PSYC 140 MODULE 1 2026 EXAM SCRIPT
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ What is the result of unsuccessful completion of the first
psychosocial stage according to Erikson? Answer: Mistrust
◉ How many psychological stages did Erikson describe? Answer:
Eight
◉ What need does the 'terrible two's' stem from according to
Erikson? Answer: Autonomy
◉ Is Freud's theory continuous or discontinuous? Answer:
Discontinuous
◉ Is Erikson's theory continuous or discontinuous? Answer:
Discontinuous
◉ Is Piaget's theory continuous or discontinuous? Answer:
Discontinuous
,◉ Is Skinner's theory continuous or discontinuous? Answer:
Continuous
◉ What is the psychosexual stage described by Freud for the age
group birth to 18 months? Answer: Oral
◉ What is the psychosexual stage described by Freud for the age
group 18 months to 3 years? Answer: Anal
◉ What is the psychosexual stage described by Freud for the age
group 3 to 6 years? Answer: Phallic
◉ What is the psychosexual stage described by Freud for the age
group 6 years to puberty? Answer: Latency
◉ What is the psychosexual stage described by Freud for the age
group puberty to adulthood? Answer: Genital
◉ What stage theory covers the greatest breadth in detail according
to Erikson? Answer: Erikson's
◉ What type of development does Piaget focus on? Answer:
Cognitive development
,◉ What does Freud emphasize in his theory? Answer: Psychosexual
development
◉ What is the negative possible outcome of the crisis in late
adulthood according to Erikson? Answer: Despair
◉ Who coined the term operant conditioning? Answer: B.F. Skinner
◉ What is social learning? Answer: Process of altering behavior by
observing and imitating others
◉ Who embraced a cognitive perspective in development? Answer:
Jean Piaget
◉ What are the four stages of cognitive development according to
Piaget? Answer: 1. Sensorimotor, 2. Preoperational, 3. Concrete
operational, 4. Formal operational
◉ What two basic processes work in tandem to achieve cognitive
growth according to Piaget? Answer: Assimilation and
accommodation
◉ What does information processing theory compare human
thinking to? Answer: Computer analysis of data
, ◉ Which theory holds that cognitive development is continuous?
Answer: Information processing theory
◉ Who is an example of a sociocultural theorist? Answer: Lev
Vygotsky
◉ What does sociocultural theory emphasize? Answer: Cultural
transmission and the role of key individuals in development
◉ What does Brofenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory focus on?
Answer: An environment of development
◉ What are the major periods of development? Answer: Prenatal,
infancy and toddlerhood, early childhood, middle childhood,
adolescence, early adulthood, middle adulthood, late adulthood
◉ What are distinctive features of human development? Answer:
Lifelong, multidirectional, multidimensional, multidisciplinary
◉ Is development specific to a certain period in life? Answer: No,
development is lifelong
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ What is the result of unsuccessful completion of the first
psychosocial stage according to Erikson? Answer: Mistrust
◉ How many psychological stages did Erikson describe? Answer:
Eight
◉ What need does the 'terrible two's' stem from according to
Erikson? Answer: Autonomy
◉ Is Freud's theory continuous or discontinuous? Answer:
Discontinuous
◉ Is Erikson's theory continuous or discontinuous? Answer:
Discontinuous
◉ Is Piaget's theory continuous or discontinuous? Answer:
Discontinuous
,◉ Is Skinner's theory continuous or discontinuous? Answer:
Continuous
◉ What is the psychosexual stage described by Freud for the age
group birth to 18 months? Answer: Oral
◉ What is the psychosexual stage described by Freud for the age
group 18 months to 3 years? Answer: Anal
◉ What is the psychosexual stage described by Freud for the age
group 3 to 6 years? Answer: Phallic
◉ What is the psychosexual stage described by Freud for the age
group 6 years to puberty? Answer: Latency
◉ What is the psychosexual stage described by Freud for the age
group puberty to adulthood? Answer: Genital
◉ What stage theory covers the greatest breadth in detail according
to Erikson? Answer: Erikson's
◉ What type of development does Piaget focus on? Answer:
Cognitive development
,◉ What does Freud emphasize in his theory? Answer: Psychosexual
development
◉ What is the negative possible outcome of the crisis in late
adulthood according to Erikson? Answer: Despair
◉ Who coined the term operant conditioning? Answer: B.F. Skinner
◉ What is social learning? Answer: Process of altering behavior by
observing and imitating others
◉ Who embraced a cognitive perspective in development? Answer:
Jean Piaget
◉ What are the four stages of cognitive development according to
Piaget? Answer: 1. Sensorimotor, 2. Preoperational, 3. Concrete
operational, 4. Formal operational
◉ What two basic processes work in tandem to achieve cognitive
growth according to Piaget? Answer: Assimilation and
accommodation
◉ What does information processing theory compare human
thinking to? Answer: Computer analysis of data
, ◉ Which theory holds that cognitive development is continuous?
Answer: Information processing theory
◉ Who is an example of a sociocultural theorist? Answer: Lev
Vygotsky
◉ What does sociocultural theory emphasize? Answer: Cultural
transmission and the role of key individuals in development
◉ What does Brofenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory focus on?
Answer: An environment of development
◉ What are the major periods of development? Answer: Prenatal,
infancy and toddlerhood, early childhood, middle childhood,
adolescence, early adulthood, middle adulthood, late adulthood
◉ What are distinctive features of human development? Answer:
Lifelong, multidirectional, multidimensional, multidisciplinary
◉ Is development specific to a certain period in life? Answer: No,
development is lifelong
