PHSC 210 QUIZ 5 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY REVIEW
AND SOLUTIONS 2026
◉ approaches to human development. Answer: biological, cognitive,
and psychosocial
◉ biological processes. Answer: changes in an individual's physical
nature, height, weight, nutrition
◉ cognitive processes. Answer: changes in an individual's thought,
intelligence, and language, includes imagination, reciting previous
knowledge
◉ socioemotional processes. Answer: changes in an individual's
relationships with other people, emotions, and personality
◉ germinal period. Answer: The first two weeks of prenatal
development after conception, characterized by rapid cell division
and the beginning of cell differentiation.
◉ prenatal period. Answer: The developmental period before birth.
, ◉ Stability versus change. Answer: deals with the issue of whether
or not personality traits present during present during infancy
endure throughout the lifespan
◉ continuity versus discontinuity. Answer: The question of whether
development is a gradual, cumulative change from conception to
death (continuity), or a sequence of distinct stages (discontinuity)
◉ Sigmund Freud. Answer: stage theorist, psychoanalytic theory had
5 stages (oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital)
conflict at each stage and if conflict was not resolved, then they
would fixate and not move to next stage
◉ Erik Erikson. Answer: stage theorist, psychosocial theory, stages
span from young age to death
◉ Bandura. Answer: Observational learning; Bobo dolls; social-
cognitive theory
◉ Bromfenbrenner. Answer: includes the microsystem, mesosystem,
exosystem, macrosystem, and the chronosystem
◉ Vygotsky's Sociocultural Cognitive Theory. Answer: emphasizes
how culture and social interaction guide cognitive development
AND SOLUTIONS 2026
◉ approaches to human development. Answer: biological, cognitive,
and psychosocial
◉ biological processes. Answer: changes in an individual's physical
nature, height, weight, nutrition
◉ cognitive processes. Answer: changes in an individual's thought,
intelligence, and language, includes imagination, reciting previous
knowledge
◉ socioemotional processes. Answer: changes in an individual's
relationships with other people, emotions, and personality
◉ germinal period. Answer: The first two weeks of prenatal
development after conception, characterized by rapid cell division
and the beginning of cell differentiation.
◉ prenatal period. Answer: The developmental period before birth.
, ◉ Stability versus change. Answer: deals with the issue of whether
or not personality traits present during present during infancy
endure throughout the lifespan
◉ continuity versus discontinuity. Answer: The question of whether
development is a gradual, cumulative change from conception to
death (continuity), or a sequence of distinct stages (discontinuity)
◉ Sigmund Freud. Answer: stage theorist, psychoanalytic theory had
5 stages (oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital)
conflict at each stage and if conflict was not resolved, then they
would fixate and not move to next stage
◉ Erik Erikson. Answer: stage theorist, psychosocial theory, stages
span from young age to death
◉ Bandura. Answer: Observational learning; Bobo dolls; social-
cognitive theory
◉ Bromfenbrenner. Answer: includes the microsystem, mesosystem,
exosystem, macrosystem, and the chronosystem
◉ Vygotsky's Sociocultural Cognitive Theory. Answer: emphasizes
how culture and social interaction guide cognitive development
