence b. adolescence to old age c. sensorimotor d. formal operational
  4. According to Erikson, the phase of life where physical maturation gives an individual a sense of being able to do things for one self is __________________. a. industry versus inferiority b. generativity versus stagnation c. autonomy versus shame and doubt d. identity versus identity diffusion
  5. _________________ suggests that development is fundamentally a social process and that thinking, rather than being a private event occurring within a person’s head, is an activity that is shared with others. a. The Oedipal Complex b. Developmental contextualism c. The nature-nurture controversy d. Apprenticeship
  6. Which of the characteristic listed is common to all stage theories? a. equilibration b. invariant sequencing c. temperament d. all of the above

Answer Key Quiz #

  1. B
  2. A
  3. D
  4. A
  5. B
  6. A
  7. A
  8. A
  9. A
  10. A
  11. C
  12. D
  13. B
  14. D
  15. A