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©PREP4EXAMS @2024 [REAL EXAM DUMPS] Wednesday, July 17, 2024 1:27 AMSCSU PSY219 Midterm Exam Practice
Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
What is the science of human development? - ✔️✔️The science that seeks to understand how
and why people of all ages and circumstances change or remain the same over time
What is nature? - ✔️✔️The influence of the genes that people inherit that affect the
development of an individual
What is nurture? - ✔️✔️The environmental influences that affect the development of an
individual
What are the 3 ways to look at someone? - ✔️✔️1. Biological way
2. Cognitive way
3. Psychological way
What are the steps of the scientific method? - ✔️✔️1. Think about something
2. Hypothesize
3. Test it
4. Gather data and analyze
5. Share the results
What is the life-span perspective? - ✔️✔️An approach to the study of human development that
takes into account all phases of life, not just childhood or adulthood
What are the five insights we take away from the life-span perspective? - ✔️✔️1. Development
is multidirectional
2. Development is multicontextual
3. Development is multicultural
4. Development is multidisciplinary
5. Development is plastic
What are the years of infancy? - ✔️✔️0 to 2
What are the years of early childhood? - ✔️✔️2 to 6
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What are the years of middle childhood? - ✔️✔️6 to 11
What are the years of adolescence? - ✔️✔️11 to 18
What are the years of emerging adulthood? - ✔️✔️18 to 25
What are the years of adulthood? - ✔️✔️25 to 65
What are the years of late adulthood? - ✔️✔️65+
What is a critical period? - ✔️✔️A time when something must occur to ensure normal
development or the only time when an abnormality may occur
What is a sensitive period? - ✔️✔️A time when a certain type of development occurs more
easily at a certain time, but can also happen at a different time
How do we get information in psychology? - ✔️✔️1. Observation
2. Experimentation
3. Surveys
4. Case studies
What is naturalistic observing? - ✔️✔️Just casually watching people
What is controlled observing? - ✔️✔️Setting someone up to watch what happens
What is cross-sectional research? - ✔️✔️A research design that compares groups of people
who differ in age, but are similar in other important characteristics
What is longitudinal research? - ✔️✔️A research design in which the same individuals are
followed over time and their development is repeatedly assessed
What is cross-sequential research? - ✔️✔️A combination research design in which researchers
first study several groups of people of different ages and then follow those groups over the
years
What is correlation? - ✔️✔️Two things that are related to each other
What is a developmental theory? - ✔️✔️A systematic statement of general principles that
provides a framework for understanding how and why people change as they grow older
What is the psychoanalytic theory? - ✔️✔️A grand theory of human development that holds
that irrational, unconscious drives and motives, often originating in childhood, underline
human behavior
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