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development correct answers predicted changes that occur in structure or function over the lifespan developmental psychology correct answers scientific discipline that examines change in psychological characteristics occurring over a lifetime ontogeny correct answers development of an individ...

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CHYS 2P10 || ALL QUESTIONS ANSWERED
CORRECTLY.
development correct answers predicted changes that occur in structure or function over the
lifespan

developmental psychology correct answers scientific discipline that examines change in
psychological characteristics occurring over a lifetime

ontogeny correct answers development of an individual over his or her lifetime

phylogeny correct answers evolution of the species

child study movement correct answers social movement that begun in the United States, around
1900, that proposed the systematic application of scientific principles to the study of children

themes and issues in developmental psychology correct answers theme 1: the stability and
plasticity of human behaviour
theme 2: continuity vs. discontinuity
theme 3: normative vs. idiographic approaches
theme 4: nature vs. nurture

stability correct answers in developmental psychology, the degree to which a person maintains
over a time period, the same rank order in comparison with their peers for a particular
characteristic

plasticity correct answers the extent to which behaviour or brain functioning can be changed

discontinuity vs. continuity correct answers the debate over whether developmental change is
gradual (continuous) or relatively abrupt (discontinuous)

normative approach correct answers approach in psychology concerned with features that all
people have in common

idiographic approach correct answers approach in psychology that is concerned with individual
differences among people, as opposed to concern with features that all people have in common

nature/nurture correct answers debate concerning the degree to which biology (nature) and
experience (nurture) influence the development of any psychological characteristic

empiricism correct answers philosophical perspective that nature provides only species-general
learning mechanisms, with cognition arising as a result of experience

nativism correct answers philosophical perspective that human intellectual abilities are innate

, genetic determinism correct answers idea that one's genes determine one's behaviour

developmental systems theory correct answers perspective that development is not simply
"produced" by genes, nor constructed by the environment, but emerges from continuous
bidirectional interaction between all levels of biological and environmental factors

epigenesis correct answers emergence of new structures and functions during the course of
development

preformationism correct answers the idea that development is just the expression of previously
fully formed structures

structure correct answers in developmental psychology, a substrate of the organism that
develops, such as a muscle, nervous tissue or mental knowledge

function correct answers in developmental psychology, action related to the structure, such as
movement of a muscle, activation of mental knowledge

innate correct answers based in genetics - we don't think about it, but just do it (blinking)

sensitive period correct answers the time in development (usually early in life) when a certain
skill/ability can be most easily acquired

reliability correct answers trustworthiness of a research finding

parsimony correct answers preference for the simplest scientific explanation for a phenomenom

validity correct answers extent to which a measurement accurately assesses what it purports to
measure

internal validity correct answers concerns the extent to which the designs of one's experiment
permits one to make cause-effect statements about variables under study

external validity correct answers the extent to which the findings of a particular study can be
generalized to other people and contexts

face validity correct answers extent to which a test/measurement "looks like" what it is supposed
to measure

content validity correct answers extent to which a measure represents all facets of a given
concept

construct validity correct answers extent to which a measure relates to a theorized psychological
construct

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