PSYC 210 Chapter 1 Smartbook
Questions and Answers Graded A+ 2026
By studying life-span development we learn information about ourselves,
including which of the following? - Correct answer-who we are
how we will age
how we came to be this way
Which of the following are examples of normative age-graded influences? -
Correct answer-A 16-year-old learns to drive.
A 90-year-old finds that her physical health is declining.
The traditional approach to the study of development emphasizes the - Correct
answer-extensive changes that occur from birth to adolescence.
Development is the pattern of movement or change that: - Correct answer-begins at
conception and continues through the human life span.
Oral Stage (Freud's Psychosexual Stages) - Correct answer-0-18 months, pleasure
centers on the mouth
, Anal Stage (Freud's Psychosexual Stages) - Correct answer-(18-36 months)
pleasure focuses on anus
Phallic Stage (Freud's Psychosexual Stages) - Correct answer-3-6 years, pleasure
focuses on genitals
Latency Stage (Freud's Psychosexual Stages) - Correct answer-6-puberty, dormant
sexual feelings (sexual interest is repressed)
Genital Stage (Freud's Psychosexual Stages) - Correct answer-puberty on,
maturation of sexual interests(sexual interest is reawakened)
The life-span perspective involves sociocultural and individual factors, but not
biological factors. - Correct answer-false
According to ______, the presence or absence of certain experiences is especially
important during specific time frames called critical periods. - Correct answer-
Ethologists
Normative age-graded influences are.... - Correct answer-events that typically
occur at the same age for most people
A ______ life event is an unusual occurrence that has a major influence on a
person's life and may not occur for other people at the same time. - Correct answer-
non-normative
Questions and Answers Graded A+ 2026
By studying life-span development we learn information about ourselves,
including which of the following? - Correct answer-who we are
how we will age
how we came to be this way
Which of the following are examples of normative age-graded influences? -
Correct answer-A 16-year-old learns to drive.
A 90-year-old finds that her physical health is declining.
The traditional approach to the study of development emphasizes the - Correct
answer-extensive changes that occur from birth to adolescence.
Development is the pattern of movement or change that: - Correct answer-begins at
conception and continues through the human life span.
Oral Stage (Freud's Psychosexual Stages) - Correct answer-0-18 months, pleasure
centers on the mouth
, Anal Stage (Freud's Psychosexual Stages) - Correct answer-(18-36 months)
pleasure focuses on anus
Phallic Stage (Freud's Psychosexual Stages) - Correct answer-3-6 years, pleasure
focuses on genitals
Latency Stage (Freud's Psychosexual Stages) - Correct answer-6-puberty, dormant
sexual feelings (sexual interest is repressed)
Genital Stage (Freud's Psychosexual Stages) - Correct answer-puberty on,
maturation of sexual interests(sexual interest is reawakened)
The life-span perspective involves sociocultural and individual factors, but not
biological factors. - Correct answer-false
According to ______, the presence or absence of certain experiences is especially
important during specific time frames called critical periods. - Correct answer-
Ethologists
Normative age-graded influences are.... - Correct answer-events that typically
occur at the same age for most people
A ______ life event is an unusual occurrence that has a major influence on a
person's life and may not occur for other people at the same time. - Correct answer-
non-normative
