PSYC 140 DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 MODULE 7 AND
8 ANSWERS KEY
⩥ Human development is comprised of biological, social, and cognitive
changes, to name a few. Therefore, development is multi _________.
Answer: Dimensional
⩥ Janice is 60 years old and feels that she is in the prime of her life, at
least mentally. However, she is starting to experience some problems
with arthritis and knows she doesn't have quite the stamina that she used
to. Those trends are a good illustration of development being
multi________. Answer: Directional
⩥ Which of the following most accurately summarizes Freud's view of
the Oedipus complex?
A. Boys experience competition with their mothers and eventually
identify with them, while repressing sexual feelings toward their fathers.
B. Boys experience competition with their fathers and eventually
identify with them, while repressing sexual feelings toward their
mothers.
, C. Boys and girls both strongly experience the Oedipus complex.
D. Boys develop a fear that their mothers will castrate them. Answer: B.
Boys experience competition with their fathers and eventually identify
with them, while repressing sexual feelings toward their mothers.
⩥ Freud believed that unsuccessful completion of a psychosexual stage
would result in a person becoming _______ an erogenous part of the
body.
A. Fixated on
B. Obsessed with
C. Focused upon Answer: A. Fixated on
⩥ List the psychosexual stage described by Freud.
Puberty through adulthood: ___________ Answer: Genital
⩥ Stage theorists illustrate a _______ view of development.
A. Continuous
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 MODULE 7 AND
8 ANSWERS KEY
⩥ Human development is comprised of biological, social, and cognitive
changes, to name a few. Therefore, development is multi _________.
Answer: Dimensional
⩥ Janice is 60 years old and feels that she is in the prime of her life, at
least mentally. However, she is starting to experience some problems
with arthritis and knows she doesn't have quite the stamina that she used
to. Those trends are a good illustration of development being
multi________. Answer: Directional
⩥ Which of the following most accurately summarizes Freud's view of
the Oedipus complex?
A. Boys experience competition with their mothers and eventually
identify with them, while repressing sexual feelings toward their fathers.
B. Boys experience competition with their fathers and eventually
identify with them, while repressing sexual feelings toward their
mothers.
, C. Boys and girls both strongly experience the Oedipus complex.
D. Boys develop a fear that their mothers will castrate them. Answer: B.
Boys experience competition with their fathers and eventually identify
with them, while repressing sexual feelings toward their mothers.
⩥ Freud believed that unsuccessful completion of a psychosexual stage
would result in a person becoming _______ an erogenous part of the
body.
A. Fixated on
B. Obsessed with
C. Focused upon Answer: A. Fixated on
⩥ List the psychosexual stage described by Freud.
Puberty through adulthood: ___________ Answer: Genital
⩥ Stage theorists illustrate a _______ view of development.
A. Continuous
