PSYC 2314 Lifespan and Development Exam
Detailed Questions and Expert Answers
Human Development - ANS ways people grow and change across lifespan
Culture - ANS total pattern of a group's customs, beliefs, art and technology
Total Fertility Rate - ANS in a population, the number of births per woman
Globalization - ANS increasing connections between different parts of the world in
trade, travel, migration and communication
Developed Countries - ANS highest levels of income and education
Developing Countries - ANS lowest level of income and education but are
experiencing rapid economic growth
Individualistic culture - ANS cultural values such as independence and self-
expression
Collectivistic culture - ANS cultural values such as obedience and group harmony;
group needs and goals first
, socioeconomic status - ANS person's social class, including education level, income
level, and occupational status
traditional cultures - ANS in developing countries, a rural culture that adheres
more closely to cultural traditions than people in urban areas do, more
collectivistic, arranged marriages, etc.
majority culture - ANS sets the norms and standards, holds most positions of
power
cultural development approach - ANS crucial to understand that people live within
a cultural community; biology is important, but culture determines what we learn,
become and how we interact
experimental group - ANS consists of subjects who receive some special treatment
independent variable - ANS in an experiment, the variable that is different for the
experimental group than for the control group; variable that researches change or
manipulate
dependent variable - ANS in an experiment, the outcome that is measured to
calculate the results of the experiment by comparing the experimental group to
the control group, what is being measured
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