PSYC 140 DEVELOPMENTAL (LIFESPAN)
PSYCHOLOGY MODULE 6 EXAM 2026
PORTAGE LEARNING PRACTICE SCRIPT
QUESTIONS ANSWERS INCLUDED
◉ How is lifespan development psychology defined? Answer: The study
of how we grow and change from conception to death.
◉ The developmental period in which hormonal changes cause rapid
physical alterations in the body, culminating in sexual maturity is called:
Answer: puberty
◉ _____________ occurs when an egg from the mother is fertilized by a
sperm from the father. Answer: Conception
◉ ____________ is a progressive neurological disease that includes loss
of cognitive abilities significant enough to interfere with everyday
behaviors. Answer: Dementia
◉ According to Piaget, between the age of about 2 until about age 7,
children enter the ___________ stage and begin to use language and to
think more abstractly about objects. Answer: pre-operational
PSYCHOLOGY MODULE 6 EXAM 2026
PORTAGE LEARNING PRACTICE SCRIPT
QUESTIONS ANSWERS INCLUDED
◉ How is lifespan development psychology defined? Answer: The study
of how we grow and change from conception to death.
◉ The developmental period in which hormonal changes cause rapid
physical alterations in the body, culminating in sexual maturity is called:
Answer: puberty
◉ _____________ occurs when an egg from the mother is fertilized by a
sperm from the father. Answer: Conception
◉ ____________ is a progressive neurological disease that includes loss
of cognitive abilities significant enough to interfere with everyday
behaviors. Answer: Dementia
◉ According to Piaget, between the age of about 2 until about age 7,
children enter the ___________ stage and begin to use language and to
think more abstractly about objects. Answer: pre-operational
