PSYC 140 DEVELOPMENTAL LIFESPAN
PSYCHOLOGY FINAL COMPREHENSIVE
TEST PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED 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?
PSYCHOLOGY FINAL COMPREHENSIVE
TEST PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED 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?
