PSYC 140 Final Exam
Due No due date Points 60 Questions 27 Time Limit 120 Minutes
Question 1 pts
What are two critiques, discussed in the module, regarding Freud’s
psychosexual stages?
Your Answer:
Two Critiques discussed is that:
Development does not only occur in infants and adolescents but that it
is life long. When it comes to terms of aging, maturation and growth it
is evident that development occurs through the whole life of the
individual but Freud's psychosexual stage only mentioned
development through to adolescents.
Also, developmet could be contionous or discontinous but, Freud
explained that development occured according to the stages he laid
out and that a stage had to be completed before moving on to another
stage but in the real sense not all adolescents complete or get to the
final stages as Freud described.
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, Answers need to discuss the lack of a lifespan approach and
a methodology that only relies on a clinical sample.
Question 2 pts
For each of the age groups listed below, list the psychosexual stage
described by Freud.
Ages 3-6:
Your Answer:
Phallic stage
phallic
Question 3 pts
The phallic stage of psychosexual development ends at age
.
Your Answer:
6
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, six
Question 4 pts
True or false? Maternal stress is not an example of a teratogen.
True
Co
orrrec
ct! False
Question 5 pts
True or false? Maternal age has nothing to do with birth defects in babies.
True
Co
orrrec
ct! False
Question 6 pts
Which research design would best address the following question: What
do most people in the U.S. feel about the legalization of marijuana?
Naturalistic Observation
Case Study
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, Co
orrrec
ct! Survey
Correlational Study
Experiment
Question 7 pts
Thoroughly answer the essay question. Essays should be written in
complete sentences.
Describe what you learned about infant-parent attachment in the module.
The approximate length of the description should be a short paragraph,
and it should include sufficient detail on what you learned. Then, describe
how your current knowledge on this topic compares to what you knew
before taking this module. Finally, describe your views on the following
issues: a) how applicable is attachment theory to everyday life and
working with infants, and b) what misconceptions about attachment do
you think people have, and what is a correct understanding of how to
apply this attachment theory?
Your Answer:
Infant - parent attachment is the close bonding relationship formed
between a child and the mother or mother figure who cares for them. I
also learnt that children can form attachment as a result of their
temperament which explains that nature and nurture combined results in
the kind of attachment that children end up forming with their care givers.
The kind of bond formed by children in their early lives also show the kind
of intimate bonds they would form as adults. There are different types of
Infant parent attachement according to Anisworth. we have the Securely
attached children, The avoidant children and the non-secured attached
children.
The Secured children where children who had bonded properly with their
parents because they received the right responsive behaviour to their
needs from their sensitive parents. They feel loved and they are easily
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Due No due date Points 60 Questions 27 Time Limit 120 Minutes
Question 1 pts
What are two critiques, discussed in the module, regarding Freud’s
psychosexual stages?
Your Answer:
Two Critiques discussed is that:
Development does not only occur in infants and adolescents but that it
is life long. When it comes to terms of aging, maturation and growth it
is evident that development occurs through the whole life of the
individual but Freud's psychosexual stage only mentioned
development through to adolescents.
Also, developmet could be contionous or discontinous but, Freud
explained that development occured according to the stages he laid
out and that a stage had to be completed before moving on to another
stage but in the real sense not all adolescents complete or get to the
final stages as Freud described.
1/17
, Answers need to discuss the lack of a lifespan approach and
a methodology that only relies on a clinical sample.
Question 2 pts
For each of the age groups listed below, list the psychosexual stage
described by Freud.
Ages 3-6:
Your Answer:
Phallic stage
phallic
Question 3 pts
The phallic stage of psychosexual development ends at age
.
Your Answer:
6
2/17
, six
Question 4 pts
True or false? Maternal stress is not an example of a teratogen.
True
Co
orrrec
ct! False
Question 5 pts
True or false? Maternal age has nothing to do with birth defects in babies.
True
Co
orrrec
ct! False
Question 6 pts
Which research design would best address the following question: What
do most people in the U.S. feel about the legalization of marijuana?
Naturalistic Observation
Case Study
3/17
, Co
orrrec
ct! Survey
Correlational Study
Experiment
Question 7 pts
Thoroughly answer the essay question. Essays should be written in
complete sentences.
Describe what you learned about infant-parent attachment in the module.
The approximate length of the description should be a short paragraph,
and it should include sufficient detail on what you learned. Then, describe
how your current knowledge on this topic compares to what you knew
before taking this module. Finally, describe your views on the following
issues: a) how applicable is attachment theory to everyday life and
working with infants, and b) what misconceptions about attachment do
you think people have, and what is a correct understanding of how to
apply this attachment theory?
Your Answer:
Infant - parent attachment is the close bonding relationship formed
between a child and the mother or mother figure who cares for them. I
also learnt that children can form attachment as a result of their
temperament which explains that nature and nurture combined results in
the kind of attachment that children end up forming with their care givers.
The kind of bond formed by children in their early lives also show the kind
of intimate bonds they would form as adults. There are different types of
Infant parent attachement according to Anisworth. we have the Securely
attached children, The avoidant children and the non-secured attached
children.
The Secured children where children who had bonded properly with their
parents because they received the right responsive behaviour to their
needs from their sensitive parents. They feel loved and they are easily
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