PSYCH 140 MODULE 1: DEVELOPMENTAL (LIFESPAN) PORTAGE
LEARNING ONLINE EXAM QUESTION AND ANSWER LATEST 2025
Question 1
How many stages of lifespan development are there?
8
Question 2
Name the 8 stages of lifespan development.
1. Prenatal Development
2. Infancy & Toddlerhood
3. Early Childhood
4. Middle Childhood
5. Adolescence
6. Early Adulthood
7. Middle Adulthood
8. Late Adulthood
Question 3
Development is loosely defined as __________.
Change
Question 4
Name 4 distinctive features of human development. (4 "kinds" or "ways" of development.)
1. Lifelong
2. Multidirectional
,3. Multidisciplinary
4. Multidimensional.
Question 5
Development is __________, meaning that it continuous from birth to death.
Lifelong
Question 6
Development is ____________, meaning that changes can be good, bad, or both simultaneously; for
example, one could age physically while maturing cognitively.
Multidirectional.
Question 7
___________ is an aspect of multidirectional development; it can describe physical aging or in cognitive
growth.
Maturation
Question 8
Development is ____________, which means that it is relevant across many professional fields/fields of
study.
Multidisciplinary
Question 9
Name 3 professional fields where human development is relevant. (Think multidisciplinary)
1. Social Sciences 2. Healthcare 3. Education
Question 10
, Development is ______________, meaning that changes occur in many dimensions: Biological, social,
emotional, cognitive, moral.
Multidimensional
Question 11
Name 3 of the 5 dimensions of human development. (Think multidimensional.)
1. Biological
2. Social
3. Emotional
4. Cognitive
5. Moral
Question 12
Name two controversies in human development.
1. Nurture vs. Nature
2. Continuity vs. Discontinuity
Question 13
The _________ vs. __________ controversy describes biology vs. social environment to describe why
human beings are the way they are.
Nature vs. Nurture
Question 14
The ___________ vs. _____________ controversy describes how stages of development occur in human
beings; one theory suggests a distinct end for each stage, the other suggests a gradual flow from stage
to stage.
Continuous vs. Discontinuous
LEARNING ONLINE EXAM QUESTION AND ANSWER LATEST 2025
Question 1
How many stages of lifespan development are there?
8
Question 2
Name the 8 stages of lifespan development.
1. Prenatal Development
2. Infancy & Toddlerhood
3. Early Childhood
4. Middle Childhood
5. Adolescence
6. Early Adulthood
7. Middle Adulthood
8. Late Adulthood
Question 3
Development is loosely defined as __________.
Change
Question 4
Name 4 distinctive features of human development. (4 "kinds" or "ways" of development.)
1. Lifelong
2. Multidirectional
,3. Multidisciplinary
4. Multidimensional.
Question 5
Development is __________, meaning that it continuous from birth to death.
Lifelong
Question 6
Development is ____________, meaning that changes can be good, bad, or both simultaneously; for
example, one could age physically while maturing cognitively.
Multidirectional.
Question 7
___________ is an aspect of multidirectional development; it can describe physical aging or in cognitive
growth.
Maturation
Question 8
Development is ____________, which means that it is relevant across many professional fields/fields of
study.
Multidisciplinary
Question 9
Name 3 professional fields where human development is relevant. (Think multidisciplinary)
1. Social Sciences 2. Healthcare 3. Education
Question 10
, Development is ______________, meaning that changes occur in many dimensions: Biological, social,
emotional, cognitive, moral.
Multidimensional
Question 11
Name 3 of the 5 dimensions of human development. (Think multidimensional.)
1. Biological
2. Social
3. Emotional
4. Cognitive
5. Moral
Question 12
Name two controversies in human development.
1. Nurture vs. Nature
2. Continuity vs. Discontinuity
Question 13
The _________ vs. __________ controversy describes biology vs. social environment to describe why
human beings are the way they are.
Nature vs. Nurture
Question 14
The ___________ vs. _____________ controversy describes how stages of development occur in human
beings; one theory suggests a distinct end for each stage, the other suggests a gradual flow from stage
to stage.
Continuous vs. Discontinuous
