PSYC 140 | Complete Exam Questions and
Correct Answers
1. According to Erikson, unsuccessful completion of the first psychosocial stage will
result in what toward the world?
A) Anger
B) Mistrust
C) Shame
D) Despair
Answer: B) Mistrust
2. A person obsessed with cleanliness might have unsuccessfully completed which
psychosexual stage?
A) Oral
B) Phallic
C) Anal
D) Genital
Answer: C) Anal
3. According to Erikson, the "terrible twos" stem from a toddler's need to assert
what?
A) Independence
B) Identity
C) Autonomy
D) Initiative
Answer: C) Autonomy
4. Assigning traits and behaviors based on a person's biology or genetic make-up
describes which theory?
A) Sociocultural theory
B) Ethological theory
C) Information processing theory
D) Social learning theory
Answer: B) Ethological theory
,5. Changes in biological, social, emotional, and cognitive dimensions describe
development as being what?
A) Multidirectional
B) Multisensory
C) Multidimensional
D) Multicultural
Answer: C) Multidimensional
6. Which dimension of development refers to physical changes occurring in or on the
body, influenced by external factors such as drugs and healthful behaviors?
A) Cognitive
B) Social
C) Emotional
D) Biological
Answer: D) Biological
7. Does Piaget focus primarily on learning or development?
A) Learning
B) Both equally
C) Development
D) Neither
Answer: C) Development
8. Erikson incorporates which type of development to a greater extent than other
theorists?
A) Cognitive
B) Social
C) Biological
D) Emotional
Answer: B) Social
9. Erikson uses the term "generativity" to refer to what?
A) Creating a personal identity
B) Building intimate relationships
, C) Producing something that benefits others
D) Achieving a sense of purpose in late adulthood
Answer: C) Producing something that benefits others
10. Which theorist leans toward both nature AND nurture in explaining development?
A) Erikson
B) Skinner
C) Piaget
D) Freud
Answer: D) Freud
11. Which theorist studied social and cultural influences on learning?
A) Piaget
B) Freud
C) Vygotsky
D) Skinner
Answer: C) Vygotsky
12. Because human development includes biological, social, and cognitive changes,
development is described as multi-___________.
A) Directional
B) Dimensional
C) Cultural
D) Sensory
Answer: B) Dimensional
13. In Piaget's theory, which stage (ages 2 to 6 or 7) involves learning to use
language but not yet comprehending concrete logical operations?
A) Sensorimotor
B) Concrete operational
C) Formal operational
D) Preoperational
Answer: D) Preoperational
Correct Answers
1. According to Erikson, unsuccessful completion of the first psychosocial stage will
result in what toward the world?
A) Anger
B) Mistrust
C) Shame
D) Despair
Answer: B) Mistrust
2. A person obsessed with cleanliness might have unsuccessfully completed which
psychosexual stage?
A) Oral
B) Phallic
C) Anal
D) Genital
Answer: C) Anal
3. According to Erikson, the "terrible twos" stem from a toddler's need to assert
what?
A) Independence
B) Identity
C) Autonomy
D) Initiative
Answer: C) Autonomy
4. Assigning traits and behaviors based on a person's biology or genetic make-up
describes which theory?
A) Sociocultural theory
B) Ethological theory
C) Information processing theory
D) Social learning theory
Answer: B) Ethological theory
,5. Changes in biological, social, emotional, and cognitive dimensions describe
development as being what?
A) Multidirectional
B) Multisensory
C) Multidimensional
D) Multicultural
Answer: C) Multidimensional
6. Which dimension of development refers to physical changes occurring in or on the
body, influenced by external factors such as drugs and healthful behaviors?
A) Cognitive
B) Social
C) Emotional
D) Biological
Answer: D) Biological
7. Does Piaget focus primarily on learning or development?
A) Learning
B) Both equally
C) Development
D) Neither
Answer: C) Development
8. Erikson incorporates which type of development to a greater extent than other
theorists?
A) Cognitive
B) Social
C) Biological
D) Emotional
Answer: B) Social
9. Erikson uses the term "generativity" to refer to what?
A) Creating a personal identity
B) Building intimate relationships
, C) Producing something that benefits others
D) Achieving a sense of purpose in late adulthood
Answer: C) Producing something that benefits others
10. Which theorist leans toward both nature AND nurture in explaining development?
A) Erikson
B) Skinner
C) Piaget
D) Freud
Answer: D) Freud
11. Which theorist studied social and cultural influences on learning?
A) Piaget
B) Freud
C) Vygotsky
D) Skinner
Answer: C) Vygotsky
12. Because human development includes biological, social, and cognitive changes,
development is described as multi-___________.
A) Directional
B) Dimensional
C) Cultural
D) Sensory
Answer: B) Dimensional
13. In Piaget's theory, which stage (ages 2 to 6 or 7) involves learning to use
language but not yet comprehending concrete logical operations?
A) Sensorimotor
B) Concrete operational
C) Formal operational
D) Preoperational
Answer: D) Preoperational
