Lifespan Development PSY 3300 Exam 1 (Texas State University) Questions with Correct Answers
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Psych 3300
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Psych 3300
Biological Aging Correct Answer-The deterioration of organism's that leads inevitably to their death
Emerging Adulthood Correct Answer-- Newly identified period of the life span extending from age 18 to age 25 (or later)
- When young people are neither adolescents nor adults and are exploring...
Lifespan Development PSY 3300 Exam 1 (Texas State
University) Questions with Correct Answers
Biological Aging Correct Answer-The deterioration of organism's that
leads inevitably to their death
Emerging Adulthood Correct Answer-- Newly identified period of the
life span extending from age 18 to age 25 (or later)
- When young people are neither adolescents nor adults and are
exploring their identities, careers, and relationships
Rite of Passage Correct Answer-A ritual that marks a person's "passage"
from one status to another
- Usually in reference to rituals marking the transition from childhood to
adulthood
Maturation Correct Answer-Developmental changes that are biologically
programmed by genes
- Not caused primarily by learning, injury, illness, or some other life
experience
Learning Correct Answer-- A relatively permanent change in behavior
(or behavioral potential)
,- results from a person's experiences or practice
Age Norms Correct Answer-Expectations about what people should be
doing or how they should behave at different points in the life span
Social Clock Correct Answer-A personal sense of when things should be
done in life
- When the individual is ahead of or behind the schedule dictated by age
norms
Evidence-based Practice Correct Answer-Grounding what professionals
do in research.
- BASICALLY: Ensuring that the curricula and treatments provided to
students or clients have been demonstrated to be effective
Life Expectancy Correct Answer-The average number of years a
newborn baby can be expected to live.
- Now about 78 years in the United States.
, Directionality Problem Correct Answer-The problem in correlational
studies of determining whether a presumed causal variable is the cause
or the effect
Third-Variable Problem Correct Answer-- In correlation studies
- An issue when the association between two variables may be caused by
some third variable
- AKA Confounding variable
Meta-Analysis Correct Answer-A research method in which the results
of multiple studies addressing the same question are synthesized to
produce overall conclusions
WEIRD People Correct Answer-Studying people who live in societies
that are:
- Western,
- Educated,
- Industrialized,
- Rich, and
- Democratic
(for example, American college students).
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