PSY 225 Exam 1 Test Questions with Correct Answers

How humans develop, Development Systematic changes and continuities in the individual that occur between conception and death How humans develop, Physical Growth of body and its organs, functioning of physiological systems and physical signs of aging How humans develop, Cognitive changes and continuation in perception, language, learning, memory, problem solving and other mental processes How humans develop, Psychosocial Changes in personal and interpersonal aspects of development motivation, interpersonal skills, roles in family and larger society, emotions, personality traits, relationships How humans develop, Growth Physical changes that occur from conception to maturity Biological aging Deterioration of organs that leads to enviable death *development involves gains, losses, neutral changes and continuity in each of the lifespans, growth and aging are part of it gain-stability-loss model development does involve growth in early life, stability in early and middle adulthood, and decline associated with now-accumulated effects of aging in later life inverted U growth model age grade Socially defined age group. Assigned different roles, responsibilities, statuses, privileges. For example separating children into grades in school based on age or adults granted voting privileges Age norms Society's way of telling people how to act their age. Influences people's decisions about how to lead their lives rite of passage A ritual that marks a person's "passage" from one status to another, usually in reference to the transition from childhood to adulthood. Can involve practices i.e. body painting, circumcision, tests of physical prowess, gala celebrations, instruction in adult sexual practices