Erin is 8-years-old. According to Erikson, she's in the industry versus inferiority stage. In order to successfully navigate this stage, Erin will need to:
a. develop a sense of trust with a caregiver.
b. master potty training.
c. master the tasks and challenges of being an 8-year-old.
d. model the behavior of her parents.
Question 2Which of the following is true about the relationship between infant and adult heights?
a. There is no relationship between height as an infant and height as an adult.
b. There is an almost perfect relationship between height as an infant and height as an adult.
c. Long infants always grow up to be tall adults.
d. None of these is true about the infant/adult height relationship.
Question 3According to Erikson, children in middle childhood are in the ____ stage of psychosocial development.
a. industry versus inferiority c. trust versus mistrust
b. initiative versus guilt d. dependence versus independence
Question 4Can children grow overnight?
a. no, it is not possible
b. yes, but only during the teen years
c. yes, but in childhood it is usually only girls that do
d. yes, research seems to confirm this
Question 5According to Freud, in the middle childhood period, sexual feelings:
a. remain repressed.
b. resurface.
c. are punished.
d. express themselves through the Oedipus complex.
Question 6Why is the head disproportionately large during infancy and childhood?
a. Muscle grows slower than brain tissue.
b. Because bone grows so slowly
c. Because the brain is essential for all other growth
d. There is no scientific reason; it just is.