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Blake is teaching his six-year-old son to ride a two-wheeled bicycle. Initially, he has his son just sit on the bike and try to balance. Then he pushes the bike around the yard with his son sitting on it. When his son becomes more confident, Blake lets go of the bike for short distances but catches it before his son falls. Blake is using _____________ to help his son learn to ride.  

According to Erickson, if a developmental stage is not as well managed, maladaptation, and malignancies that can endanger all our future development may emerge. Sarah has been sheltered by her parents and is extremely dependent upon them. She is also extremely dependent on her partner for direction in every day life. Erickson would indicate which of the following about Sarah that she has what?

Three-year-old Tara is concentrating mightily on creating a picture for her granddad. She is clutching a crayon in her little fist and swirling loops on her paper and connecting them with lines. She will later tell him it’s a picture of her and her dog. This type of drawing is called what?  

According to Erickson, development occurs by predetermined unfolding of personalities in eight stages. The progress is partially determined by our success or lack of success in all previous stages.  Each of these tasks occur at an optimal time for each of these tasks and must be addressed at those stages. If the stage is successfully managed at that point the person achieves a certain “virtue” or psychosocial strength for their future development. He calls this  

Oliver a two year old child attributes human-creating to all things, the sky, the moon, the sun, animals, and the tree outside his window. His mother is disturbed by his ideas, but we know that this passing phase of preoperational thought is called what?    

The children Cedric, Marion, Carlos and Allyson with their mothers participated in the Strange Situation Experiment. Which of these statements indicate a child who was ambivalently attached?  

Keith has the X linked recessive condition that results in build-up of uric acid in the body due to a faulty enzyme. The condition induces a variety of neurological symptoms, facial grimacing, involuntary writhing, and repetitive movements of the arms and legs early in Keith’s life. He began to develop gout, poor muscle control, and in the second year of his life severe self-mutilating behaviors (finger and lip biting). Keith’s caregivers found it necessary to remove some of his teeth and provide him with a mouth guard as well as a helmet for the boy’s protection. The prognosis for Keith is poor, and his biological family no longer comes to the facility to see the boy. Death in this condition is usually due to renal failure in the first or second decade of life. This condition is called?   

Rob is obsessively clean and orderly. He complains bitterly about his roommates who are sloppy and disorganized. He stopped dating, Nancy, because she had a cat and cat hair was on her furniture. He is also very tight with his money. His girl-friends complain that he is stingy.  He is precise about his dress and grooming. His mother states, “I love my son, but he is so obstinate. He is also extremely pedantic and finicky. My present husband tells me that he objects most to Rob’s passive-aggressive behaviors. Freudians would say that Rob has what?    

Nathan, five years old, has grown very curious about all the things around him. He asks his mom, “Why is the sky blue? Why is the grass green? Why does granddaddy have hair on his face?” Nathan is also using his newly emerged reasoning skills. His reasoning skills prompt him to try to understand why things are the way they are. Nathan is in which of Piaget’s stages?  

The amount of time required for each of 100 mice to navigate through a maze was recorded.  The histogram below shows the distribution of times, in seconds, for the 100 mice.   Which of the following values is the best estimate of the standard deviation of the 100 times?