PSYC 140 DEVELOPMENTAL LIFESPAN
PSYCHOLOGY MODULE 1 EXAM 2026
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM REVIEW WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Helping professions have established standards for good practice.
Which helping professions emphasize the importance of learning
about diverse cultures and applying culturally appropriate care?
Answer: Psychology, nursing, and social work
◉ Which of the following is most likely to view development in
terms of stages rather than incremental changes? Answer: Piaget's
cognitive development theory
◉ Mrs. Washington is conducting her weekly group counseling
session for single young adults. Karen, a lonely young professional
woman, talks about feeling abandoned by her boyfriend. The other
group members listen patiently and respond empathically. Mrs.
Washington reflects Karen's feeling with concern and sensitivity.
What would social learning theorists predict about the behavior of
others in the group in the next session? Answer: Group members
will be encouraged to self-disclose after observing the positive way
Karen's self-disclosure was received.
,◉ In lifespan developmental theories, significant developmental
changes are thought to be largely complete by Answer: death.
◉ Mrs. Washington is conducting her weekly group counseling
session for single young adults. Karen, a lonely young professional
woman, talks about feeling abandoned by her boyfriend. The other
group members listen patiently and respond empathically. Mrs.
Washington reflects Karen's feeling with concern and sensitivity.
What would operant learning theory predict about Karen's behavior
in the next group session? Answer: Karen will speak openly because
she has previously received attention and support.
◉ Keisha is a 35-year-old African-American woman who is
depressed. Her presenting concerns include marital distress, the
imminent possibility of losing her job, overeating, and chain-
smoking. As you listen to her story, you begin to construct a picture
of her developmental history. Which of these explanations would
someone using a multidimensional perspective be most likely to
offer for Keisha's problems difficulties? Answer:
◉ Which of the following helpers is most likely to have an implicit
"incrementalist" belief about intelligence? Answer: A counselor who
recommends a strategy of academic skill building for a client who is
experiencing academic problems.
,◉ Models of development based on the assumption that change
occurs as a continuous process are called Answer: incremental
models.
◉ Helping professionals are encouraged to integrate their
knowledge of theories and empirical data with their own beliefs,
experiences, and assumptions. This model or concept is called
Answer: reflective practice.
◉ Stage theories of development typically describe ____________
changes in behavior, cognition, or social relationships. Answer:
qualitative
◉ The idea that children's development is affected by biological
factors, and that biological factors are also affected by the
environment and experience, is part of Answer: multidimensional
systems theories
◉ According to life span developmental theory, which of the
following individuals has the greatest need for resources supplied by
their culture in order to maintain a high level of functioning?
Answer: A retired individual
◉ Vygotsky and Luria believed that egocentric or private speech was
the precursor to what? Answer: Self-regulation
, ◉ Vygotsky pointed out that children do not independently
construct a definition for each a word they learn, but rather they
learn the meanings that the surrounding culture has ascribed to
each word. This central concept in Vygotsky's theory is called
Answer: mediated learning.
◉ One important lesson helping professionals can take from Piaget's
and Vygotsky's work is that Answer: understanding how young
clients think can help in structuring interventions that build
effectively on existing knowledge and meanings.
◉ According to Piaget's theory of cognitive development, what did
he call the stage children typically experience during the preschool
years, beginning around the age of 2? Answer: Preoperational
◉ Which of the following statements does not reflect contemporary
critiques of Piagetian theory that have experimental support?
Answer: Infants frequently have the ability to mentally represent
objects at birth.
◉ Among our contemporary ideas about children's development,
which of the following seems to be directly influenced by Vygotskian
theory? Answer: Our ideas on the topic are shaped by our culture.
PSYCHOLOGY MODULE 1 EXAM 2026
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM REVIEW WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Helping professions have established standards for good practice.
Which helping professions emphasize the importance of learning
about diverse cultures and applying culturally appropriate care?
Answer: Psychology, nursing, and social work
◉ Which of the following is most likely to view development in
terms of stages rather than incremental changes? Answer: Piaget's
cognitive development theory
◉ Mrs. Washington is conducting her weekly group counseling
session for single young adults. Karen, a lonely young professional
woman, talks about feeling abandoned by her boyfriend. The other
group members listen patiently and respond empathically. Mrs.
Washington reflects Karen's feeling with concern and sensitivity.
What would social learning theorists predict about the behavior of
others in the group in the next session? Answer: Group members
will be encouraged to self-disclose after observing the positive way
Karen's self-disclosure was received.
,◉ In lifespan developmental theories, significant developmental
changes are thought to be largely complete by Answer: death.
◉ Mrs. Washington is conducting her weekly group counseling
session for single young adults. Karen, a lonely young professional
woman, talks about feeling abandoned by her boyfriend. The other
group members listen patiently and respond empathically. Mrs.
Washington reflects Karen's feeling with concern and sensitivity.
What would operant learning theory predict about Karen's behavior
in the next group session? Answer: Karen will speak openly because
she has previously received attention and support.
◉ Keisha is a 35-year-old African-American woman who is
depressed. Her presenting concerns include marital distress, the
imminent possibility of losing her job, overeating, and chain-
smoking. As you listen to her story, you begin to construct a picture
of her developmental history. Which of these explanations would
someone using a multidimensional perspective be most likely to
offer for Keisha's problems difficulties? Answer:
◉ Which of the following helpers is most likely to have an implicit
"incrementalist" belief about intelligence? Answer: A counselor who
recommends a strategy of academic skill building for a client who is
experiencing academic problems.
,◉ Models of development based on the assumption that change
occurs as a continuous process are called Answer: incremental
models.
◉ Helping professionals are encouraged to integrate their
knowledge of theories and empirical data with their own beliefs,
experiences, and assumptions. This model or concept is called
Answer: reflective practice.
◉ Stage theories of development typically describe ____________
changes in behavior, cognition, or social relationships. Answer:
qualitative
◉ The idea that children's development is affected by biological
factors, and that biological factors are also affected by the
environment and experience, is part of Answer: multidimensional
systems theories
◉ According to life span developmental theory, which of the
following individuals has the greatest need for resources supplied by
their culture in order to maintain a high level of functioning?
Answer: A retired individual
◉ Vygotsky and Luria believed that egocentric or private speech was
the precursor to what? Answer: Self-regulation
, ◉ Vygotsky pointed out that children do not independently
construct a definition for each a word they learn, but rather they
learn the meanings that the surrounding culture has ascribed to
each word. This central concept in Vygotsky's theory is called
Answer: mediated learning.
◉ One important lesson helping professionals can take from Piaget's
and Vygotsky's work is that Answer: understanding how young
clients think can help in structuring interventions that build
effectively on existing knowledge and meanings.
◉ According to Piaget's theory of cognitive development, what did
he call the stage children typically experience during the preschool
years, beginning around the age of 2? Answer: Preoperational
◉ Which of the following statements does not reflect contemporary
critiques of Piagetian theory that have experimental support?
Answer: Infants frequently have the ability to mentally represent
objects at birth.
◉ Among our contemporary ideas about children's development,
which of the following seems to be directly influenced by Vygotskian
theory? Answer: Our ideas on the topic are shaped by our culture.
