AP Psychology: Developmental Psychology & Personality 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: In the Strange Situation, an infant who explores freely, is distressed at separation, but is easily comforted on reunion shows which attachment style?
- Secure (Correct answer)
- Anxious-avoidant
- Anxious-resistant
- Disorganized
Correct answer: Secure
Secure attachment involves comfort exploring and easy soothing after the caregiver returns.
Question 2: A 3-year-old who cannot understand that another person sees a different view of a scene is displaying Piagetian:
- Egocentrism (Correct answer)
- Conservation
- Object permanence
- Centration
Correct answer: Egocentrism
Egocentrism is the preoperational inability to take another's perspective.
Question 3: Carl Rogers argued that healthy personality development requires which condition from others?
- Unconditional positive regard (Correct answer)
- Negative reinforcement
- Defense mechanisms
- Conditions of worth
Correct answer: Unconditional positive regard
Rogers said unconditional positive regard fosters self-actualization and a healthy self-concept.
Question 4: A defense mechanism in which unacceptable impulses are redirected into socially acceptable activities is called:
- Sublimation (Correct answer)
- Repression
- Projection
- Regression
Correct answer: Sublimation
Sublimation channels unacceptable urges into constructive, acceptable behavior.
Question 5: Baumrind's parenting style characterized by high demands and high responsiveness is:
- Authoritative (Correct answer)
- Authoritarian
- Permissive
- Neglectful
Correct answer: Authoritative
Authoritative parenting combines warmth with reasonable, consistent expectations.
Question 6: The temperament concept refers primarily to:
- A child's innate emotional reactivity and intensity (Correct answer)
- Learned moral values
- Acquired language skills
- Conditioned reflexes
Correct answer: A child's innate emotional reactivity and intensity
Temperament is the biologically based, characteristic emotional reactivity present early in life.
Question 7: According to Erikson, the central conflict of late adulthood is:
- Integrity vs. despair (Correct answer)
- Generativity vs. stagnation
- Intimacy vs. isolation
- Trust vs. mistrust
Correct answer: Integrity vs. despair
Older adults reflect on life, resolving integrity versus despair.
AP Psychology: Developmental Psychology & Personality 3
In the Strange Situation, an infant who explores freely, is distressed at separation, but is easily comforted on reunion shows which attachment style?