PSYC 140 FINAL EXAM MODULE |95 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH
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Lifespan Development Define - (Answer)physical, social, cognitive, and emotional changes
throughout human life
Factors of lifespan development - (Answer)1. lifelong
2. multidirectional
3. multidisciplinary
4. multidimensional (biological, social, emotional, cognitive, moral)
Maturation: adults ____, while children ____ - (Answer)age, grow
Nature - (Answer)biological, genetic
people are BORN a specific way
Nurture - (Answer)environmental, learned/influenced by others
people change based on surroundings - raising, human environment, etc
,Continuous development - (Answer)Various stages of development gradually flow into one
another
Can be difficult to determine when one stage starts and another starts
Behaviorists
Discontinuous development - (Answer)Developmental stages are distinct
One stage definitely ends before another begins
Stage theorists
Sigmund Freud - (Answer)Psychosexual stages of development
Proposed the id, ego, superego are what develop one's personality
Proposed 5 stages of development involving a conflict and fixation with an area of the body
associated with gratification/pleasure
, Freud's 5 stages of development - (Answer)1. Oral stage: birth-18 months: relief from anxiety
through oral gratification of needs
2. Anal stage: 18 months-3yoa: learning independence and control, with focus on the excretory
function
3. Phallic stage: 3-5yoa: identification with parent of same sex; development of sexual identity;
focus on genital organs
4. Latency stage: 5 years-puberty: sexuality is repressed; focus is on relationships with same-sex
peers
5. Genital stage: puberty-adulthood: libido is reawakened as genital organs mature; focus is on
relationships with members of the opposite sex
Major periods of lifespan development - (Answer)1. prenatal development
2. infancy and toddlerhood
3. early childhood
EXPERT SOLUTIONS | 2026 LATEST UPDATED | GET A+
Lifespan Development Define - (Answer)physical, social, cognitive, and emotional changes
throughout human life
Factors of lifespan development - (Answer)1. lifelong
2. multidirectional
3. multidisciplinary
4. multidimensional (biological, social, emotional, cognitive, moral)
Maturation: adults ____, while children ____ - (Answer)age, grow
Nature - (Answer)biological, genetic
people are BORN a specific way
Nurture - (Answer)environmental, learned/influenced by others
people change based on surroundings - raising, human environment, etc
,Continuous development - (Answer)Various stages of development gradually flow into one
another
Can be difficult to determine when one stage starts and another starts
Behaviorists
Discontinuous development - (Answer)Developmental stages are distinct
One stage definitely ends before another begins
Stage theorists
Sigmund Freud - (Answer)Psychosexual stages of development
Proposed the id, ego, superego are what develop one's personality
Proposed 5 stages of development involving a conflict and fixation with an area of the body
associated with gratification/pleasure
, Freud's 5 stages of development - (Answer)1. Oral stage: birth-18 months: relief from anxiety
through oral gratification of needs
2. Anal stage: 18 months-3yoa: learning independence and control, with focus on the excretory
function
3. Phallic stage: 3-5yoa: identification with parent of same sex; development of sexual identity;
focus on genital organs
4. Latency stage: 5 years-puberty: sexuality is repressed; focus is on relationships with same-sex
peers
5. Genital stage: puberty-adulthood: libido is reawakened as genital organs mature; focus is on
relationships with members of the opposite sex
Major periods of lifespan development - (Answer)1. prenatal development
2. infancy and toddlerhood
3. early childhood
