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  1. A 16-year-old client is experimenting with different belief systems, friend groups, and career interests. According to Marcia's identity statuses, this client is most likely in which status?

    Answer: Identity moratorium

    Identity moratorium involves active exploration of alternatives without yet making a commitment, which is normative during adolescence.

  2. Object permanence — understanding that objects continue to exist when out of sight — is achieved during which Piagetian stage?

    Answer: Sensorimotor stage

    Object permanence develops during the sensorimotor stage (birth to approximately 2 years) as infants learn to represent objects mentally.

  3. The concept of 'telegraphic speech' in language development refers to:

    Answer: Two-word utterances that convey essential meaning

    Telegraphic speech consists of two-word phrases (e.g., 'Daddy go') that include only the most meaningful words, typically emerging around 18–24 months.

  4. A social worker is assessing a client who struggles to understand that changing a container's shape does not change the amount of liquid inside. This client likely has not yet mastered:

    Answer: Conservation

    Conservation — understanding that quantity remains the same despite changes in appearance — is a hallmark achievement of the concrete operational stage.

  5. Which of the following best describes 'resilience' in human development?

    Answer: The capacity to adapt positively despite significant adversity

    Resilience is the dynamic process through which individuals demonstrate positive adaptation in the context of significant risk or adversity.

  6. According to Kübler-Ross's model, a terminally ill client who says 'Just let me live to see my grandchild born and I'll be ready' is in which stage of grief?

    Answer: Bargaining

    Bargaining involves making deals — often with God or fate — in an attempt to postpone the inevitable loss or death.

  7. Harry Harlow's experiments with infant rhesus monkeys demonstrated that contact comfort is:

    Answer: More important than food in forming attachment bonds

    Harlow's findings showed that infant monkeys preferred a cloth 'mother' providing contact comfort over a wire 'mother' providing food, highlighting the primacy of physical comfort in attachment.