Journey Across The Life Span: Human Development and
Health Promotion, 6th Edition TEST BANK by Polan
Accommodation - ANSWER:Piaget's Third concept, which occurs with new
experiences, when habits change
Animistic - ANSWER:When a child believes that objects have feelings and motives.
Assimilation - ANSWER:Piaget's second concept, which can be described as the
ability to absorb new information into existing schemas
Autonomy - ANSWER:Independence and sense of self.
Cephalocaudal - ANSWER:A directional term that refers to growth and development
that begins at the head and progresses downward toward the feet.
Compensation - ANSWER:A mental mechanism that allows the person to make up
for deficiencies in one area by excelling in another.
Conscious - ANSWER:Refers to all those experiences that are within one's immediate
awareness
Conversion - ANSWER:A mental mechanism that converts unconscious feelings and
anxiety into physical symptoms that have no underlying organic basis for the
complaints
Defense Mechanisms (Freud) - ANSWER:Also known as mental mechanisms,
techniques used at all stages of the life cycle to help individuals cope with the threat
of anxiety
Denial - ANSWER:The mechanism whereby the individual is unable to recognize the
event or emotions surrounding the occurrence. Events are so painful that they are
pushed out of consciousness.
Development - ANSWER:The progressive acquisition of skills and capacity to function
Displacement - ANSWER:A mental mechanism that transfers emotions associated
with a person or object to another less threatening person or object.
Ego - ANSWER:The executive of the mind. It relates most closely to reality
Ego Integrity - ANSWER:A Period of self-satisfaction that occurs during old age
Electra Complex - ANSWER:A young girl's sexual attraction toward her father and
unconscious wish to replace her mother
, Generativity - ANSWER:Erikson's task for middle-aged adults. It involves individuals
desires to serve the larger community and have positive influences on their children
Growth - ANSWER:Increase in physical size
Heredity - ANSWER:All characteristics that are transmitted through genes and
determined at the time of fertilization.
ID - ANSWER:The bodies basic primitive urges; demands immediate satisfaction
Identification - ANSWER:A mental Mechanism in which one takes on the personality
traits of another person, usually one held in high esteem
Libido - ANSWER:Sex Drive
Maturation - ANSWER:The unfolding of skills or potential regardless of practice or
training
Oedipus Complex - ANSWER:A young boys sexual attraction for his mother and
unconscious with to replace his father
Personality - ANSWER:The unique behavior patterns that distinguish one person
from another
Projection - ANSWER:A mental mechanism referred to as the blaming mechanism; in
projection the individual rejects unacceptable thoughts or feelings and attributes
them to another person
Proximodistal - ANSWER:A directional term that refers to growth and development
and progresses from the center of the body toward the extremities.
Puberty - ANSWER:the period following childhood and before adolescence in which
the body prepares for the changes necessary for reproduction.
Rationalization - ANSWER:A mental mechanism used to justify or excuse undesirable
actions or feelings. It is a face-saving technique that may or may not deal with the
truth.
Reaction Formation - ANSWER:A metal mechanism that keeps unacceptable feelings
or thoughts out of one's awareness and replaces them with opposite feelings or
thoughts.
Regression - ANSWER:A return to an earlier stage of development during stressful
periods
Health Promotion, 6th Edition TEST BANK by Polan
Accommodation - ANSWER:Piaget's Third concept, which occurs with new
experiences, when habits change
Animistic - ANSWER:When a child believes that objects have feelings and motives.
Assimilation - ANSWER:Piaget's second concept, which can be described as the
ability to absorb new information into existing schemas
Autonomy - ANSWER:Independence and sense of self.
Cephalocaudal - ANSWER:A directional term that refers to growth and development
that begins at the head and progresses downward toward the feet.
Compensation - ANSWER:A mental mechanism that allows the person to make up
for deficiencies in one area by excelling in another.
Conscious - ANSWER:Refers to all those experiences that are within one's immediate
awareness
Conversion - ANSWER:A mental mechanism that converts unconscious feelings and
anxiety into physical symptoms that have no underlying organic basis for the
complaints
Defense Mechanisms (Freud) - ANSWER:Also known as mental mechanisms,
techniques used at all stages of the life cycle to help individuals cope with the threat
of anxiety
Denial - ANSWER:The mechanism whereby the individual is unable to recognize the
event or emotions surrounding the occurrence. Events are so painful that they are
pushed out of consciousness.
Development - ANSWER:The progressive acquisition of skills and capacity to function
Displacement - ANSWER:A mental mechanism that transfers emotions associated
with a person or object to another less threatening person or object.
Ego - ANSWER:The executive of the mind. It relates most closely to reality
Ego Integrity - ANSWER:A Period of self-satisfaction that occurs during old age
Electra Complex - ANSWER:A young girl's sexual attraction toward her father and
unconscious wish to replace her mother
, Generativity - ANSWER:Erikson's task for middle-aged adults. It involves individuals
desires to serve the larger community and have positive influences on their children
Growth - ANSWER:Increase in physical size
Heredity - ANSWER:All characteristics that are transmitted through genes and
determined at the time of fertilization.
ID - ANSWER:The bodies basic primitive urges; demands immediate satisfaction
Identification - ANSWER:A mental Mechanism in which one takes on the personality
traits of another person, usually one held in high esteem
Libido - ANSWER:Sex Drive
Maturation - ANSWER:The unfolding of skills or potential regardless of practice or
training
Oedipus Complex - ANSWER:A young boys sexual attraction for his mother and
unconscious with to replace his father
Personality - ANSWER:The unique behavior patterns that distinguish one person
from another
Projection - ANSWER:A mental mechanism referred to as the blaming mechanism; in
projection the individual rejects unacceptable thoughts or feelings and attributes
them to another person
Proximodistal - ANSWER:A directional term that refers to growth and development
and progresses from the center of the body toward the extremities.
Puberty - ANSWER:the period following childhood and before adolescence in which
the body prepares for the changes necessary for reproduction.
Rationalization - ANSWER:A mental mechanism used to justify or excuse undesirable
actions or feelings. It is a face-saving technique that may or may not deal with the
truth.
Reaction Formation - ANSWER:A metal mechanism that keeps unacceptable feelings
or thoughts out of one's awareness and replaces them with opposite feelings or
thoughts.
Regression - ANSWER:A return to an earlier stage of development during stressful
periods
