PSYC 140 DEVELOPMENTAL LIFESPAN
PSYCHOLOGY STUDY GUIDE 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ 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
4. middle childhood
5. adolescence
PSYCHOLOGY STUDY GUIDE 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
⩥ 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
4. middle childhood
5. adolescence
