ASWB QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
Psychosexual development theory - ANSWER Individual is motivated by innate drives and instincts
toward a pleasure and immediate gratification. Individual matures and transforms through various
stages. If adult resolves conflicts in the stages then they will be free of psychic pathology, but if not they
may suffer from emotional problems.
Oral stage - ANSWER birth-18 months
feeding and organs associated with the function. Focus on receiving and taking. If fixated here may suffer
from schizophrenia or psychotic derpression.
Anal Stage - ANSWER 18 months- 3
Freud's second stage of psychosexual development where the primary sexual focus is on the elimination
or holding onto feces. The stage is often thought of as representing a child's ability to control his or her
own world. ie: messiness, stubbornness, rebelliousness.
Phallic Stage - ANSWER 3-5 years
Freud's third stage of psychosexual development where the primary sexual focus is on symbolism of
genitals. Oedipus conflict takes place in this stage
Latency Stage - ANSWER 5-puberty
fourth stage of psychosexual development, during which sexual impulses remain latent or dormant.
Socialize, education, learning skills
Genital Stage - ANSWER Puberty til Death
The final psychosexual stage, a time for the coming together of the mature adult personality with a
capacity to love, work, and relate to others in a mutually satisfying and reciprocal manner
Behavioral Theory - ANSWER Focuses on ways in which individuals learn to associate stress responses
with certain situations. People may also react to specific situations with fear and anxiety because those
situations caused them harm or were stressful in the past
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