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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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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