Psyc 2314 Lifespan Final Review || with 100% Correct Answers.
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Life expectancy correct answers average # of years that a person born in particular year can be expected to live. Static of how long you might live given the year they were born, where they lived and their sex. -US average 79.8 years. Men 77.4; Woman 82.2
Life span correct answers maximum # of y...
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Life expectancy correct answers average # of years that a person born in particular year can be
expected to live. Static of how long you might live given the year they were born, where they
lived and their sex. -US average 79.8 years. Men 77.4; Woman 82.2
Life span correct answers maximum # of years an individual in a species has been known to live.
Humans 120-125 years of age.
Culture correct answers behaviors, patterns, beliefs, and all other products of particular group of
people passed on from generation to generation.
Socioeconomic Status (SES) correct answers economic and social position in relationship to
others. How much $ you have, how much education, and occupation. Code for
lower/middle/upper class.
Ethnicity correct answers a socially defined category of people who identify with each other
based on common ancestral, social, cultural, or national experience.
Gender correct answers characteristics of people as males and females, masculine/feminine, or
social/psychological.
Transgender correct answers people who have gender identity or gender expression that differs
from their assigned sex.
,Sigmund Freud Genitals stage correct answers Puberty + Genitals Sex
Erik Erikson correct answers psychosocial stages, desire to affiliate with people, developmental
throughout the life span. Early and late experiences are both important.
Trust vs. Mistrust correct answers Erik Erikson Infancy to First Year
Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt correct answers Erik Erikson Infancy to 1 to 3 years
Initiative vs. Guilt correct answers Erik Erikson Early childhood (Preschool, 3 to 5 years)
Industry vs. Inferiority correct answers Erik Erikson Mid Late Childhood (Elementary 6-
Puberty)
Intimacy vs. Isolation correct answers Erik Erikson Early Adulthood 20 to 30s
Generativity vs Stagnation correct answers Erik Erikson Mid Adulthood 40 to 50s
Integrity vs. Despair correct answers Erik Erikson Late Adulthood 60s +
Cognitive theories correct answers This theory contributes:Have brought an understanding of
intellectual processes and how our thoughts and beliefs affect every aspect of our development.
(Conscious thought)
Piagets theory correct answers Children go through 4 stages of cognitive development as they
actively construct their understanding of the world.
organization and adaptation correct answers Two Processes _____________ experiences and
_________ to environment.
Lev Vygotsky correct answers children actively construct their knowledge. Sociocultural
cognitive theory emphasizes how culture and social interactions guide cognitive development
Information processing theory correct answers emphasizes that individuals manipulates
information, monitor it, and strategize about it. Processes of memory and thinking are central.
Naturalistic Observation correct answers Observation that occurs in real world setting without an
attempt to manipulate situation.
Surveys and interviews correct answers study a wide range of topics from religious beliefs to
sexual habits to attitudes etc. surveys: standard set of questions designed to obtain people self-
reported attitudes or beliefs about a topic.
Standardized Tests correct answers Uniform procedures for administration and scoring. Allow
for performance comparisons.
, Case Studies correct answers In depth examination of an individual may focus on nearly any
aspect of subject's life; helps researcher understand persons' mind, behavior, or other attributes.
Descriptive research correct answers research aims to observe and record behavior
Experimental research correct answers carefully regulated procedure which one or more factors
believed to influence the behavior being studied are manipulated while other factors are held
constant.
Correlational studies correct answers goal to describe strength of the relationship between 2 or
more events or characteristics.
Correlation Coefficient correct answers # based on statistical analysis that is used to describe the
degree of association between 2 variables. Measures strength of correlation.
Positive or negative correlation (shows strength) correct answers +1.0 to -1.0 / does not mean
causation
Independent variable correct answers is manipulated, influential experimental factor. Potential
cause
Dependent variable correct answers factor that can change in an experiment in response to
changes independent variable.
Random Assignments correct answers important principle for deciding whether each participant
will be placed in experimental group or in the control group.
Double blind study correct answers when neither patient nor experimenter knows which
participants are subject to which procedure.
Cross sectional research correct answers research strategy which individual of different ages are
compared at 1 time. Lots of data quick, does not show how people change over time
Longitudinal research correct answers research strategy in which same individual are studied
over a period of time. Several years or more. Expensive and time consuming. Allows us to study
how changed occur in an individual.
Cohort correct answers group of people who are born at a similar point in history and share
similar experiences.
Cohort effects correct answers effects due to subject's time of birth or generation but not age.
Chapter 2 correct answers Chapter 2
Genes correct answers units of hereditary information, short segments of DNA in nucleus
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