Cpce Exam Study Guide

1. The Piagetian stages are as follows: Sensorimotor Intelligence Stage, Preoperational Stage, Concrete Operational Stage, and finally Formal Operational Stage. 2. People believe that because people are experts in one area, they are experts in all areas. This is the halo effect. 3. When you examine human development from an ipsative point of view, you: Examine the individual in relationship to himself. 4. Exposure to someone will increase attraction 5. According to Kohlberg, when moral decisions are based on peer group expectations, the morality level is: Conventional 6. At what age is conformity with peers most likely to be the highest? 12-14 7. You hide a Snickers candy bar behind your back while playing with a 9-month-old infant. The little tyke searches diligently for it. This child is developing Object permanence 8. When high levels of arousal and stress are present: An individual may exhibit emotional, extreme, and disrupted behaviors. 9. Generally, the levels of arousal needed for optimum performance are: Moderate 10. Which is true of adolescents? Boys who reach physical maturation early tend to be more popular. 11. According to Freud and Erikson's stages of maturation, which stage results in the establishment of favorable relationships and the ability to set goals and carry out plans without infringing upon the rights of others? Freud's term: Phallic stage--Erikson's: Initiative vs. guilt 12. Who theorized that a child's capacity for trust developed from interactions with caregivers from an early age? Erikson 13. In Freud's psychosexual stages of development, dormant sexual feelings are the focus of what stage?: Latency 14. When teaching an animal a new trick by rewarding successive approximations to a predetermined behavior (the trick), you are using the procedure known as: Shaping 15. Usually the most important element in recovery from emotional and/or mental disorders is: Commensurate social support