LPC Human Growth and Development 2

Question 1

According to Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory, which system refers to the connections and interactions between microsystem settings, such as the relationship between home and school?

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Mesosystem

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Macrosystem

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Exosystem

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Chronosystem

Question 2

In Kohlberg's theory of moral development, the 'social contract' orientation is found at which level?

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Postconventional level

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Preconventional level

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Conventional level

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Unconventional level

Question 3

Which theorist proposed that identity versus role confusion is the primary developmental task of adolescence?

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Erik Erikson

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Jean Piaget

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Lev Vygotsky

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Lawrence Kohlberg

Question 4

The concept of 'object permanence,' the understanding that objects continue to exist even when out of sight, is achieved during which of Piaget's stages?

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Sensorimotor stage

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Preoperational stage

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Concrete operational stage

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Formal operational stage

Question 5

Which developmental concept describes the range of tasks a learner can accomplish with guidance from a more skilled partner but cannot yet perform independently?

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Zone of Proximal Development

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Scaffolding

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Assimilation

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Egocentrism

Question 6

A key principle of adult development theory, as proposed by Levinson, is that adult development is characterized by:

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Alternating stable structure-building periods and transitional periods

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A single stable life structure that persists from early adulthood onward

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Primarily cognitive development with minimal socioemotional change

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Development that is largely determined by childhood experiences with little change in adulthood