CLEP Intro to Psychology Exam Prep - Question List

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11. Sheila spends hours learning how to sew from her mother. This method of guided participation in the development of childhood skills was pioneered by the following psychologist:
  1. Abraham Maslow
  2. Anna Freud
  3. Lev Vygotsky
  4. Jean Piaget
12. Erik Erikson’s adolescent stage of psychosocial development is referred to as _________.
  1. identity vs. role confusion
  2. industry vs. inferiority
  3. trust vs. mistrust
  4. initiative vs. guilt
13. The earliest philosophers thought that an individual’s personality was based on ___________.
  1. a healthy relationship with their parents
  2. a person’s healthy self-concept
  3. a mix of four different bodily fluids
  4. a person’s soul or spirit
14. In Lucinda’s culture, group cohesion and interests take precedence over individual wants. Lucinda most likely describes her ‘self’ in terms of ___________.
  1. contributions to her retirement funds
  2. her relationships with others
  3. her educational goals and attainment
  4. her personality traits
15. Brandon gets angry whenever the referee makes a call against his team. According to Sigmund Freud’s theory of the mind, his ‘ego’ would tell him:
  1. “I will rip the referee’s face off the next time he makes a call against us”
  2. “If I yell at or push the referee the next time he makes a call, I will be penalized”
  3. “I don’t care what the referee does next time”
  4. “If I yell at or push the referee the next time he makes a call, it will be a sign of poor sportsmanship”

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