PSYC 140 MODULE 1 2026 TEST PAPER
PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE
SOLUTION SET
◉ What is the second psychosocial stage of Erikson's theory?
Answer: Identity vs. Role Confusion.
◉ What age group is associated with the identity vs. role confusion
stage? Answer: 12 to 18 years old.
◉ What crisis occurs in the identity vs. role confusion stage?
Answer: Searching for a sense of self and personal identity through
exploration of values, beliefs, and goals.
◉ How should a parent navigate the autonomy vs. shame and doubt
stage with a toddler? Answer: Encourage independence while
protecting them from constant failure, allowing them to try tasks
themselves.
◉ What are the distinctive features of human development? Answer:
Lifelong, multidirectional, multidisciplinary, and multidimensional.
,◉ What feature of human development describes change being
good, bad, or both? Answer: Multidirectional.
◉ How is aging considered in human development? Answer:
Multidirectional.
◉ What does maturation refer to in development? Answer:
Becoming more developed and advanced, can be physical, emotional,
or cognitive.
◉ What are two major controversies in developmental psychology?
Answer: Nature vs. nurture and continuity vs. discontinuity.
◉ What does the nature vs. nurture controversy focus on? Answer:
What causes people to be the way they are.
◉ What does nature refer to in the context of development? Answer:
The influence of inherited characteristics or biology on personality,
growth, and social interactions.
◉ What does nurture refer to in the context of development?
Answer: The influence of environments such as parental influence,
socioeconomic status, or education.
, ◉ Which theorists lean toward nature or nurture? Answer: Freud -
both, Erikson - nurture, Skinner - nurture, Piaget - nature.
◉ What does continuity vs. discontinuity focus on? Answer: The
process of change.
◉ Who founded psychoanalysis? Answer: Sigmund Freud.
◉ Who described eight stages of human development? Answer: Erik
Erikson.
◉ What is the focus of the Anal Stage in Freud's theory? Answer:
Bowel and bladder elimination.
◉ What is the first stage of Erikson's Development Stages? Answer:
Trust vs. Mistrust
◉ What is the task associated with the Trust vs. Mistrust stage?
Answer: Feeding
◉ What is the second stage of Erikson's Development Stages?
Answer: Autonomy vs. Shame/Doubt
PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE
SOLUTION SET
◉ What is the second psychosocial stage of Erikson's theory?
Answer: Identity vs. Role Confusion.
◉ What age group is associated with the identity vs. role confusion
stage? Answer: 12 to 18 years old.
◉ What crisis occurs in the identity vs. role confusion stage?
Answer: Searching for a sense of self and personal identity through
exploration of values, beliefs, and goals.
◉ How should a parent navigate the autonomy vs. shame and doubt
stage with a toddler? Answer: Encourage independence while
protecting them from constant failure, allowing them to try tasks
themselves.
◉ What are the distinctive features of human development? Answer:
Lifelong, multidirectional, multidisciplinary, and multidimensional.
,◉ What feature of human development describes change being
good, bad, or both? Answer: Multidirectional.
◉ How is aging considered in human development? Answer:
Multidirectional.
◉ What does maturation refer to in development? Answer:
Becoming more developed and advanced, can be physical, emotional,
or cognitive.
◉ What are two major controversies in developmental psychology?
Answer: Nature vs. nurture and continuity vs. discontinuity.
◉ What does the nature vs. nurture controversy focus on? Answer:
What causes people to be the way they are.
◉ What does nature refer to in the context of development? Answer:
The influence of inherited characteristics or biology on personality,
growth, and social interactions.
◉ What does nurture refer to in the context of development?
Answer: The influence of environments such as parental influence,
socioeconomic status, or education.
, ◉ Which theorists lean toward nature or nurture? Answer: Freud -
both, Erikson - nurture, Skinner - nurture, Piaget - nature.
◉ What does continuity vs. discontinuity focus on? Answer: The
process of change.
◉ Who founded psychoanalysis? Answer: Sigmund Freud.
◉ Who described eight stages of human development? Answer: Erik
Erikson.
◉ What is the focus of the Anal Stage in Freud's theory? Answer:
Bowel and bladder elimination.
◉ What is the first stage of Erikson's Development Stages? Answer:
Trust vs. Mistrust
◉ What is the task associated with the Trust vs. Mistrust stage?
Answer: Feeding
◉ What is the second stage of Erikson's Development Stages?
Answer: Autonomy vs. Shame/Doubt
