DrFaulkner Believes That Directly Observable Events-Stimuli and Responses-Are the Appropriate

question 97

Multiple Choice

Dr.Faulkner believes that directly observable events-stimuli and responses-are the appropriate focus of the study of development.Dr.Faulkner probably follows the __________ perspective of development.

• A) psychosexual
• B) psychosocial
• C) behaviorist
• D) cognitive-developmental

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Definitions:

Phallic

Referring to or characterized by the third stage of psychosexual development in Freudian theory, focusing on the genital organs as the primary source of pleasure.

Latency

In psychoanalytic theory, a period of childhood development characterized by the sublimation of instinctual drives; it is considered a phase of relative psychological calm.

Oral Stage

The first phase in Freud's psychosexual development theory, where an infant's pleasure centers are in the mouth, leading to behaviors like sucking and biting.

Fixated

The psychological state or condition of being obsessively focused or attached to a person, thing, or idea.