PSYC 140 Module 1 EXAM |2025-2026 LATEST
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1. Major periods of development: prenatal infancy and toddlerhood early
childhood middle childhood adolescence early adulthood middle adulthood late
adulthood
2. distinctive features of human development: lifelong multidirectional
multidisciplinary multidimensional
3. is development specific to a certain period in your life?: no, development is
LIFELONG
4. which feature of human development is described by change being either
good, bad, or both, simultaneously?
i.e at every period, an individual might be improving in some ways and
falling behind in others.: Multidirectional
5. which feature of human development is aging considered to be?:
multidirectional
6. has to do with something becoming more developed and more advanced
can be physical, emotional, and/or cognitive: maturation
7. changes in the following dimensions: biological, social, emotional, and
cognitive describe how development is what?: multidimensional
8. two major controversies in the field of developmental psychology: nature
vs nurture
continuity vs discontinuity
9. controversy in the field of developmental psychology that looks at what
causes people to be the way they are: nature vs nurture
10. nature: the influence of our inherited characteristics or biology on our
personality, physical growth, intellectual growth, and social interactions on
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, change and growth 11. Nurture: the influence of our environments, such as
parental influence, socioeconomic status, or level of education on change and
growth
12. determine whether each theorist leans toward the nature or the nurture
side? (Freud, Erikson, Skinner, and Piaget): Freud- both
Erikson- nurture
Skinner- nurture Piaget-
nature
13. controversy in the field of developmental psychology that looks at what
has to do with the process of change: continuity vs discontinuity
14. Sigmund Freud: Austrian physician whose work focused on the unconscious
causes of behavior and personality formation; founded psychoanalysis.
15. who described 5 stages of development each of which involves a conflict
and a fixation with an area of the body that is associated with sexual
gratification?: sigmund freud
16. who described eight stages of human development, ranging from
infancy to late adulthood?: Erik Erikson 17. Anal Stage: (18-36 months)
stage focuses on bowel and bladder elimination. coping with demands for
control (potty training)
18. Oral Stage: (0-18 months) stage focuses on pleasure on
the mouth- sucking, biting, chewing
19. Phallic Stage: (3-6 years) focuses on the pleasure zone in
the genitals, coping with incestuous sexual feelings
20. Latency stage: (6 to puberty) focuses on dormant sexual
feelings 21. Genital Stage: (puberty on)
stage focuses on maturation of sexual interests
sexual feelings re-emerge and are oriented toward others
22. Stage 1 of Erikson's Development Stages: Birth to 18 months Trust vs.
Mistrust
Task: Feeding
23. Stage 2 of Erikson's Development Stages: 18 months to 3 years
Autonomy vs. Shame/Doubt
Task: Toilet Training
24. Stage 3 of Erikson's Development Stages: 3-6 years
Initiative vs. Guilt
2/8
UPDATED| REAL EXAM AND COMPLETE
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1. Major periods of development: prenatal infancy and toddlerhood early
childhood middle childhood adolescence early adulthood middle adulthood late
adulthood
2. distinctive features of human development: lifelong multidirectional
multidisciplinary multidimensional
3. is development specific to a certain period in your life?: no, development is
LIFELONG
4. which feature of human development is described by change being either
good, bad, or both, simultaneously?
i.e at every period, an individual might be improving in some ways and
falling behind in others.: Multidirectional
5. which feature of human development is aging considered to be?:
multidirectional
6. has to do with something becoming more developed and more advanced
can be physical, emotional, and/or cognitive: maturation
7. changes in the following dimensions: biological, social, emotional, and
cognitive describe how development is what?: multidimensional
8. two major controversies in the field of developmental psychology: nature
vs nurture
continuity vs discontinuity
9. controversy in the field of developmental psychology that looks at what
causes people to be the way they are: nature vs nurture
10. nature: the influence of our inherited characteristics or biology on our
personality, physical growth, intellectual growth, and social interactions on
1/8
, change and growth 11. Nurture: the influence of our environments, such as
parental influence, socioeconomic status, or level of education on change and
growth
12. determine whether each theorist leans toward the nature or the nurture
side? (Freud, Erikson, Skinner, and Piaget): Freud- both
Erikson- nurture
Skinner- nurture Piaget-
nature
13. controversy in the field of developmental psychology that looks at what
has to do with the process of change: continuity vs discontinuity
14. Sigmund Freud: Austrian physician whose work focused on the unconscious
causes of behavior and personality formation; founded psychoanalysis.
15. who described 5 stages of development each of which involves a conflict
and a fixation with an area of the body that is associated with sexual
gratification?: sigmund freud
16. who described eight stages of human development, ranging from
infancy to late adulthood?: Erik Erikson 17. Anal Stage: (18-36 months)
stage focuses on bowel and bladder elimination. coping with demands for
control (potty training)
18. Oral Stage: (0-18 months) stage focuses on pleasure on
the mouth- sucking, biting, chewing
19. Phallic Stage: (3-6 years) focuses on the pleasure zone in
the genitals, coping with incestuous sexual feelings
20. Latency stage: (6 to puberty) focuses on dormant sexual
feelings 21. Genital Stage: (puberty on)
stage focuses on maturation of sexual interests
sexual feelings re-emerge and are oriented toward others
22. Stage 1 of Erikson's Development Stages: Birth to 18 months Trust vs.
Mistrust
Task: Feeding
23. Stage 2 of Erikson's Development Stages: 18 months to 3 years
Autonomy vs. Shame/Doubt
Task: Toilet Training
24. Stage 3 of Erikson's Development Stages: 3-6 years
Initiative vs. Guilt
2/8
