DEP 2004 CORE EXAM TEST 2026 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Erikson - ✔✔Erikson's Psychosocial development
✔✔Trust vs mistrust - ✔✔newborns and infants develop a sense of reliability of people
and objects.
Erikson stage 1: basic trust : sensitive, responsive caregiving; " can I count on you to
feed me when im hungery?"
✔✔autonomy vs independence - ✔✔( Eriksons 2nd stage of psychosocial development
)
Autonomy : a shift from external control to self-control. Emerges from trust and self-
awareness. The Terrible twos.: shame and doubt ( help toddler recognize need for
limits)
✔✔Temperament - ✔✔- (Brain maturation and the emotions) definition: inborn
differences between one person and another in emotions, activity and self -regulation.
Originates in the genes but affected by child-rearing practices environmental factors.
✔✔3 types of Temperament - ✔✔easy, slow to warm up, difficult.
Easy----generally happy, responds well to change and novelty
Slow to warm up ----generally mild reactions. Hesitant about new experiences.
Difficult--- irritable, intense emotional responses.
Additional finding : parenting practices are crucial, temperament can change or be
changed.
✔✔ulnar grasp - ✔✔infants grasp objects by pressing the fingers against palm.
✔✔pincer grasp - ✔✔using thumb and forefinger to pic up tiny objects ( end of first year)
✔✔visual preferences in infancy - ✔✔like to see human faces, moving objects
✔✔gross motor skills - ✔✔deliberate actions that coordinate many parts of the body,
producing large movement. example: jumping, walking, runing.
✔✔sequence of development - ✔✔...
✔✔cognitive development - ✔✔focus on development of ways of perceiving and
mentally representing the world.
✔✔object permanence - ✔✔the realization that objects still exist when they can no
longer be seen, touched or heard.
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Erikson - ✔✔Erikson's Psychosocial development
✔✔Trust vs mistrust - ✔✔newborns and infants develop a sense of reliability of people
and objects.
Erikson stage 1: basic trust : sensitive, responsive caregiving; " can I count on you to
feed me when im hungery?"
✔✔autonomy vs independence - ✔✔( Eriksons 2nd stage of psychosocial development
)
Autonomy : a shift from external control to self-control. Emerges from trust and self-
awareness. The Terrible twos.: shame and doubt ( help toddler recognize need for
limits)
✔✔Temperament - ✔✔- (Brain maturation and the emotions) definition: inborn
differences between one person and another in emotions, activity and self -regulation.
Originates in the genes but affected by child-rearing practices environmental factors.
✔✔3 types of Temperament - ✔✔easy, slow to warm up, difficult.
Easy----generally happy, responds well to change and novelty
Slow to warm up ----generally mild reactions. Hesitant about new experiences.
Difficult--- irritable, intense emotional responses.
Additional finding : parenting practices are crucial, temperament can change or be
changed.
✔✔ulnar grasp - ✔✔infants grasp objects by pressing the fingers against palm.
✔✔pincer grasp - ✔✔using thumb and forefinger to pic up tiny objects ( end of first year)
✔✔visual preferences in infancy - ✔✔like to see human faces, moving objects
✔✔gross motor skills - ✔✔deliberate actions that coordinate many parts of the body,
producing large movement. example: jumping, walking, runing.
✔✔sequence of development - ✔✔...
✔✔cognitive development - ✔✔focus on development of ways of perceiving and
mentally representing the world.
✔✔object permanence - ✔✔the realization that objects still exist when they can no
longer be seen, touched or heard.
