WGU D094 Exam Exam |Psyc 2314 Lifespan Growth & Development Exam 1|Questions and Answers |2026 Latest Update with complete solutions

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WGU D094
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STUDENT NAME: ________________________________ ff ff DATE: _____________ ff




COURSE: psyc 2314 lifespan growth & development exam 1
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EXAM CODE: WGU D094-101 ff ff ff




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1. Print your full name and date clearly in the header above.
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2. This exam booklet contains both Test Questions (Part I) and Verified Solutions (Part II).
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3. Answer all multiple-choice questions clearly. Double-check your work.
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4. Do not break the seal or open this booklet until instructed to do so by the proctor.
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Q1. A researcher is conducting a research study on the experiences of teenagers in the US foster sy
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stem. What should the researcher do with the data after the study?
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[Verified Solution]: Keep the real names of the participants confidential.
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Q2. Many psychologists assert that humans' social nature came about to help people protect thems
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elves from predators long ago. This is an example of the _______ perspective in psychology.
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[Verified Solution]: evolutionary ff ffff




Q3. The psychological perspective in which psychologists focus on how cognitive functioning devel
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ops across the lifespan is called the _______________ perspective.
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[Verified Solution]: cognitive-developmental perspective
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Q4. According to Erikson, during ____________________, teenagers try to figure out who they are
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.
[Verified Solution]: identity vs. role confusion ff ffff ff ff ff




Q5. Dr. Yosef asserts that human behavior is influenced by environmental stimuli and the consequ
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ences supplied by the environment. Dr. Yosef is more than likely follows the ____________ perspec
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tive.
[Verified Solution]: learning/behavioral ff ffff

, Q6. During the _________________, an adolescent is able to start thinking logically about topics su
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ch as love, justice, religious beliefs, political stances, and other abstract ideas.
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[Verified Solution]: formal operations ff ffff ff




Q7. This researcher studied cultural practices all around the world and noticed patterns in how ad
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ults teach skills to younger members of their community. Based on their observations, __________
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_____ concluded that communication and the social context is an important part of learning, and t
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hat young people are apprentices in thinking.
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[Verified Solution]: Vygotsky ff ffff




Q8. During the _________ stage, children between the ages of 3 and 6 learn through imagination a
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nd symbolism, and they generally have trouble with logical principles.
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[Verified Solution]: preoperational ff ffff




Q9. In your textbook, the chapters on the ___________ domain are concerned with the physical de
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velopment of different periods of the lifespan. ff ff ff ff ff ff




[Verified Solution]: Physical ff ffff




Q10. According to Freud, children go through the ___________ stage between the ages of 2 and 6.
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[Verified Solution]: phallic ff ffff




Q11. Examining how culture and social norms affect impacts human development is an applicatio
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n of the ______________ perspective.
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[Verified Solution]: sociocultural ff ffff




Q12. The evolutionary perspective was first developed by _________.
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[Verified Solution]: Darwin ff ffff