Wood studs - does drywall crack from movement?

[Dracula]

Our wooden houses have a wooden frame, right? Possibly, interior walls now have steel studs. Before steel studs, the entire house was made of wood. Is a plastered wall on a wooden stud, with or without plywood, always free of cracks? I thought the painter's tape's job was to hold the plaster together against movements, but what I've just heard is that it creates a shell where the joint can move and the shell still visually remains crack-free. Is that correct?

Otherwise, I would think it should crack quite a lot regardless of the tape or not, as the forces in the wood are strong. Should I frame an interior wall at home with wood?

 

[klaskarlsson]

Our wooden houses have a frame of wood, right? Possibly the interior walls now have steel studs. Before steel studs, the whole house was made of wood. A plastered wall on a wooden stud, with or without plywood, is it always free from cracks? I thought the job of the tape was to hold the plaster together from movements, but what I just heard, is that it creates a shell where the joint can move and the shell is still visually crack-free. Is that correct?
Otherwise, I would think it should crack quite a bit regardless of tape or no tape, since the forces of wood are strong. Should I consider framing an interior wall at home from wood?

Interior walls made of wooden studs and plasterboard have been used for about 50 years at least.
Sometimes it cracks, most of the time it holds.
It depends a lot on the house: A log house on pillars moves more than a stone house on a slab, and with large movements, there is a greater risk that something will crack.