ABSC 160 KU Unit 1-Questions with Correct Answers/ Expert Verified
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Course
ABSC 160
Institution
ABSC 160
social policy - policies that are intended to promote the welfare of individuals in a
society
physical development - biological changes that occur in the body and brain. including
changes in size and strength, integration of sensory, and motor activity, and development of
fine and gross motor s...
ABSC 160 KU Unit 1 -Questions with Correct Answers/ Expert Verified social policy - ✔✔policies that are intended to prom ote the welfare of individuals in a society physical development - ✔✔biological changes that occur in the body and brain. including changes in size and strength, integration of sensory, and motor activity, and development of fine and gross motor skills. cognitive development - ✔✔changes in the way children think, understand, and reason as they grow older. social -emotional development - ✔✔includes all the ways we learn to connect to other individuals and interact with them, understand our emotions and the emotions of others, and express and regulate our emotions nature - ✔✔the influence of genetic inheritance on development nurture - ✔✔the influence of learning and the environment on children development Is nature or nurture more important? - ✔✔more rec ent research has continued to show how nature and nurture are inextricably intertwined in a complex way through a process in which genes are expressed through constant interaction with their environment quantitative changes - ✔✔changes in the amount or qu antity of what you are measuring. ex: height grows (add inches), gain knowledge (information they know increases), they learn new words (vocab grows) qualitative changes - ✔✔changes in the overall nature of what you are examining stage theories - ✔✔theor ies of development in which each stage in life is seen as qualitatively different from the ones that come before and after; usually describe qualitative changes incremental theories - ✔✔theories in which development is a result of continuous quantitative changes; usually describe quantitative changes equifinality - ✔✔the principle by which different developmental pathways may result in the same outcome; different pathways = same outcome multifinality - ✔✔the principle by which the same pathways may lead to different developmental outcomes; same pathways = different outcomes developmental psychopathology - ✔✔an approach that sees mental and behavioral problems as distortions of normal dev elopmental processes rather than as illnesses niche picking - ✔✔the process by which people express their genetic tendencies by finding environments that match and enhance those tendencies positive youth development - ✔✔an approach to finding ways to hel p all young people reach their full potential socialization - ✔✔process of instilling the norms, attitudes, and beliefs of a culture in it's children culture - ✔✔the system of behaviors, norms, beliefs, and traditions that form to promote the survival of a group that lives in a particular environmental niche. socioeconomic status - ✔✔a person's social standing based on a combined measure of income, education, and occupation
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