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EVALUATION SET 2026 ANSWERS
GUARANTEED PASS
⫸ Jean Piaget Answer: Developmental psychologist best known for his
theory of cognitive development. Theory states that children learn
through interaction in the environment.
⫸ Nature vs nurture Answer: Whether cognitive development is mainly
determined by a clients innate qualities (nature), or by his personal
experiences (nurture). Many experts avoid this question today.
⫸ Social development on micro level Answer: Learning how to behave
and interact well with others. Relies on managing feelings.
⫸ Social development on a macro level Answer: Commitment that
development processes need to benefit people. Recognizes the way
people interact in groups and society.
⫸ Social development Answer: Change in social institutions.
⫸ Spiritual growth and development stages Answer: -Unwilling to
accept a will greater than their own.
-Blind faith in authority figures, world is divided into good and evil.
,-Scientific skepticism and questioning.
-Enjoys mystery and beauty of existence.
⫸ Bio psychosocial-spiritual-cultural challenges older people are faced
with Answer: Health and physical abilities, accessing affordable-high
quality health care, decreased economic security, increased vulnerability
to abuse and exploitation, and loss of meaningful roles.
⫸ Health care issues with adults 80+ Answer: Communication:
Encourage to express feelings, stay positive
Health: monitor closely, promote self care, ensure nutrition, stress, and
activity levels
Safety:ensure safe living
⫸ Development Answer: Product of the elaborate interplay of
biological, psychological, spiritual, and social influences
⫸ John Bowlby Answer: Originated Attachment Theory.
⫸ Attachment: defined by Bowlby Answer: A lasting psychological
connectedness that can be understood within an evolutionary context in
which a caregiver provides safety and security to a child. Child is pre-
programmed to create attachments.
⫸ Monotropy Answer: One primary attachment figure. Acts as a secure
base for exploring the world.
, ⫸ Learned behavior attachment Answer: Child will form an attachment
to whoever feeds it. Child finds comfort in food, through classical
conditioning, finds comfort in feeder. Child uses operant conditioning to
get what it wants.
⫸ Stranger anxiety Answer: Crying when an unfamiliar person tries to
hold child, begins between 5-9 months. Intensifies at age 1, stops around
age 2.
⫸ Separation anxiety Answer: Beings 6-8 months, peaks at 14-18
months, resolved by 24-36 months. Upset when caregiver leaves sight.
⫸ Separation anxiety disorder Answer: Characterized by excessive
worrying about being away from caregiver. Occurs in later childhood.
⫸ Maslow's hierarchy of needs Answer: Clients are motivated to meet
certain needs, when one is filled they seek the next one. (physiological,
safety, social, esteem, self-actualization)
⫸ Physiological needs Answer: Maintain the physical organism.
Biological needs such as food/water/oxygen/ temperature.
⫸ Safety needs Answer: Need to feel safe from harm/danger/threat.
EVALUATION SET 2026 ANSWERS
GUARANTEED PASS
⫸ Jean Piaget Answer: Developmental psychologist best known for his
theory of cognitive development. Theory states that children learn
through interaction in the environment.
⫸ Nature vs nurture Answer: Whether cognitive development is mainly
determined by a clients innate qualities (nature), or by his personal
experiences (nurture). Many experts avoid this question today.
⫸ Social development on micro level Answer: Learning how to behave
and interact well with others. Relies on managing feelings.
⫸ Social development on a macro level Answer: Commitment that
development processes need to benefit people. Recognizes the way
people interact in groups and society.
⫸ Social development Answer: Change in social institutions.
⫸ Spiritual growth and development stages Answer: -Unwilling to
accept a will greater than their own.
-Blind faith in authority figures, world is divided into good and evil.
,-Scientific skepticism and questioning.
-Enjoys mystery and beauty of existence.
⫸ Bio psychosocial-spiritual-cultural challenges older people are faced
with Answer: Health and physical abilities, accessing affordable-high
quality health care, decreased economic security, increased vulnerability
to abuse and exploitation, and loss of meaningful roles.
⫸ Health care issues with adults 80+ Answer: Communication:
Encourage to express feelings, stay positive
Health: monitor closely, promote self care, ensure nutrition, stress, and
activity levels
Safety:ensure safe living
⫸ Development Answer: Product of the elaborate interplay of
biological, psychological, spiritual, and social influences
⫸ John Bowlby Answer: Originated Attachment Theory.
⫸ Attachment: defined by Bowlby Answer: A lasting psychological
connectedness that can be understood within an evolutionary context in
which a caregiver provides safety and security to a child. Child is pre-
programmed to create attachments.
⫸ Monotropy Answer: One primary attachment figure. Acts as a secure
base for exploring the world.
, ⫸ Learned behavior attachment Answer: Child will form an attachment
to whoever feeds it. Child finds comfort in food, through classical
conditioning, finds comfort in feeder. Child uses operant conditioning to
get what it wants.
⫸ Stranger anxiety Answer: Crying when an unfamiliar person tries to
hold child, begins between 5-9 months. Intensifies at age 1, stops around
age 2.
⫸ Separation anxiety Answer: Beings 6-8 months, peaks at 14-18
months, resolved by 24-36 months. Upset when caregiver leaves sight.
⫸ Separation anxiety disorder Answer: Characterized by excessive
worrying about being away from caregiver. Occurs in later childhood.
⫸ Maslow's hierarchy of needs Answer: Clients are motivated to meet
certain needs, when one is filled they seek the next one. (physiological,
safety, social, esteem, self-actualization)
⫸ Physiological needs Answer: Maintain the physical organism.
Biological needs such as food/water/oxygen/ temperature.
⫸ Safety needs Answer: Need to feel safe from harm/danger/threat.
