EPPP – Developmental Final Exam Prep
Questions & Answers.
Attachment - CORRECT ANSWER Early deprivation has been found to have reversible consequences,
depending on the nature of the child's subsequent relationships.
Memory - CORRECT ANSWER Elderly persons do better on tasks of recognition than recall
Cognitive changes in aging - CORRECT ANSWER Intact attention on simple tasks
Decreased processing speed
Improved verbal abilities
Marcia: Identity Achievement - CORRECT ANSWER Explored all options and chose identity
Marcia: Identity Moratorium - CORRECT ANSWER Made a definite commitment and is in the process of
exploration
Marcia: Identity Foreclosure - CORRECT ANSWER Committed to a goal without exploring other
alternatives. Has accepted a ready-made identity chosen by an authority figure (e.g., an adolescent is
planning on becoming a lawyer because her mother and father are both lawyers who think she should
be one).
Marcia: Identity Diffusion - CORRECT ANSWER Describes someone who lacks direction, is not committed
to goals and values, and is not trying to develop goals
Perinatal Period - CORRECT ANSWER Just before and just after birth
High-Context Culture - CORRECT ANSWER People focus on how the message is communicated
, White Racial Identity Model - CORRECT ANSWER 1) Contact - Enters when a White person encounters
the idea or actuality of Black people. There may be a curiosity, timidity, or trepidation about Blacks, and
a superficial, inconsistent awareness of being White.
2) Disintegration - conscious, though conflicted acknowledgement of Whiteness and a questioning of
racial realities (prejudices) the person has been taught to believe.
3) Reintegration - Person consciously acknowledges a White identity, including the belief that Whites are
superior to people of color. In other words, the person in the reintegration stage accepts the belief in
White racial superiority and Black inferiority.
4) Pseudo-Independence - The person begins to actively question the proposition that Blacks are inately
inferior to whites. The person acknowledges the responsibility of Whites for racism, and adopts an
intellectualized acceptance of White racial identity as well as a curiosity about blacks.
5) Immersion - The person examines his or her racial identity and the significance of being Black or
White. The goal becomes one of changing White people and their attitudes toward Blacks.
6) Autonomy - The person no longer feels threatened by those of another race, adopts a multicultural
perspective, and is receptive to thinking in new ways about culture and race.
Stages of Alzheimer's Disease - CORRECT ANSWER 1) 2-4 years - Short-term memory loss
2) 2-10 years - more memory impairment (more explicit rather than implicit) and begin having difficulty
performing complex tasks, such as balancing a check book or going grocery shopping.
- Get lost in familiar settings and become apathetic
3) 1-3 years: Serious impairment in most areas - may lose the ability to speak and become unable to
recognize family, friends, or even themselves. Lose all capacity to care for themselves and have difficulty
walking, are incontinent, and are ultimately bedridden and often die of opportunistic respiratory
infection
Divorce - CORRECT ANSWER Frequent visitation with the noncustodial father usually results in fewer
behavioral problems and higher academic achievement if the noncustodial father is supportive and
authoritative.
Berne - CORRECT ANSWER Script reflects a person's characteristic pattern of giving and receiving strokes
life plan = script
Communication - CORRECT ANSWER has a "report function" that contains the content or informational
aspect of the communication and a "command function" that is often conveyed non-verbally and
exemplifies the relationship between the communicators
Questions & Answers.
Attachment - CORRECT ANSWER Early deprivation has been found to have reversible consequences,
depending on the nature of the child's subsequent relationships.
Memory - CORRECT ANSWER Elderly persons do better on tasks of recognition than recall
Cognitive changes in aging - CORRECT ANSWER Intact attention on simple tasks
Decreased processing speed
Improved verbal abilities
Marcia: Identity Achievement - CORRECT ANSWER Explored all options and chose identity
Marcia: Identity Moratorium - CORRECT ANSWER Made a definite commitment and is in the process of
exploration
Marcia: Identity Foreclosure - CORRECT ANSWER Committed to a goal without exploring other
alternatives. Has accepted a ready-made identity chosen by an authority figure (e.g., an adolescent is
planning on becoming a lawyer because her mother and father are both lawyers who think she should
be one).
Marcia: Identity Diffusion - CORRECT ANSWER Describes someone who lacks direction, is not committed
to goals and values, and is not trying to develop goals
Perinatal Period - CORRECT ANSWER Just before and just after birth
High-Context Culture - CORRECT ANSWER People focus on how the message is communicated
, White Racial Identity Model - CORRECT ANSWER 1) Contact - Enters when a White person encounters
the idea or actuality of Black people. There may be a curiosity, timidity, or trepidation about Blacks, and
a superficial, inconsistent awareness of being White.
2) Disintegration - conscious, though conflicted acknowledgement of Whiteness and a questioning of
racial realities (prejudices) the person has been taught to believe.
3) Reintegration - Person consciously acknowledges a White identity, including the belief that Whites are
superior to people of color. In other words, the person in the reintegration stage accepts the belief in
White racial superiority and Black inferiority.
4) Pseudo-Independence - The person begins to actively question the proposition that Blacks are inately
inferior to whites. The person acknowledges the responsibility of Whites for racism, and adopts an
intellectualized acceptance of White racial identity as well as a curiosity about blacks.
5) Immersion - The person examines his or her racial identity and the significance of being Black or
White. The goal becomes one of changing White people and their attitudes toward Blacks.
6) Autonomy - The person no longer feels threatened by those of another race, adopts a multicultural
perspective, and is receptive to thinking in new ways about culture and race.
Stages of Alzheimer's Disease - CORRECT ANSWER 1) 2-4 years - Short-term memory loss
2) 2-10 years - more memory impairment (more explicit rather than implicit) and begin having difficulty
performing complex tasks, such as balancing a check book or going grocery shopping.
- Get lost in familiar settings and become apathetic
3) 1-3 years: Serious impairment in most areas - may lose the ability to speak and become unable to
recognize family, friends, or even themselves. Lose all capacity to care for themselves and have difficulty
walking, are incontinent, and are ultimately bedridden and often die of opportunistic respiratory
infection
Divorce - CORRECT ANSWER Frequent visitation with the noncustodial father usually results in fewer
behavioral problems and higher academic achievement if the noncustodial father is supportive and
authoritative.
Berne - CORRECT ANSWER Script reflects a person's characteristic pattern of giving and receiving strokes
life plan = script
Communication - CORRECT ANSWER has a "report function" that contains the content or informational
aspect of the communication and a "command function" that is often conveyed non-verbally and
exemplifies the relationship between the communicators
