PSY-203 Human Growth & Development
CH.1, 2, & 3 Prep Exam Solved Correctly.
lifespan development - Answer the field of study that examines patterns of growth, change, and
stability in behavior that occur throughout the entire life span
Physical Development - Answer development involving the body's physical makeup, including the brain,
nervous system, muscles, and senses, and the need for food, drink, and sleep
cognitive development - Answer study of how children acquire the ability to learn, think, reason,
communicate, and remember
personality development - Answer Change in personality over time, including the development of adult
personality from its origins in infancy and childhood, and changes in personality over the life span.
Social Development - Answer the way in which individuals' interactions with others and their social
relationships grow, change, and remain stable over the course of life
social construction - Answer An idea or practice that a group of people agree exists. It is maintained
over time by people taking its existence for granted.
history-graded influences - Answer biological and environmental influences associated with a particular
historical moment
cohort - Answer a group of people from a given time period
age-graded influences - Answer biological and environmental influences that are similar for individuals
in a particular age group, regardless of when or where they are raised.
sociocultural-graded influences - Answer the social and cultural factors present at a particular time for
a particular individual, depending on such variables as ethnicity, social class, and subcultural
membership
, non-normative life events - Answer specific, atypical events that occur in a particular person's life at a
time when such events do not happen to most people
Major Issues in Developmental Psychology - Answer 1. nature and nurture
2. continuity and stages
3. stability and change
nature - Answer the influence of our inherited characteristics on our personality, physical growth,
intellectual growth, and social interactions
nurture - Answer the influence of the environment on personality, physical growth, intellectual growth,
and social interactions
Continuity - Answer the tendency to perceive things as simply as possible with a continuous pattern
rather than with a complex, broken-up pattern
discontinuity - Answer developing with some stages of rapid growth and some of relatively little change
psychodynamic perspective - Answer how behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts
Sigmund Freud - Answer psychosexual stages of development until adolescence.
Erik Erikson - Answer 8 psychosocial stages of development: theory shows how people evolve through
the life span. Each stage is marked by a psychological crisis that involves confronting "Who am I?"
behavioral and social cognitive theories - Answer theories holding that development can be described
in terms of the behaviors learned through interactions with the environment
James Watson - Answer behavioral theory. development through rewards and punishments.
CH.1, 2, & 3 Prep Exam Solved Correctly.
lifespan development - Answer the field of study that examines patterns of growth, change, and
stability in behavior that occur throughout the entire life span
Physical Development - Answer development involving the body's physical makeup, including the brain,
nervous system, muscles, and senses, and the need for food, drink, and sleep
cognitive development - Answer study of how children acquire the ability to learn, think, reason,
communicate, and remember
personality development - Answer Change in personality over time, including the development of adult
personality from its origins in infancy and childhood, and changes in personality over the life span.
Social Development - Answer the way in which individuals' interactions with others and their social
relationships grow, change, and remain stable over the course of life
social construction - Answer An idea or practice that a group of people agree exists. It is maintained
over time by people taking its existence for granted.
history-graded influences - Answer biological and environmental influences associated with a particular
historical moment
cohort - Answer a group of people from a given time period
age-graded influences - Answer biological and environmental influences that are similar for individuals
in a particular age group, regardless of when or where they are raised.
sociocultural-graded influences - Answer the social and cultural factors present at a particular time for
a particular individual, depending on such variables as ethnicity, social class, and subcultural
membership
, non-normative life events - Answer specific, atypical events that occur in a particular person's life at a
time when such events do not happen to most people
Major Issues in Developmental Psychology - Answer 1. nature and nurture
2. continuity and stages
3. stability and change
nature - Answer the influence of our inherited characteristics on our personality, physical growth,
intellectual growth, and social interactions
nurture - Answer the influence of the environment on personality, physical growth, intellectual growth,
and social interactions
Continuity - Answer the tendency to perceive things as simply as possible with a continuous pattern
rather than with a complex, broken-up pattern
discontinuity - Answer developing with some stages of rapid growth and some of relatively little change
psychodynamic perspective - Answer how behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts
Sigmund Freud - Answer psychosexual stages of development until adolescence.
Erik Erikson - Answer 8 psychosocial stages of development: theory shows how people evolve through
the life span. Each stage is marked by a psychological crisis that involves confronting "Who am I?"
behavioral and social cognitive theories - Answer theories holding that development can be described
in terms of the behaviors learned through interactions with the environment
James Watson - Answer behavioral theory. development through rewards and punishments.
