PSYC 140 FINAL EXAM 2026 PRACTICE TEST
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PREPARATION SET
◉ 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
SHEET FULL SOLUTIONS CORRECT ANSWERS
PREPARATION SET
◉ 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
