30-year-old woman tells a friend that she doesn’t want to marry because she is afraid of losing her freedom and independence. Erikson would say that she is having difficulty with the psychosocial task of ______________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which one of the following statements are true of the Wason selection, or four-card problem (Wason,1966)?
   1. The Wason Selection Task is a good task because it produces identical results in concrete and abstract forms
   2. In general, concrete versions of the task are more difficult to think about than uncluttered abstract versions.
   3. Although the task is one of pure reasoning some concrete versions are easier because of how we think in certain social situations.
   4. People typically pick one card correctly, but pick an inappropriate one as the second choice in the original version of the task.

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 3 & 4
   C. 1 & 4
   D. 2 & 3

2. The last stage in Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development where in a person reflects on their life is ______________?

   A. productivity vs stagnation
   B. integrity vs despair
   C. competence vs inferiority
   D. pride vs regret

3. Choosing a marriage partner and deciding whether or not to have children may be related to Erikson’s psychosocial stage of ______________?

   A. trust vs. mistrust
   B. generativity vs. isolation
   C. intimacy vs. isolation
   D. integrity vs. despair

4. Which of the following characteristics are contributors to job satisfaction, as identified in Hackman and Oldham’s (1976) influential job characteristics theory? 1: Variety 2: Recognition 3: Task identity 4: Task difficulty

   A. 1,2 & 3
   B. 1 & 2
   C. 2 & 3
   D. 3 & 4

5. In Erikson’s theory, the achievement of integrity is the primary task of ______________?

   A. adolescence
   B. young adulthood
   C. middle adulthood
   D. late adulthood

6. When you go over to visit your friend’s new baby, your friend exclaims, “Watch this! Every time I touch his cheek he turns his mouth towards my finger!” Because you’ve taken psychology, you know that this phenomenon is called the______reflex.

   A. grasping
   B. complementary
   C. rooting
   D. startle

7. Thomas has achieved a capacity for closeness and commitment to others. Erikson would say he has successfully navigated the stage of:

   A. Generativity vs stagnation
   B. Trust vs mistrust
   C. Identity vs role confusion
   D. Intimacy vs isolation

8. The______describes the relationship between arousal level, task difficulty, and efficiency of performance.

   A. arousal theory
   B. drive reduction theory
   C. Yerkes-Dodson Law
   D. inverted-U function

9. What should you NOT do if a person tells you they are having suicidal thoughts?

   A. Take them seriously
   B. Promise to keep their secret
   C. Be willing to listen
   D. Talk openly and directly

10. Rais just came back from seeing a neurologist. Rais tells you that he will be having a test in which images of his brain will be recorded after radioactive chemicals have been injected into his chemicals have been injected into his bloodstream. However, Rais can’t remember the actual name of the test. it appears that his neurologist is planning:

    A. an electroencephalograph (EEG) recording
    B. a positron emission tomography (PET) scan
    C. a computerized tomography(CT) scan
    D. a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan